God Wins Within You

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

—John 10:10 (NKJV)

 

 

With what does the enemy torment you? His purpose is to steal your passion—your peace—your joy—your healing. The enemy wants to destroy your faith in God. Jesus came to give not only eternal life but a more abundant life now. The enemy is so jealous of anything Jesus has given you that he comes against you with sickness, fear, worry, despair, and every lie he can plant in your mind to keep you from experiencing an abundant life. The enemy challenges everything Jesus has given you. He deceives you, trying to make you believe more in his lies than in the truth of God’s Word. The enemy is afraid of you. He is aware that if you know God's truth, it will free you from his lies (John 8:32). When you realize you have the same power that raised Jesus from the dead living inside of you, nothing the enemy attempts can steal, kill, or destroy your faith in the unending love of God.

 

The thief that comes to steal from you can only steal what you possess. He can’t take what you don’t have. You have the fruit of the Spirit living in you—love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. You have the healing of Calvary and freedom from the sin that once defined you. Jesus paid the price for these things. Satan only fights you for what Jesus has given you. He tries to steal your peace, stir up fear, create frustration—make you angry, jealous, and impatient. He knows if he can destroy your confident hope in what Jesus has given you, you will have a defeated life. 

 

When we know our identity in Christ and what salvation has given us, it is hard for the thief to steal what we possess. If we identify as children of the Most-High God, we start to look at our relationship with God differently. We realize that we are His beloved children and heirs to His inheritance of a life of joy and peace and healing and mountain-moving faith. 

 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3, NKJV). The love of Jesus has blessed us with every blessing the gift of His precious life bought. That purchase is complete. It is not half-done. It is a finished and perfect work. We have the Resurrection power of God living within us (Ephesians 1:18-20). When we start believing in what is ours in Christ, we can rebuke Satan with the authority that Jesus has given us. Jesus told the disciples, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father” (John 14:12, NKJV).

 

When the naked man, terrorized by the legion of demons, met Jesus, everything in his life changed. He was healed and sat down peacefully at Jesus’ feet—right in his mind and fully clothed (Mark 5:15). When we realize that we can be delivered from Satan’s lies like this healed man, we no longer are naked with no defense from the enemy. We clothe ourselves in our new identity in Jesus’s finished work of redemption. We realize our authority and speak it. And we take back any gift the enemy has stolen. And these are gifts Jesus died for us to possess—joy—peace—healing. Jesus doesn’t have to die again for them to be ours. His horrible agony was enough. We need to take and live and believe and speak the miracle of grace we could never give ourselves. Jesus bought salvation and healing and provision for every need. He gave us the authority of the power of God. We make what cost Jesus His life worthless if we don’t use what He died to give us.

 

God wants for you to have an abundant life. He wants you to have the life He died for you to have. Submit yourself to God, and resist the enemy. And he will flee from you (James 4:7).  Whomever you submit to becomes the one to whom you listen—the one who controls your mind and your feelings. Yield yourself to God, the lover of your soul. Rebuke and resist and stand against the liar who comes to steal, kill, and destroy your faith. The power of God wins within you. God promises you an abundantly joyful life, filled with His spiritual blessings. And He always keeps His promises.

 

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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Let's Believe

Yes, again and again they tempted God,

And limited the Holy One of Israel.

They did not remember His power:

The day when He redeemed them from the enemy

—Psalm 78:41-42 (NKJV)

 

 

After all, God had done for them, the Israelites rebelled against Him in the desert and grieved God. He had rescued them from Pharaoh, parted the sea, led them by day and night, provided for their needs, and these things were still not enough for them. They kept forgetting his righteous power and deliverance from the enemy. And in doing so, they limited God.

 

Do we limit God? Do we forget what He has done for us? Do we remember our salvation from the enemy? The Israelite's faith extended only to what they had experienced in their circumstances—to what they felt in each moment or circumstance they faced. They didn't trust God, who had rescued them from Pharoah. Too often, we allow our faith in God to extend only to what we have experienced or what others tell us is accurate. We forget God's power, which saved us from death. We forget that this same Resurrection power lives in us (Ephesians 1:19-20).

