Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional Living with Gods Thoughts, Will and Emotions As believers, we need to learn how to understand the soul, which is made up of the intellect, will and emotions. Since it is full of self and does not want to submit to the Holy Spirit, it must be purified. Because we are free moral agents, our own minds tell us what we think, but our thoughts are not necessarily Gods thoughts. Our wills dictate what we want, even if it conflicts with what He wants for us. Our emotions govern our feelings, when in reality our hearts should only be subject to God and His Word. God wants us to replace our thoughts, desires, and feelings with His. And we cannot live in victory until we do. Start by telling God you want to live His way. In Romans 6, Paul urges us to offer ourselves to Him. Make a choice today, not to use your soul for yourself, but to instead offer it all to God. As the soul is purified it is trained to carry Gods thoughts, desires and feelings, and then you will become a powerful outlet for His glory. Prayer Starter: Lord, my thoughts are sinful, I dont always want what You want, and my feelings try to rebel against Your Word, but I dont want to live that way any longer. Father, I offer my soul to You, knowing that when I do, You can purify me and use me to accomplish Your will. Romans 6:13 Romans 6:13 NIV 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:37:33 +0000
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