GOD’S WORD FOR AUGUST 27

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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PRESIDENT OF MY HEART

John 3:8

“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

D.L.MOODY

You might just as well tell me there I no such thing as wind as tell me there is  no such thing as a man being born of the Spirit.  I have felt the Spirit of God working in my heart just as really and as truly as I have felt the wind blowing in my face.  I cannot reason it out.  There are a great many things I cannot reason out but which I believe.  I never could reason out creation, I can see the world, but I cannot tell how God made it out of nothing.  But every man will admit there was a creative power.

ERWIN LUTZER

Moody is emphasizing that the Holy Spirit not only regenerates us, but also “Bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” (Romans 8:16).  The Scripture makes it very clear that, if you are a believer in Jesus, God resides within you by the Holy Spirit, and He is going to birth holiness within us;  He’s there to prompt us toward holiness and put us on a different trajectory.  The Spirit has been given not just to be resident, but to be President and lead us all the way to our heavenly home.

Jesus  described the gift of the Spirit a one who I a comforter, an advocate, a helper (John 14:16 and 26)  In His body, Jesus could only be in one place at one time, but, by His Spirit, He can be with us and in us, regardless of where we are geographically.  All believers are united in one body and this unit should be displayed for the world to see.

Confusion about the work of the Spirit has often made believers wary of the work of the Spirit in our lives.  But let us develop a relationship with this Friend that Jesus promised to all who believe.  May we know the Spirit, enjoy the Spirit, and depend upon the Spirit for all things.

PRAYER

Father, today I pray that the Holy Spirit will transform me and give me assurance.

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John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

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John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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John 16:13 -14

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.  . He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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Romans 8:26-27

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. . And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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John 14:17

Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

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John 15:26

“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

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1 Corinthians 2:10 & 11

These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.   For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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Romans 8:14

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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2 Peter 1:20-21

Knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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