THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU

Sharon Jaynes’ article in her Friend to Friend article gives us some good guidelines:

The following is an excerpt from her article..

September 6, 2011

“The Power of the Holy Spirit in You!

Today’s Truth

              Jesus said, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you” (Acts 1:8 NIV).

   "Holocaust survivor Corrie ten Boom spent the last years of her life speaking to men and women all around the world about the God who sustained her during her imprisonment and who delivered her from the Nazi prison camps.  During one of her presentations, she held up a lady’s white glove.

“What can this white glove do?” she asked. Then she went on to explain…          

“The glove can do nothing. “Oh, but if my hand is in the glove, it can do many things…cook, play the piano, write.  Well, you say that is not the glove but the hand in the glove that does it.  Yes, that is so.  I tell you that we are nothing but gloves. The hand in the glove is the Holy Spirit of God. Can the glove do something if it is very near the hand?  No! The glove must be filled with the hand to do the work. That is exactly the same for us:  We must be filled with the Holy Spirit to do the work God has for us to do.”

It is time to see yourself as God sees you. No more living in a house of mirrors looking at a distorted image of who you are.  This is how God sees you.

              You are a child of God. John 1:12

              You are justified- completely forgiven. Romans 5:1

              You are free from condemnation. Romans 8:1

              You have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16

              You have been made righteous. 2 Corinthians 5:21

              You have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. Ephesians 1:3

              You are righteous and holy.  Ephesians 4:24

              You have been redeemed and forgiven of all your sins. Colossians 1:14

              You are a dwelling place for Christ. He lives in you. Colossians 1:27

              You are complete in Christ. Colossians 2:10

              You are chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12

              You have been given a spirit of power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 

              You have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by
                         which you are a partaker God’s  divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4

 (Underlining is mine)

              And that, my friend is only the beginning!  Say these verses out loud.  Speak to your soul.  Believe the truth about who you are.  You are more than good enough because of who lives in you and works through you.

Let’s Pray

              Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending the Holy Spirit to live in me, to work through me, and give power to me. I pray that I will plug into the power source every day. Forgive me when I act like a powerless spiritual invalid rather than a spirit-empowered soldier. Regardless of what my feelings tell me today, I choose to believe that I am a dearly loved, chosen, holy child of God who is enveloped by Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

              In Jesus’ name,

            Amen”

Today’s devotion was taken from Sharon’s book, “I’m Not Good Enough”…and Other Lies Women Tell Themselves.

The next post will be about the "well of water' Jesus promises.