Daily Devotion
You Can Have the Abundant Life Now
By Brad Henry
2 Corinthians 12:9a "But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Here is the dilemma of our lives. How do we earn a living, use the best of our talents and not cave into "Pride"?
It is OUR choice whom we will serve because each of us has a Free Will. Many Christians are saved but have no power from the Holy Spirit in their lives. Pride is of the flesh and is powerful for self but destructive to a Spirit led life. Lets look at what the flesh desires.
Galatians 5:21 "The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."
What does the Spirit desire?
Galatians 5:22,23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law"
So how can we live by the Spirit and not the flesh?
Living by the Holy Spirit means that we give up OUR rights and invite Jesus to have full control of our mind, will and emotions. Our Flesh is our body, muscles, joints. Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions. Our Spirit is the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ when we are saved and we ask for the Lord to give us His Spirit. So we are distinctively 3 parts. The battle is in our soul. The soul will either gravitate to the deeds of the flesh or the fruit of the Spirit.
Jude 1:20 "But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,"
To build up our faith we need to pray IN the Spirit and not the flesh. Praying in the flesh we can all do. We just pray with no emotion and our prayers feel as though it is a rote prayer. Praying in the spirit is a wonderful gift Jesus has given to each of us.
It is only when our mind is free and uncluttered can the Holy Spirit start to crucify the deeds of our flesh. We need to get in a quiet place and ask the Lord to pour out His Holy Spirt upon us. We need to allow the Spirit to teach us and lead us into all truth. I have been praying and the Lord will bring up someone for me to call or a scripture passage to go to. That does not happen when I pray in the flesh. The key to praying in the Spirit is surrendering all you have and all you will be to the Lord. When your total dependence is on Him great and I mean great things will happen.
"Lord please hep EVERYONE reading this right now to be able to pray IN the Spirit. Pray that through your Spirit that all the strongholds people have that they have been bound by will be stripped away and crucified. We cannot do it by Will Power but only by the power of your Spirit. Forgive us Lord Jesus for a heart that many times wanders and does not seek you. Help us today to start a new path to you that is not sidetracked any longer. I know that so many reading this Jesus want to be close to you but they do not know how. I pray right now that those who try to draw close to you today in prayer that you Jesus will reveal to them the peace that comes through your Spirit." Amen
Please find a quite place to pray, worship , praise and thank the Lord. Abundant life is in the Holy Spirit, NOT the flesh.
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 Brad Henry was 13 when he witnessed his dad die of a heart attack. It would be over 25 years before Brad came back to church. After 25 years Brad could see that he had left God, but God had never left that little boy. Now the Lord gives Brad the gift to write. “I know it has to be God writing them because I am ADD and Dyslexic”. Brad lives with his wife Julie and two sons, Bryce and Chase, in Huntersville, NC. You can read more of Brad’s Devotions at The Ultimate Decision.
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