Monday can be rough if you’re addicted to drugs or alcohol. You keep telling yourself that you are going to “keep things under control,” but deep within, you know that you should stay away from the substance altogether.
Maybe you have tried before to give it up entirely, but you think that you just can’t do it.
Don’t give up! There is hope for you. Maybe you can’t do it on your own, but if you will turn to God through Jesus, He can help you overcome. Millions of people have overcome in just this way.
I want to share a video with you which will encourage you in your effort…and remember, never, never give up.
In Colossians 1:26-27, Paul speaks of a great mystery which has been “hidden from ages and generations, but has been revealed to the saints.” It’s this mystery which makes Christianity so totally different from any other religion in the world. Yet this mystery seems to be misunderstood even by many Christians.
So what is it? It’s “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” It’s the absolute indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit in the inner most part of you, leading you, empowering you, changing you, and growing you to reflect the attributes of God Himself.
All other religions have laws – lists of do’s and don’ts – which, if followed, are supposed to bring people into perfection. But our faith is different. In our faith, our lives of sin are forsaken at the cross of Jesus. We accept His sacrifice for our sinful nature – and then we accept the empowerment of His Holy Spirit to walk away from sin and into the life He has for us.
That’s why we know that we have authority over sin, sickness, and poverty. The “Greater One” lives on the inside of us and causes us to overcome the evils of the world…if we are relying on Him and not ourselves.
If we will just live “from the inside out,” many of our problems will be solved. In the most inner part of us is every answer we need. We will not only overcome sin in our own lives and receive health for ourselves, but we will have wisdom to pray for those around us. We will have answers which will benefit them and an anointing to release them.
Stop and think about it. Man is the only creature which has a choice about the way he lives his life. Animals instinctively know that they should find food, build nests or dens, mate and raise their young. They have no choice but to live from the inside out. They live from the dictates of their instincts.
That was God’s intention for us from the beginning – to live from the instincts of our spirits. Before man sinned, he lived from his spirit, not his flesh. Then, from the fall until Jesus paid the price, he had no power over that sinful nature. Now that we can be born again and filled with His Spirit, the power is restored – but we have a choice.
Will we live from the flesh, where there is no power? Or will we live from the spirit, where Christ resides as our hope of glory? The choice is always ours and we make it daily.
When Christians rise up to live from the inside out – from the spirit within – our world will be changed. Prayers will be answered more quickly, prophecies will be fulfilled, and the world will begin to see God’s true church rising to its place in the earth.
When God’s true church lives from the inside out, God’s kingdom will be manifested for all to see!
The year was 1985 and our family was visiting my parents on the southeastern coast of Georgia. As my husband and I drove over the causeway to Sea Island, we were overwhelmed with the beauty – the huge Live Oaks, the windswept trees, the sand dunes, and the array of extraordinary vacation homes. Each home was unique, but each was manicured to perfection – and very expensive. (more…)
Yesterday I talked about the powerful ministry occuring at The Ramp in Hamilton, AL. Karen Wheaton is the founder and CEO. But there are others who have joined with Karen to make this outreach so successful. One of those most involved with the endeavor is Damon Thompson, a native of Alabama who moved to Hamilton in order to accomplish God’s plan. He preaches regularly -with messages which go to the heart of the young and old alike to wake up and live their lives for their Creator. (more…)
