Today's Reading:
2 Samuel 12:1-31
1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4
Psalm 85:1-7
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Focus Verses: 1 Corinthians 2:10b-12
10b The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For
who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit
within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the
Spirit of God. 12 We
have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from
God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
Insight:
Only
the Spirit of God truly understands the deep things of God. The Holy
Spirit's indwelling of our mortal bodies (Romans 8) is a gift from God
to all who believe in Jesus and surrender themselves to him. The Holy
Spirit helps us come to know God in deeper and clearer ways—helping us
to understand all that God is freely giving to us through Christ.
Response and Action:
I
will seek understanding and guidance from the Spirit of God. I will
pray. I will read the scriptures and meditate on them. I will be
responsive to the Spirit, being careful to not grieve or quench what the
Spirit is doing in my life. I will make time to be quiet before the
Lord. I want to grow in my awareness and sensitivity to the Spirit's
presence in my life.
O
God, thank you for the gift of your Holy Spirit. Through your Spirit,
help me to understand and know you more each day. By the power and grace
of your Holy Spirit, lead, teach, transform, shape, and strengthen me,
that I might delight in your will and walk in your ways to the glory of
your name. Encourage me, by your Spirit, through your word, your people,
your promises, and all that is beautiful and true. Through Christ, I
pray. Amen.
Spiritual Formation Verses: Ephesians 1:18-19a
18 I
pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you
may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious
inheritance in his holy people, 19a and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
Resources:
The Knowledge of the Holy
by A.W. Tozer
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