Morning by Morning, May 29 - Ax of the Word of God Thrust Deep by the Spirit of God to Every Root that Bears Bad Fruit Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your Spirit as You ground me in Your Word and lead me in Your will for my life today--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ... “Even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ‘I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire’” (Matthew 3:10-12). You’ve put a passion in me to be baptized with Your Holy Spirit and Your Holy Fire. Not just a one-time prayer of repentance from my sins, but a life-time prayer of surrender to Your will. Give me the grace to keep willing to embrace Your Spirit and Your Fire in my life to keep burning out the chaff of all that is flesh and fanning into flame all that is spirit and life and truth to be gathered as wheat in Your harvest of righteousness and holiness of heart and life. “For it is God who works in (me) to will and to do for (Your) good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). Keep putting the ax of Your Word thrust deep by Your Spirit to the root of everything in me that bears bad fruit. Reveal it. Remove it. Replace it. Let me be rooted and grounded in You and Your love and Your Word, filled with Your Spirit, bearing the good fruit of Your Holy Spirit--Your “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22). “According to the riches of (Your) glory, (may I) be strengthened with might through (Your) Spirit in (my) inner man, that Christ may dwell in (my) heart through faith; that (I), being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height--to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that (I) may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen” (Ephesians 3:16-21). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you "be filled with all the fullness of God" as you let the Holy Spirit reveal, remove, and replace every root that bears bad fruit so that your life displays the good fruit of the glory of God through your life, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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