'Mahanaim.'
Genesis 32:1-2.
a) Jacob went on his way
b) And the Angels of God met him.
c) When Jacob saw them,
d) He said: "This is God's Camp."
e) And he called the name of the place Mahanaim.
(This QT teaches me about two basic essentials of life. Firstly: Encounter with God. Secondly: A Godly home to live in)
PRAYER: For our home to live in, that it be Godly.
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'Receive The Holy Spirit.'
Galatians 3:2.
a) This only I want to learn from you:
b) Did you receive the Holy Spirit
c) By the works of the Law,
d) Or by the hearing of Faith?
(This Second one reminds me to Receive The Holy Spirit today)
PRAYER: To receive, and to be filled with, the Holy Spirit daily.
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Chris.
Through this QT I am reminded of two important parts of our Faith-life as a Believer in Jesus Christ: Firstly, our encounters with God and how we respond to them. When we encounter God, He intends for us for that to be some kind of life-changing or direction-changing time for us.
Secondly, as Believers in Jesus, we are reminded that we do, and we should, Receive the Holy Spirit. We receive the Holy Spirit by Faith, as the Gift from God. Just as Salvation is the Gift of God, so, the fulness of the Holy Spirit is also the Gift of God.
Luke's Gospel tells us that, whilst He was on this Earth, Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit. Furthermore the Bible exhorts us all, as True Believers, to be filled with the Holy Spirit. God does not discriminate, this Gift of the Holy Spirit is for every Believer in Jesus Christ because He desires that all of us be His Witnesses in some way.
We need to understand that every True Believer, from whatever Church background, has the Holy Spirit, and that our challenge is to be filled with the Holy Spirit and keep on being filled with Him. If this fulness has taken place in our lives and continually takes place day-by-day, then our lives should produce the Fruit of the Holy Spirit.