 

Our faith needs to reach past what we feel—what we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste. The Word of God needs to penetrate our hearts and transform us to believe past what we experience or what anyone tells us. The Word is our final authority regarding what is true or what isn’t. 

 

An example of the final authority of the Word is what it says about healing. Do you believe that Jesus is the same today, yesterday, or forever? (Hebrews 13:8)?  Jesus healed all who were brought to him or came to him during his earthly ministry. We can believe He heals today—just as He did on earth and the Cross. Do you remember what Isaiah said of the Savior to come? "By His stripes, we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)." And Jesus confirmed this prophecy of healing in Matthew 8:16-18. And the Word declared it accomplished in 1 Peter 2:24.

 

However, there was a place where Jesus became limited in healing and miracles. That was in Nazareth, his hometown, where he was recognized as just a carpenter's son (Mark 6:5-6). Because of that unbelief, he only healed a few. Do we limit the Holy One as He was limited in Nazareth because we don't believe Him for who He really is? “If you believe, all things are possible,” Jesus told the father of the boy tormented by a demon, and then delivered him (Mark 9:23). Jesus taught that faith was the key to receiving healing (Mark 5:34; Mark 5:36, Matthew 8:13). Jesus said in Mark 11:24 that believing was the key to receive anything from God.

 

Is Jesus without honor in our lives as He was in Nazareth? Do we forget the power of God and wander around in our deserts of unbelief?  We can believe God for His promises. We can stand on His Word. If you need healing, you can believe God for it—even though you don’t “see” it with your physical eyes. Even if you feel pain, you can trust what the Word says. God sent His Word and healed you (Psalm 107:20).

 

What other needs are in your life?  The Lamb of God has taken care of them on Calvary. He died to save you—to heal you—to provide for you. Do you believe it? You can trust God's promises revealed to you in His Word. The Word of God is the final authority in your life—not what you experience or what anyone else tells you. The Israelites limited God and forgot His power that had redeemed them from Egypt.  Let’s never forget our redemption in Jesus and the gift of His grace. Let's believe and not limit our God.

 

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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What is Yours

 

In Ephesians 1:15-20, Paul prays for believers in Ephesus to have a spiritual revelation of their position in Christ. The prayer is for us, too. It is a powerful prayer because Paul prays from the knowledge of who he is in Jesus Christ. Paul knows that the believers have no power without the spiritual wisdom God has given them. He doesn't plead with God to provide the Ephesians with spiritual insight. He prays for the Ephesians to open their spiritual eyes to what they have received.

 

“Ever since I first heard of your strong faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for God’s people everywhere, I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance” (Ephesians 1:15-18, NLT).

 

Paul does not stop praising God for faithful believers and their love for each other. He prays that God would give them wisdom and revelation in their knowledge of Him. Paul wants them to understand what they have received in coming to know Christ. He knows that without growing in understanding their new identity, they have no power to stand against the enemy's lies and have confidence in God’s calling. 

 

Have we grown in knowledge of who we are in Christ?  Do we often plead with God to give us what we have already received because we don’t have the wisdom to know that it is already ours?  

 

An example is 1 Peter 2:24, “He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed” (NLT).  This verse clearly states the results of what Christ has done. Because He died, we are dead to sin, and by His wounds, we are healed. Do we have the spiritual wisdom to understand that He has saved us and also healed us?  When we grasp this Truth, our perspective changes. The way we pray for healing changes. When we realize Jesus took our infirmities into His own body on the Cross, we don't plead with God to heal us. Jesus already carried in His tortured body the pain of our sickness and healed us. We pray, thanking Him for healing. We praise Him, believing in our mind that one day we shall experience in our body the Truth of His Word. 

 

“I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 1:19-20, NKJV).

