Lent

You can make the spiritual life as mystical as you want to, but growth comes down to two things: The Spirit’s control and common sense. It’s that simple … and that hard.

When I submit to the Spirit’s control instead of my own desires, I will always do what pleases God. That’s an amazing truth, isn’t it?

The Spirit can and will overpower the sinful nature every time. Part of the growth process involves God allowing me to learn dependence upon his Spirit or caving to my own sinful desires.

If your thinking, emotions, and desires are set on what the Holy Spirit desires, you will live your life under his control.

I will never experience the penalty of eternal death and separation from God. Today I can live in confidence and security!

The key to spiritual life is surrender. I must always relent to the Spirit for the resources and strength to please God.

Acknowledge the battle. That’s the first step in the spiritual growth process called sanctification.

My relationship with God is secure, and my final home is in heaven, but I am not there yet. The penalty of sin is gone, but the propensity to sin remains.

Therein lays the battle—the struggle of knowing what I am supposed to do and not wanting to do it.