Title: Who Is Leading You?
Text:
Romans 8:12-14 (HCSB)
12 So then, brothers, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh,
13 for if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 All those led by God's Spirit are God's sons.
Observation:
The Bible tells us that we should walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:16 (ESV)
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Is there something hindering you from walking in the Spirit?
Romans 8:5-7 (ESV)
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
O, my brothers and my sisters, we need the abiding presence of God, and the power of God to be who God wants us to be, and to do what God wants us to do. We can do nothing unless we are led by God's Spirit.
If you belong to God, the Spirit of God lives in you. Surely we need the Spirit of God to do the work of God. The enemy that we face is too big to face in the strength of the flesh.
Romans 8:9 (ESV)
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
We need to be quiet; be still, listen to, and be led by the Spirit of God. O, the blessing of being Spirit filled, and Spirit led.
Romans 8:10-11 (ESV)
10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Prayer:
Father God, I exalt Your name; You are good, and greatly to be praised. Father, I pray that we will be still, and know that You are God, and that we, Your people, will learn how to listen to You, and be led by the Holy Spirit of God. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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