A New Spirit
Text: _I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you… I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them._ Ezekiel 36:26-27 NKJV
God gives us the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of power. More literally, the Holy Spirit is the wind beneath our wings. The Holy Spirit is described as the breath of God. In the Old Testament that word for Spirit is “ruach,” which means wind or breath. Some of us have a hard time catching our breath, especially those with breathing issues. And it’s really hard to do something when we cannot breathe. In the same way it’s hard to fly a kite without wind. And so God gives us the Holy Spirit, a new breath of life to assist us in our time of need. Literally, God is giving us breathing assistance and keeping us spiritually alive through the Holy Spirit, and keep us going through those critical times until our transformation is complete.
The Apostle Paul said, “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6 NKJV). Like the new heart, the new spirit begins when we come to faith in Jesus Christ. This is seen when the disciples first encountered the risen Jesus, and it says that Jesus breathed on them, that is, He breathed into them the very breath of God, the Holy Spirit and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22). Just as God breathed into Adam and made him into a living soul, so Jesus breathes into us and makes us into new creations in Him, spiritual beings ready for heaven once this life is over. The Holy Spirit is constantly moving. The Holy Spirit is an unstoppable fact of life. To ask the Holy Spirit not to move is like asking fire not to burn, or water not to be wet. We are the ones to yield to Him. We need to constantly ask the Holy Spirit to move in our lives. We need to open the windows and doors of our heart and spirit and let the Breath of God, the Holy Spirit, come in and renew us once again.
Prayer:
Holy Spirit, I ask that You move in my life like never before. Cause me to do Your will, in Jesus’ Name.
Text: _I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you… I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them._ Ezekiel 36:26-27 NKJV
God gives us the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of power. More literally, the Holy Spirit is the wind beneath our wings. The Holy Spirit is described as the breath of God. In the Old Testament that word for Spirit is “ruach,” which means wind or breath. Some of us have a hard time catching our breath, especially those with breathing issues. And it’s really hard to do something when we cannot breathe. In the same way it’s hard to fly a kite without wind. And so God gives us the Holy Spirit, a new breath of life to assist us in our time of need. Literally, God is giving us breathing assistance and keeping us spiritually alive through the Holy Spirit, and keep us going through those critical times until our transformation is complete.
The Apostle Paul said, “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6 NKJV). Like the new heart, the new spirit begins when we come to faith in Jesus Christ. This is seen when the disciples first encountered the risen Jesus, and it says that Jesus breathed on them, that is, He breathed into them the very breath of God, the Holy Spirit and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22). Just as God breathed into Adam and made him into a living soul, so Jesus breathes into us and makes us into new creations in Him, spiritual beings ready for heaven once this life is over. The Holy Spirit is constantly moving. The Holy Spirit is an unstoppable fact of life. To ask the Holy Spirit not to move is like asking fire not to burn, or water not to be wet. We are the ones to yield to Him. We need to constantly ask the Holy Spirit to move in our lives. We need to open the windows and doors of our heart and spirit and let the Breath of God, the Holy Spirit, come in and renew us once again.
Prayer:
Holy Spirit, I ask that You move in my life like never before. Cause me to do Your will, in Jesus’ Name.
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