B V O V
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Every problem that we, as
believers, face in life can be
conquered if we do this one thing:
Take time to hear from heaven.
I know that sounds simple, but
it's the absolute truth.
If we do what's necessary to stay
in communion with the Lord, we can walk
every day in His BLESSING. We can enjoy
supernatural victory even while we live
in a natural body. We can triumph over
trouble even while the world around us is in
turmoil.
In other words, we can experience what
believers experienced in the early days of
the Church. As Acts 9:31 says: "[They had]
rest…and were edifi ed; and walking in the
fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the
Holy Ghost, were multiplied."
That's a wonderful way to live and it's
what God wants for all His children. He
wants every one of us—no matter what our
circumstances or where we might
live—to be built up, comforted,
directed and empowered by
the Holy Spirit. He wants us to
multiply in every way, while at the
same time enjoying the rest that
comes from the presence of the Lord.
Even though that's God's will for us, that
kind of life doesn't fall on us automatically
like an apple oœ a tree. We have to press in
to Him and receive it. As Hebrews 4:11 says,
we have to "labour therefore to enter into
that rest."
What exactly is involved in laboring to
enter God's rest?
Clearly, it doesn't involve struggling to
earn your way into it through your own
human eœ orts. Jesus—through His life,
death and resurrection—has already done
all the earning there is to do. In Him you've
already been blessed with "all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places" (Ephesians
by Gloria Copeland
B V O V
:
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POINTS TO
GET YOU THERE:
1
By staying in
communion with
the Lord you can
walk every day
in His rest and
His BLESSING.
( Acts 9:31)
2
Developing your
fellowship with
Him requires some
effort on your part.
(Heb. 4:11)
3
You walk with
God not by relying
on the strength of
your own fl esh
but by walking
in the spirit.
(Phil. 2:13)
4
You're born
again to walk and
talk with God.
(John 10:27)
5
The Holy Spirit
(the One who
knows everything!)
has come to live in
you to serve as your
personal Counselor.
(John 16:7)
"The Holy Spirit—
the One who knows everything!—
has come to live in you to teach you
HOW TO WALK WITH GOD
in every situation of life and serve
as your personal Counselor."
