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Day 125: How Do We Implement Spiritual Exercises?
We each have a choice as to who we will allow to shape us at our core. Father God seeks to transform us from the inside out. He is seeking to change the core of who we are. Through the Holy Spirit, He is transforming, reforming, remaking our thoughts, desires, and emotions so that they…
Read MoreDay 124: How Do We Avoid the Trap of Legalism?
The things that we have been discussing this week are dangerous ideas. Many have twisted these thoughts into legalism—the way of thinking that says, “If I do this, then God must do this …” Father-God will not be manipulated this way and He desires a better way for us. We are working out our salvation, not…
Read MoreDay 123: What Are Spiritual Exercises?
One of the goals that we have for MilktoMeat as a whole is to provide you with both the proper “diet” and “exercise” for spiritual growth. The proper diet for a Christian is the Written and Living Word of God. As Jesus told the Tempter, “A person does not live on bread alone, but on…
Read MoreDay 122: What Habits Did Jesus Practice?
Philippians 2:12–13“… continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, for the one empowering in youscripleftblue both the desire and the empowerment—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God.” Even though we do not work to earn our salvation or our blessing or our acceptance from God, there are exercises that we can do…
Read MoreDay 121: How Do We See The Glory of the Lord Through The Spirit?
The Holy Spirit has been given to us so that we can become like Jesus. This is the main goal of the growth ministries of the Spirit. He is here to help us focus on Christ so that we can be transformed to be like Him.
Read MoreDay 120: What Is The Process Of Spiritual Growth?
Everyone on Planet Earth is being spiritually formed. The only question is, “Who is doing the forming?” Although there is no “formula” for spiritual growth, it does help us to understand the resources and the means that God uses to grow us toward Christlikeness.
Read MoreDay 119: What Are The Growth Ministries of the Holy Spirit? Part 2
The Holy Spirit has been given to all of us who are trusting Christ to lead, empower and fill us. The Spirit has been given to us to lead us and empower us to live in self-sacrificing love because this is who God is and what we have experienced from God Himself
Read MoreDay 118: What Are The Growth Ministries of the Holy Spirit? Part 1
2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. The week, we want to see clearly how the Holy Spirit works within us to lead us to Jesus and glorify Jesus. The Holy Spirit is our great Advocate—our helper, our witness, our guide, our…
Read MoreDay 117: What Is The Fruit of the Spirit?
The Holy Spirit has been given to us so that we are empowered to produce the good, virtuous way of Jesus in our own lives. This is what we were designed to do. Even though we have been corrupted by the power of sin, the Holy Spirit enables us to produce the goodness of God…
Read MoreDay 116: How Are We Led By The Spirit?
Jesus is working through His Holy Spirit in order to transform us completely: our thoughts, our desires, our emotions. The Spirit has been given to us to lead us and empower us in this new, transformed way of life.
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