"It is the Spirit that
gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit
and life" (John 6:63).
My flesh is everything
that would resist You and Your Spirit. My flesh is everything that would exalt
myself instead of You, build my own kingdom instead of Yours, depend upon my own
strength and wisdom and will instead of Yours. "Live by the Spirit, I say, and
do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed
to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these
are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want" (Galatians
5:16-17).
Increase my desire to
embrace Your Spirit and resist my flesh. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your
desires in my heart. Help me choose well, choose Your will, choose Your ways.
"To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is
life and peace" (Romans 8:6).
The choices I make each
day, by the power of Your grace changing me from the inside out, will determine
the nature and impact of my destiny, here in this age and in the age to come:
"Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you
sow to you own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to
the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit" (Galatians
6:7-8).
Trusting in You, by the
grace of God, I choose life; I choose Your Spirit; I choose to live my life in
Your Spirit and not by my flesh. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love
of Jesus, Tommy
Hays
Friends, Sylvia and I will be teaching on Prayer
Ministry in Austin, Texas at Covenant United Methodist, joined
by Northwest Hill United Methdodist, June 25-26, 6-9PM each night. Then we'll
be ministering in Claremore, Oklahoma June 28-29 at the
Claremore House of Prayer and a healing service at the First United Methodist
Church. Please pray for us and come join us when you can! Upcoming Messiah Ministries
Events with Tommy & Sylvia Hays
