Posts Tagged ‘ Indwelling ’
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.
John 16:13, ESV
When we are found in Christ, we have access to all the wisdom and truth of God through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19, ESV
We are not bound to the Law of Moses with strict rules and sacrifices, for the perfect sacrifice was made. In Christ, we now seek to love God who indwells us by His Holy Spirit and helps us.
“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Matthew 6:7-8, ESV
God knows what we need, so we do not need to try to please Him with many words or flowery speech. He lives in us by the Holy Spirit, so He helps us to ask.
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16, ESV
God guides us in all of life. We do not need to ask the Holy Spirit into our lives over and over. He is in us at all times.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20, ESV
We war against our sinful desires, but our lives have been redeemed by Christ who dwells within us and fights for by His Holy Spirit.
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:11, ESV
This goes beyond memorizing Scripture.
We read, study, and share the Word of God that the Word of God (Jesus) dwells more deeply in and through us.
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
John 15:4, NASB
We are commanded to love God and love people, but it is at best difficult and at worst impossible without continually being consumed by the love of God through Jesus.
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O Christian, may this be a blessing to you, a reminder that our God is always close at hand. Always.
Proverbs 18:24 says, “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
And Jesus tells us in John 15:15, “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” And in Matthew 28:20, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age,” with John 14:16-17, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”
objects are closer than they appear
we pray for Your closeness
we expect to turn and see Jesus
we expect to see Your angels
we watch for great miracleswhat if we are looking too hard
what if we are looking the wrong way
what if we are looking too far
we only need to hear You say“I am closer than you are aware.
There is no need to look here and there.
My servants and signs are closer than they appear.
Believe when I say I am near.”we may not always see Christ
because we refuse to look inside
some great miracles are missed
because we may be looking for the bigwe need to remember Christ lives within
and that angels appear as men
and miracles come both small and large
but God always resides within our hearts
a simple man of God 