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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
BE LED BY THE SPIRIT
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”
Galatians 5:16&18(WEB)
Main Text: Main Text: John 16:13
From the time a person places faith in Christ, they are given the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit permanently indwells believers, and He will never leave us. Jesus referred to the Holy Spirit as “the Helper”(John 14:26 ESV). He is referred to as “the Helper” because He helps us in our struggles. When we don’t know what to pray for, the Holy Spirit intercedes with moans and groans that words cannot express(Romans 8:26).
In order to allow the Holy Spirit to lead you, you have to follow His guidance. In addition to yielding to His conviction, you can also become aware of the Holy Spirit’s leading through reading the Bible.
There is much information about the Holy Spirit in the Bible and the more we learn about Him, the better we will be at discerning His leading and guidance. A few aspects of the Holy Spirit’s leading are the fruits of the Spirit.Galatians 5:22-23 states, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” These fruits of the Spirit are what God wants to cultivate in our lives.
Being led by the Spirit means to follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance as revealed to us in the Bible. Throughout our lives, we will constantly be challenged to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit or the leading of our sinful nature.
Confession:
My spirit is sensitized to know God’s will and purpose for me. I walk in the path of divine destiny, fulfilling God’s perfect will for me. I thank you, Father, for the tremendous blessings and impact of your Word in my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Reading:
John 16:13 (WEB) “However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.”
John 14:16-17 (WEB)“I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,— the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.”
Read through the Bible in 1 year: Zechariah 1:1-21 Revelation 12:1-17 Psalm 140:1-13 Proverbs 30:17
Read through the Bible in 2 years: Isa 38-39 & Prv 17
