Charles Stanley In Touch Daily Devotional 23 February 2022, Wednesday Message
Charles Stanley In Touch Daily Devotions 23 February 2022
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TOPIC:The Power of the Holy Spirit
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Luke 24:44-49
Charles Stanley In Touch Daily Devotional 23 February 2022 MESSAGE
Do you remember the book The Little Engine That Could? A small engine keeps repeating the words “I think I can. I think I can.” By using sheer willpower, she pulls an entire train over the mountain. That’s a nice children’s story, but the truth of the Christian life is very different. In the real world, our efforts and determination often fall short. Only by walking in the power of the Holy Spirit can we live a godly life.
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In the Old Testament, God’s Spirit would temporarily come upon saints for a particular work. However, after Jesus ascended to heaven, He sent the Spirit to dwell within each believer (Luke 24:49). Consider what this means: If you’re a Christian, God is living inside you, available to help throughout life by providing guidance, comfort, and empowerment.
Obedience to Christ is impossible for anyone relying on his or her own strength. For some reason, though, Christians often try to live life by depending on themselves. Defeat and failure are unavoidable without divine power in our life.
Do you recognize your need for God? Begin each day confessing your dependence on Him. Ask to be filled with His Spirit so that all you think, do, and say will be an overflow from Him. Then trust Him to work in mighty ways through you.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 6-8
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: No matter how hard we try to follow God in our own strength, we’ll succeed only when we surrender and depend fully on Him.
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Charles Stanley In Touch Daily Devotional 23 February 2022. He is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries, both located in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Stanley’s heart’s desire is to get the gospel to “as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, as clearly as possible, as irresistibly as possible, through the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.