21/07/2023
*ARISE DEVOTION*
*YIELDING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT*
Colossians 2:6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so *walk in Him*,
The life of christianity is a life of complete surrender and submission to the government of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit of God was given to us a senior partner, to enable us to live up to the standards of heaven.
In our theme scripture, we are told that it's not enough to just receive the Lord Jesus, but we also ought to walk in Him. In other words, we are expected to yield to His life in us so as to manifest Him to our world.
The life of christianity can only be experienced by yielding to Holy Spirit. In fact the bible says in Romans 8:9 But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. *But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].*
God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through this wonderful person of the trinity.
We just need to pay the price for submission, which is the *flesh*.
You cannot yield yourself to the Holy Spirit unless you die to the flesh.
The bible says Galatians 5:17 *For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish*.
The life of Glory in Christ is unlocked everytime we offer our bodies on the altar as a living sacrifice to God. *Glory to God*.
*FURTHER STUDY*
Romans 12: 1-2. John15:4
*PRAYER*
Loving Father we thank you for this truth. Thank for the ministration of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Thank you for the grace to lay down our lives that you may be magnified in us. In Jesus' name, AMEN.
*ARISE PROGRAMME*
You are invited to join us every Friday for Fellowship from 5:00-8:00PM in Lugonjo, before Kumafuta (former washing bay), Entebbe. Tel 0772068858