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Friday December 19
"Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you." 1 Corinthians 6:19
Set aside the question of to what extent you are capable of experiencing God's presence I your current spiritual condition. Set aside your past failures and your future worries. If you are a redeemed child of God, His Holy Spirit lives within you. Jesus said, "'He who believes in Me...out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive" (Jn 7:38-39 NKJV). The Holy Spirit within you is flowing all the time, welling up within you, quenching your unsatisfied desires, and overflowing to refresh those around you. His intention and desire are to work through you all the time, in every place. Remember that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one. So when we speak of God working your life, Jesus being in your heart, or your body being the temple of the Holy Spirit, it's the same thing. Author John Ortberg tells of a friend whose five-year-old daughter, "I know Jesus lives in my heart, because when I put my hand on it, I can feel Him walking around in there." Some people seem to have that kind of inner radar for detecting the presence of God. Just as certain musicians have perfect pitch, they have an ear for discerning God's voice. Telling them how to look for God would be like telling a fish how to look for water—where else would they live? Bottom line—just as God's presence lives in you, you can consciously live in God's presence every moment.
Friday December 19
"Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you." 1 Corinthians 6:19
Set aside the question of to what extent you are capable of experiencing God's presence I your current spiritual condition. Set aside your past failures and your future worries. If you are a redeemed child of God, His Holy Spirit lives within you. Jesus said, "'He who believes in Me...out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive" (Jn 7:38-39 NKJV). The Holy Spirit within you is flowing all the time, welling up within you, quenching your unsatisfied desires, and overflowing to refresh those around you. His intention and desire are to work through you all the time, in every place. Remember that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one. So when we speak of God working your life, Jesus being in your heart, or your body being the temple of the Holy Spirit, it's the same thing. Author John Ortberg tells of a friend whose five-year-old daughter, "I know Jesus lives in my heart, because when I put my hand on it, I can feel Him walking around in there." Some people seem to have that kind of inner radar for detecting the presence of God. Just as certain musicians have perfect pitch, they have an ear for discerning God's voice. Telling them how to look for God would be like telling a fish how to look for water—where else would they live? Bottom line—just as God's presence lives in you, you can consciously live in God's presence every moment.
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