Holy Spirit

 A daily devotional about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

Made Holy by the Spirit

As for us, we can't help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation — a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 NLT

Key Thought​


God roots our salvation in his never-ending circle of grace. Our hearts respond with trust in God's message about Jesus. God's grace releases the power of the...
 

Made Holy in Every Way

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 NLT

Key Thought​


Yesterday, we were reminded of the Spirit's power to help us overcome sin, including strongly rooted sin and addictive sin. Today, we see a prayer from Paul for new followers of Jesus. These people had been convicted by the Holy Spirit and made holy by the Holy Spirit when they came to...
 

Power over Our Misdeeds

For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

Romans 8:13 NIV

Key Thought​


"Try harder!" That's the dominant message a lot of folks hear out of religion, especially as religion deals with chronic misbehavior and addictive sin. Yet nearly all of us know from experience that trying harder is only part of what we need. Oh yes, many do need more passion to live for Jesus, but simply trying...
 

Hear the Invitation

[In his revelation to John, Jesus said,] "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. ... Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Revelation 3:20, 22 NIV

Key Thought​


Jesus told us that he stands at the door and knocks, waiting for us to open up to him. His invitation is for believers, for Christians, for those of us who claim to follow...
 

Spiritual House

As you come to him, the living Stone — rejected by human beings but chosen by God and precious to him — you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:4-5 NIV

Key Thought​


As we have seen the last few days, we as the church are being built into the temple of the living God. God lives in us through the Holy Spirit. But unlike the temples built during...
 

God's Holy Dwelling by the Spirit

Together, we are [God's] house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

Ephesians 2:20-22 NLT

Key Thought​


In the readings for yesterday and today, we have been reminded that the church, God's family, is something precious and holy and...
 

Don't Vandalize God's Temple

You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred — and you, remember, are the temple.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 MESSAGE

Key Thought​


What often gets lost in this passage is that the "you" is plural — "y'all" in southern parts of the USA. The congregation, the local church, is the temple of God. God lives in us and among us. So when...
 

God's New Temple

[In his revelation to John, Jesus said,] "Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Revelation 3:13 NIV

Key Thought​


Jesus urges us to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. In this context, the focus is on his promise to make those who are battling strong opposition to their faith into a permanent and heavenly temple for God. While earthly buildings will crumble and fall, the disciples are promised a permanent place in a...
 

The Spirit of Christ Helps Me

For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance. For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.

Philippians 1:19-20 NLT

Key Thought​


The Spirit of Christ helps us in so many ways. Paul, as he was writing to the Philippians from prison, knew that this help...
 

Fearless Confidence

[About the disciples in Jerusalem after Peter and John were threatened and then released from prison, Luke wrote:] While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God's Word with fearless confidence.

Acts 4:31 MESSAGE

Key Thought​


I love the phrase "fearless confidence"! In the face of threatened persecution from the very same people who put Jesus to death and who made...
 
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