The past week of my life has been wonderful. I have a renewed sense of the Holy Spirit working in my life and I am back on track with a lot of things that I have let slip. I am trying to constantly be in a state of prayer and give God the glory for all He is doing and will do. I know at times we try and fit God in when we have time because we thing about prayer as an activity. Something we have to stop from our daily routine and pray. In my devotion this morning it talked about prayer and thinking of it less as an activity and more as an awareness of God. Now don't miss take what I am saying. You still need that quiet time with God every day, but being in a state of prayer doesn't mean stopping what your doing. It means to be fully aware that God is walking with you and thank Him for all He has done. I have found that when I am trying to keep myself aware of God presence in my life that issues that arise don't seem to be as drastic because I am not relying on my own strength to get through it. The Holy Spirit gives us that ability to have within us the power to overcome things through Christ. You need to have it well conditioned within you so it can be outwardly used in times of need. I also think that having that conditioned body filled with the Holy Spirit lets you enjoy the happy times in your life as well because you are able to let go of the issues that are holding you back from, well, the fruit of the spirit. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control.
I am blessed the have a lot of Love, Joy and Peace in my life and it truly does help the rest of the fruit to grow. I have been seeing a great deal of strength in Self Control. I give all the credit to the Holy Spirit at work in my life right now. He has empowered me to do things outside of my physical strength and I am so grateful for that.
I pray that your weekend is filled with good times with friends and family and that you keep an awareness of what God is doing in and through you!!
Grace and Peace
Ben
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