{"id":17785,"date":"2014-02-13T00:05:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T05:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=17785"},"modified":"2014-02-12T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T04:18:22","slug":"christlife-twentyfour-one-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/13\/christlife-twentyfour-one-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTLife &#8212; TwentyFour: One With Him In Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cl-one-with-him-in-spirit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17726\" alt=\"cl one with him in spirit\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cl-one-with-him-in-spirit.jpg\" width=\"483\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cl-one-with-him-in-spirit.jpg 483w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/cl-one-with-him-in-spirit-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are big, huge, incredible, awesome TRUE statements Mrs. Myers makes as we read through Chapter 24! \u00a0And as incredible as they are, we (you and me!) must hold them in our minds, remembering they are Jesus\u2019 words. \u00a0And ask for help in believing them.<\/p>\n<p>I was so encouraged and built up by the Truth regarding <strong>God living in me<\/strong>, the <strong>Holy Spirit living in me<\/strong>, and, <strong>Christ living in me<\/strong>! \u00a0Of course, this is not a revelation to me but somehow, someway (hmmm, perhaps the Holy Spirit working as my Helper?) today, these truths came alive for me. \u00a0Has that ever happened to you?<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>God lives in them<\/em> and they in God. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">God is love. <em>Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them<\/em>. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">1 John 4:15 and 1<\/span>6<\/p>\n<p>And this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [Holy] <em>Spirit of His Son into our hearts,<\/em> crying, Abba! Father!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Galatians 4:6 AMP<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And listen to Paul\u2019s joy as he wrote that he was to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8230;make God\u2019s message fully known\u2014the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints. God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is <em>Christ in you<\/em>, the hope of glory.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">Colossians 1:26 and 27<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Looking at just these 3 passages, our hearts can be built up in the Truth knowing that God lives in you (me, too!) because you choose to live in love, and that your Father\u2014Abba!\u2014has sent the Holy Spirt to live in your heart, and that the mystery hidden throughout the ages is now made known\u2014it is Christ living in y.o.u., the hope of glory!<\/p>\n<p>In a side note on page 101, Mrs. Myers writes,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u201cTake God at His word. \u00a0Accept it as true that you are indwelt with the fullness of God Himself, that His Spirit has His home within you and you belong to Him&#8230;.\u201d <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am setting my mind to do this, friends. \u00a0And I don\u2019t want to just assent to it&#8230;I want to believe it with all of my heart! \u00a0Seeking God\u2019s grace and blessing, and the help of the Comforter! \u00a0How about you? &lt;3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #23babd;\">* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here are Kim\u2019s thoughts and her beautiful inner identity album page for this week; she writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be filled with Christ. The Holy Spirit came to glorify Christ. Therefore, if I am filled with the Spirit, I am abiding in Christ. I am walking in the light as He is the light, and the blood of Jesus Christ will cleanse and keep on cleansing me from all unrighteousness. I am so thankful for the Holy Spirit to guide me on my path in Wisdom\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/CLiiakimweek5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17788\" alt=\"CLiiakimweek5\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/CLiiakimweek5-168x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/CLiiakimweek5-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/CLiiakimweek5.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399;\">John 14:16-17 ESV<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are big, huge, incredible, awesome TRUE statements Mrs. Myers makes as we read through Chapter 24! \u00a0And as incredible as they are, we (you and me!) must hold them in our minds, remembering they are Jesus\u2019 words. \u00a0And ask for help in believing them. 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