 

Paul prays for us to understand the power we have when we believe God. It is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. Do we understand that His Resurrection power lives in us?  We don’t plead with God from weakness. When we have the spiritual wisdom of who we are in Jesus Christ, we pray from strength. We know that in our weakness, He is strong. And that His strength and power are ours. When we pray, if we believe that we've already received what we ask, it will be ours (Mark 11:24).

 

Do you believe in what you have received? You have blessed assurance! You have received Jesus! Know who you are. Know what is yours in Christ. Open the Word. His Word is life. Allow the Holy Spirit to teach you what you have received in Christ. Ask God for wisdom. He gives it generously (James 1:5). 

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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The Word of God Within

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

—John 1:1 

 

The Word was God in the beginning. The Word is God now.

 

All Scripture is God-breathed.

—2 Timothy 3:16a

 

The Word is the actual breath of God.

 

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

—Genesis 2:7

 

God breathed His life into the man He had created, and that man came to life. 

 

The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

—Job 33:4 

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

—Hebrews 4:12

 

The Spirit of God created me, and the actual breath of God—the Word—gives me life. God lives in me, and His Word lives in me. But is His Word active in me? Does it penetrate my heart, revealing Truth to change my life? Do I allow it to judge my thoughts and attitudes? 

 

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

—Isaiah 55:10-11

 

Do I allow God, who lives and breathes His life into me, to nourish and transform my life? Have I even become acquainted with the gift of His Word that is within me? God promises that His spoken Word will not return to Him without accomplishing His purpose in my life. But for that to happen, I must know the Word living in me intimately. When its purpose is accomplished, His Word returns to Him, drawing me closer to Him. 

 

The Holy Spirit of the living God is in me. He is the Word in me. I want to know the beautiful gift of grace that lives in me! God has given me all that I need “for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). His living Word teaches and guides my life, training me with loving correction when needed. 

 

God became flesh as Jesus, and died to give His life to us! This is the greatest love! The righteousness of Christ lives within us. Sin no longer condemns us. We are set free by the Good News of the Gospel. The Word fulfills its life-giving message in us.

 

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 

—1 John 4:10

 

God’s life-giving message is that we are loved. He reveals His love through His Word that lives within us. I want a greater revelation of His love for me. Don’t you?

 

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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Exercise Your Faith

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

—Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

 

The true nature of God is love. He loves you. He has plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Some people attribute things like sickness as being from God—that God causes bad things to punish them because of something they have done or to make them learn a lesson. I've heard people even say, "He can decide to hurt me if He wants because He is God." God does nothing that goes against His nature. Things happen in life because we live in an imperfect world where the enemy tortures us. Yes, you can learn and gain strength from the things that happen to you, but God is not the author of evil. He is the author of good.

 

The Hebrew names of God in the Word reveal God’s nature and His love for us. Some of the names are:

Jehovah- Shammah, is the God who is ALWAYS with us. He never leaves us or forsakes us. Jehovah-Rohi, our shepherd, is the God who keeps us safe and guides us. Jehovah-M’Kaddesh is the God who sanctifies and blesses us. Jehovah-Tsidkenu is the righteous God who gives us His righteousness—the God who loved us enough to die for our sins. Jehovah Shalom is the God who gives us peace. Jehovah-Jireh is the God who provides for all our needs according to His riches in glory. Jehovah-Rapha is the God who heals us.

 

Do any of these names of God make you believe He wants to harm you? Yet, some who love God and serve Him think of Him as a God of punishment and retribution. Why would anyone want to serve God if they believe He is just waiting to beat them up when they fail?  God’s nature is love. He proved that on Calvary.

 

Some believe that sickness is a blessing sent by God. Illness is not of God. God has plans not to harm us. If we think illness is a blessing, why don't we ask God to make us sick? Do we tell our children when they are hurting that they are blessed to be that way? No, we hurt with them. We ache with them and do everything within our power to help them feel better. God hurts for us the same way. When His children are in pain, He feels it. Why would we ever question if God, our Father, wants to heal our hurts and sicknesses?  

