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'Born of the Spirit'
Phil Ware
God's Holy Fire
“Jesus replied, ‘I assure you, no one can enter the
Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce
only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.’" — John 3:5-6 NLT
Key Thought
We are called to be
spiritual people — holy, righteous, faithful, and compassionate like our Father
in heaven.
But our own efforts fail
at achieving these spiritual characteristics.
We need the power and
presence of Almighty God at work in our lives to purify and sustain us in our
desire to live to honor our Father.
So God in his great mercy
gave us the gift of new birth and the right to be born of God (John 1:12-13).
This gift is made
possible by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Spirit is at work in
us through our faith and baptism (Galatians 3:26; Acts 2:38-39).
The Spirit cleanses us
and makes us holy no matter our past sin (1 Corinthians
6:9-11).
The Spirit lives inside
us and identifies us as children of God (Romans 8:9).
The Spirit powerfully
works to conform us to Jesus (2 Corinthians
3:17-18).
Conforming to Jesus is
certainly something that we could not accomplish by our own abilities.
We celebrate the Father's
work in us through the Holy Spirit who has made it possible for us to be born
anew and to live for Jesus (John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7).
Today's Prayer
Thank
you, Father of mercies, for the work of the Spirit to cleanse me and give me
new birth into living hope as I seek to live the way of Jesus, in whose name I
pray. Amen.
God's Holy Fire is a daily devotional
about the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
The Thoughts and Prayer for God's Holy
Fire are written by Phil Ware.
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