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Devotional - 10th Mar 2021

 'He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit' (1 Thessalonians 4:8).

We need to know who God is, and in order to do so we have to spend quality time with Him. You may ask, "but how do I spend time with God?" Through His Word, having a prayer life and with the aide of the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures teach us all things we need to know about God. But to truly know Him is to have a personal relationship with Him. As we spend time in His Word and communicate with him, praying and meditating upon His Word the Holy Spirit connects our prayers and our groanings to Jesus who will hear answer us. We have the living Word of God - his commandments and precepts to help us to live right. All those who seek to have a relationship with Him need to follow and keep all of His principles. We need to have the Spirit of Christ in order to belong to him.  As believers, when we cooperate with the Holy Spirit in the process of sanctification; walking in the Spirit, we will display the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Paul was imploring the Thessalonians to walk in the Spirit, to not be involved in sexual immorality, but look to God who had call them to holiness. Even though in their culture, sexual immorality was seen as normal. Paul warned them of the dangers of participating in those sins, now that they know the true and living God, who has call them to be holy. We too are in danger of such sins and through the Word of God has been encouraged to keep away from them. We are to heed the call of God to holiness as we accept Jesus Christ and learn to walk in the Spirit. If we reject God's instructions in his Word, or the sayings of his men servants regarding sexual sins; we are not rejecting man, but we are rejecting God himself, who has given us the Holy Spirit to help us live a Christlike life. Let us take heed of what the Word of God is saying to us and submit our will to God and behave in a way that is pleasing to Him.

Have a wonderful day 🌹🌹

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