Promises Of God

When we encounter a promise of God in the Bible, do we stop and think about what God is saying? Some of God’s promises are conditional and we need to look at what our part may be, so we can make claim to the promise. 

If we live by the Holy Spirit’s power, we will not be controlled by the sin we want to do.  When we first come into recovery it is almost impossible not to think about our dependency.  We lived so long under its power that it is still seeking to control our whole being.  How can we stop thinking about it? God has made us such that we cannot focus on two things at once, so what we need to do is to choose to focus our attention on finding out what God’s ways are and allow the power of the Holy Spirit to help us do what God says.

Allowing our focus to be on our past dependency or environment will keep us in bondage to whatever we are thinking about. If we seek the Holy Spirit to help us think on things that are right and pure, He will help us.  When we are driving a car and turn our eyes away from the road the car will veer in the direction we are looking. The same is true when we keep focusing on the desires of our flesh.  

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him. (2 Corinthians 3:17-18 NLT)

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, Please help me to live by the Holy Spirit’s power so that I can be free from the control of sin in my life as God promises.  Amen

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