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Let It Flow
Gloria
Copeland
“Whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into
everlasting life.” John 4:14
Love.
Joy. Peace. Patience. Gentleness. Goodness. Faith. Meekness. Temperance.
Powerful
forces the Bible calls the fruit of the spirit.
They’re
the character traits of God Himself and when the Holy Spirit came to dwell in
you, He brought them with Him, so they could become your character traits too.
They’re
designed to bubble up inside you, to gush forth like a powerful stream
constantly protecting and cleansing you from the inside out.
Have you
ever noticed that you can’t put any trash in the mouth of a flowing fountain?
When it’s
shooting that water up, the force of its own outflow protects it and keeps it
clear of any impurities from the outside.
Well, the
spiritual fountain within you works the same way.
When
you’re allowing the forces of love and joy and peace and gentleness and all the
others to flow out, the devil can’t get any of his junk in.
How do
you keep the spirit flowing? You pump your heart so full of the Word of God
that the forces of eternal life start bubbling out.
Just a
little at first... and then stronger and higher.
Choose to
keep those forces streaming out of the fountain of your heart. Refuse to let
selfishness and sin stop the flow.
You have
a fountain filled with unbeatable life forces inside you and
it’s ready to come forth. Let it flow!
Scripture
Reading: Jeremiah 17:7-13
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minister the Word of Faith, by teaching believers who they are in Christ Jesus;
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7 “Blessed
is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
9 The heart
is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart
and test the mind,[a]
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart
and test the mind,[a]
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
11 Like
the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is he who gets riches but not by justice;
in the midst of his days they will leave him,
and at his end he will be a fool.
so is he who gets riches but not by justice;
in the midst of his days they will leave him,
and at his end he will be a fool.
12 A
glorious throne set on high from the beginning
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[b] shall be written in the earth,
for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[b] shall be written in the earth,
for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
b.
Jeremiah 17:13 Hebrew me
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