JOEL OSTEEN DEVOTIONAL 16th MARCH 2024 MESSAGE
Joel Osteen Devotional 16th March 2024 – Today’s Word with Joel & Victoria Osteen. Read Saturday Daily Devotional Message by Joel Osteen.
TOPIC: Walk by the Spirit
Today’s Scripture
Galatians 5:16–17, NIV – So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
Today’s Word
Your choices are never free from the inner conflict of the flesh and the Spirit. You have to know that this is a battle that will never go away. You can be a believer who has matured for fifty years, but you will still have to deal with the flesh, the carnal nature that basically tells you to live and do whatever you feel. You don’t overcome it one time and it’s defeated. It will come back again and again. You have to get skilled at saying, “No, I’m not going to let my flesh have what it wants. I’m not going to let my guard down and give in.”
Are you winning the war within? Are you living by the Spirit, making decisions that honor God? Or are you letting the flesh win, doing whatever you feel? You need to take the flesh off the throne. Quit letting it determine your decisions and dictate how you live, respond, and handle adversity. Start walking by the Spirit, taking the high road, and doing the right thing when it’s hard.
Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that I can choose to be disciplined and to say no to the flesh and its desires. Thank You that every day I can take my feelings off the throne and allow Your Spirit to control my life. Help me to walk by the Spirit and do what’s right. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
About Joel Osteen
Raised in Houston, Texas, with a loving family of seven and world-renowned parents in full-time ministry, Joel Osteen never imagined that he would follow so closely in his father’s footsteps. As a young man, his training and interests were behind the scenes in television production, though he was close to his father in ministry.