OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY, JUNE 29TH 2017- THINK IN THE SPIRIT

Memorise: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6
Read: Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Bible in one year: 1st Samuel 3-5, Lamentation 2:3-13

1. Life in the Spirit is possible, even though for most believers it still a struggle (Galatians 5:25).
2. To grow your spirit-man, you need to earnestly seek more opportunities to be refilled with the Holy Spirit after being baptized with Him (Ephesians 5:18-19).
3. To live in the Spirit, you need to think in the Spirit. In our thought life, many of us leave out the Holy Spirit, and this is one of the reasons why we don’t go far in our walk with God.
4. Whenever God is left out of an equation, it never balances. This is why today’s Bible reading says we should acknowledge Him in all and not some of our ways. It is only then He will direct our paths.
5. Some of us usually announce to God the decisions we have already reached, instead of consulting with Him earlier, so that He can help us arrive at the best decision.
6. What is wrong with God deciding for you? Who decided that you would be born? Were you a part of that decision? Who decided your sex, nation, looks, height, complexion and the parents you would have? If He could decide all these, would it be too much for Him to be involved in the decision-making process of your life?
7. When He is involved in a decision, He will ensure it does not fail. However, if in playing “mature” boy or girl, you leave Him out and your decisions later backfire, you will have only yourself to blame.
8. When there is an issue on ground and you present the issue to God, asking for His guidance or instruction on how to handle it, He will be pleased that you are giving Him His rightful place in your life.
9. To what extent do you involve God in your personal and family affairs? Do you see Him as an intruder or as a partner? How often do you involve God in your thoughts and plans?
10. If you really want Him to be a part of your thought life, then shun all evil thoughts. Load your mind with His word. Think often on God’s word and focus on Jesus. By doing these, it will become easy for you to think in the Spirit.
11. The Holy Spirit is the only Person who can help you see things from God’s perspective. This is why 1st Corinthians 2:11 says, “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
12. When you yield your mind to Him, you will see yourself thinking more like Jesus, and what is important to God will gradually become important to you.
13. When this continues, His likes will become your likes, and you will hate what He hates. There will be an alignment between what He wants and what you want.
14. Start involving God in your thought process from today.

As we seek God more, we know Him more and love Him more. Digging deep into His word opens us up to His truth and then when we act on these words we are bound to remain in the spirit. May God bless Pastor E.A Adeboye as he is a blessing to many of us around the world in Jesus name.

Key Point
The extent to which you involve God in your personal or family affairs shows the extent of your trust in Him.
HYMN
1 O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound.
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!
Refrain:
The Comforter has come! The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n,
O spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found:
The Comforter has come!
2 The long, long night is past; the morning breaks at last;
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast!
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]
3 Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To every captive soul a full deliv’rance brings;
And thro’ the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]
4 O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine –
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine?
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

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