“LIVE by the Spirit!”
October 9, 2008
“So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature” Gal.5:16
Just amazing stuff in my study today. I have never heard the Trinity put quite like Beth Moore has. One God in three Distinct personalities:
“That one Lord accomplished all of creation through the Father’s will, the Son’s Word, and the Spirit’s way.”
“the Father first wills, the Son speaks the Father’s will to you through His Word, and the Holy Spirit supplies the power for you to obey.”
How awesome! God has a perfect plan for you which He has willed and has sent His only son Jesus Christ to show us the way through the Word. Then we have the Holy Spirit which teaches us through the Word and empowers us to obey and live out God’s will.
“Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He annointed us, set His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come” 2 Cor.1:21-22
Seek to Please Him and Only Him
October 2, 2008
Isn’t it awesome when you are in a bible study or just reading the Word and God reveals things to you just at the moment that you most need it? I love that and I love this study! Living Beyond Yourself Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit by Beth Moore has proven to be a study all women should do. And I have only just begun.
Gal. 1:10 “Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Beth Moore asks ” For you, what would it mean to seek only God’s approval?”
For me it would mean victory! freedom! and peace! And this should be our ultimate goal every day. Something I learned from a good friend this summer is to surrender yourself daily to the Holy Spirit. Even though we are saved and have become a new creation in Christ (Gal. 2:20), we still hold the old nature which makes us sin and live against the will of God. Our old nature can be molded only by the Holy Spirit who lives in us. It is the spirit of God who will control the old nature and even transform it to bring out the new life we are promised in Christ. AMEN!
