You need to change, but you can’t change yourself. God will not automatically change you just because you pray. Only an intimate living relationship with the Word of God and the Spirit of God will open your heart to allow the fruit of the Spirit’s transforming power to work in your life. It’s time to put away the former way of life and live in the power of Christ in you.
Your destiny is to be shaped and molded by the Spirit of God to be just like Jesus. He accomplished this by living in you. His living Word will manifest in you to activate your new nature and produce His spiritual nature and fruits in and through you. Your role is to align with His will in your thoughts and rest in your completed nature in Christ as the Spirit does the work. We pray today’s worship and message equips you and empowers you to put on your new nature in Christ.
There are hundreds of passages in the Bible about our thought life. God gives detailed instructions on how and what to think about almost every subject. The goal of this instruction is to repent, change the way we think, and think as God thinks in every area. We often nurture harmful and destructive thought patterns in our minds and hearts rather than reigning in our thoughts and fixing them on what God says to think about. In this series, we will explore our thought lives' ups and downs and develop plans to experience transformation through mind renewal. In today's sermon, we will look at the hardening of Pharaoh's heart to discover a powerful truth about our responsibility to respond to God correctly. We pray today's message is a blessing to you.
Jesus promised us the Holy Spirit. When he described life with the Holy Spirit, he described a relationship. He described a relationship where his Spirit would speak with us, guide us, help us, and strengthen us. Today we’ll discuss how to hear God better from a Biblical perspective. It’s easier than you think.
"The gifts of the spirit" is a loaded phrase. Think of the "gifts" as empowerments or manifestations of the spirit. The "gifts," or, to use a better word, graces of the spirit, are not individual abilities. They are expressions of manifestations of God through people. They are not to be isolated as if one person can do one thing and another person can do another thing. All the graces of the spirit are things that God does through his people. The same spirit can manifest all graces through all people.
The gift of prophecy needs to be active in our churches. It especially needs to be active from the perspective of the New Covenant. The focus of the New Covenant prophecy is to testify of Christ's finished work and His increasing Kingdom. If you desire to operate in the gift of prophecy, check out this sermon and application videos and the suggested homework.
Christ set us free from many things, one of which is the power of sin and death. The law of life is now at work in us, so that we can glorify God. Whether it’s your sin, or someone that sinned against you, through God’s powerful grace you can not only resist but live in a freedom that no longer gives in to sinful behavior. We pray today’s message gives you hope and empowers you to live above the temptation in this world.
God will let you have whatever desires you want to give yourself, whether it produces life or death. But he will also give you the power to change your desires if you are open to it.
In the fire chapters of Romans, the Apostle Paul makes the case for the need for a righteousness apart from the Law. He exposes the wickedness of man and then presents the good news that we can be saved from our own sin and darkness. He says that the solution to our sinfulness is God's grace, which is a power within us that is from the Holy Spirit. click to continue reading
When we experience the new birth, God graciously places His Spirit within us. He unites Himself to us, just as in a sacred marriage. From then on the Spirit of God dwells within us, empowering us to be faithful witnesses for His Kingdom. In today's discussion, we will explore the profound concept of God's indwelling Spirit and reflect on the pivotal role of grace in our daily journey of faith.
50 days after Jesus' resurrection, the Holy Spirit was poured out upon all flesh by God. This divine act marked a significant turning point, as the Spirit now dwelled within the followers of Christ, establishing the church as God's living temple. Consequently, whenever someone believes in Christ, they are saved and filled with the Spirit of God. There is no need to wait for the Spirit's arrival or for any additional requirements; one simply needs to allow the Spirit to come upon them daily.
