Morning by Morning, February 13, 2025 - “Walk in the Spirit” Good morning, Lord Jesus. I wait and listen for Your leading--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ... “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). By the mercy and grace of God, our primary focus can be on walking in the Spirit rather than focusing primarily on trying to not stumble in the flesh. As we focus on You, in the humility of willingly choosing to be desperately dependent upon You alone, rather than our own power and wisdom and ways to constantly try to overcome our flesh, You empower us to succeed and prevail and overcome. “For it is God who works in (us) both to will and to do for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). “For God is working in (us), giving us the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (NLT). Allowing God to be working in us is how we “Walk in the Spirit.” Work in me today, Lord God. Come, Holy Spirit. Give me both the desire and the power to do what pleases You. Let that be my focus. Let You be my Focus. As I focus on You, as You’re putting Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, You’re displacing the thoughts and desires of my flesh that would oppose Your Spirit. As I choose to present my body to You as “a living sacrifice,” You’re setting me free from being “conformed to this world” as I’m being “transformed by the renewing of (my) mind” (Romans 12:1-2). As I focus on You, as I’m freed from focusing on my own struggles with any thoughts and desires of my own flesh that would oppose Your Spirit, You will be confronting my flesh, overcoming my flesh, conquering my flesh. You will be crucifying my flesh as I choose to live in You as You live in me. This is how “I die daily” to the thoughts and desires of my flesh (1 Corinthians 15:31). This is how I “come after (You)” and “deny (myself), and take up (my) cross, and follow You” (Matthew 16:24). By the desires of Your Spirit You’re forming and stirring in me, I desire to come to the place in my spirit that “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which 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). Living in You, with You living in me, is how I “Walk in the Spirit.” By the power of Your grace, may I “Walk in the Spirit” today. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be empowered to focus on the Lord today, rather than the struggles with your flesh, to walk in the Spirit today, as He gives you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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