 

Our suffering does not bring joy to God. We need to look at sickness and other attacks of the enemy and declare that those things are not from our God! They don’t come from the heart of the Father who loves us so much that He would give His life for us. He is Jehovah-Rapha, our healer.

 

God is not the author of your sickness. God is good. The enemy is evil. Sickness harms you. Sickness attempts to destroy your future and the plans that God has for you. God is love, and He wants you to prosper and be in good health (3 John 2). God sent His Word to heal you (Psalm 107:20). God desires His Word to go deep into your heart because it brings life and healing to you (Provers 4:20-22).  

 

We sing that God is our GOOD, GOOD FATHER (John 1:12-13). Let’s believe it. Let’s allow the Word to build our faith. God is good. He loves us and wants the best for us. We stand against the enemy’s evil. When we fight believing God wants all things good for us—that He wants us well, we experience the power and determination of God rising within us. We know that nothing that comes against us has any authority to prosper. We trust in His love that was more than enough for our healing—our needs—our fear—our circumstances. God is our authority.

 

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” (Ephesians 3:20, NIV).  God wants to do immeasurably more than we ask or think. And this is according to His power at work within us. God has put His power within us. A good God is living inside of us. He is a loving, forgiving, healing, providing, and empowering God. Remember, He lives in us!  So we are loved, forgiven, healed, and empowered! That is who we are in Him.

 

And He says, “I want to do more than you can ask or imagine." Grasp this!  He has good plans for you—plans that don't harm you. He lives in you. You have the power and healing of God living inside of you. Believe what you have received and speak healing and life and joy and peace into your life. Experience the overwhelming and abundant love of God. Don't let the enemy steal and kill and destroy. God does more than you imagine according to the power that lives in you. Exercise your faith! Live what God has given you.

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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Receive the Freedom of His Grace

One day I awakened to something new about my relationship with Jesus. I realized the Grace of Jesus had already taken care of every issue in my life—had supplied all my needs—had healed me in ways I had never dreamed. This revelation didn't happen when I believed Jesus was my Savior, or even when I became filled with the Holy Spirit. This awakening to His Grace had been growing through the years. I began to understand Scripture as never before. Jesus revealed His love to me right through His Word. And His love was unrestrained and rich and life-giving. I wanted to receive and receive it until I could contain no more. 

 

“You have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, ‘Abba, Father’” (Romans 8:15, NLT).

 

"Abba" means father in the Hebrew and Aramaic languages. It is a name that reveals child-like trust. "Abba" is often translated as "daddy."  When God is our Abba Father, we have child-like faith in Him. He is a loving father to us. We can trust Him with anything.  

 

For years, I had problems seeing the Old Testament God as being the same God as my loving Abba Father. I could never reconcile the God of retribution in the Old Testament with the God of Grace and unconditional love in the New Testament. Then one day, I again read Romans 6:14: “Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace” (Romans 6:14, NLT).  And something changed in me. 

 

The Holy Spirit began a journey of revealing His Truth that unfolded over the next two years. I had always known in my head that Grace had fulfilled the demands of the law, but I had never allowed that Truth to set my heart free. I didn’t need to carry shame as payment for sin. I didn’t need to struggle with the fear of punishment from my God. I didn’t need to try to balance law with Grace in my mind. Jesus had made the payment for my inability to live a perfect life.  I no longer lived under the law's requirements but was free to live in the freedom of God's Grace. My struggle to be righteous was missing the understanding of the Cross. Jesus was the fulcrum—where Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the law that I could never fulfill. The Cross had taken care of all sin for all time. Jesus had given me His righteousness. When I grasped that no matter how hard I tried to live righteously, I would fail, I finally let go and let God love me. I irrevocably understood that my goal was to surrender and allow Him to live righteously in me. I became free from the bondage of the law. I knew I was under His Grace. 

 

“If you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law,” Paul wrote, “you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace” (Galatians 5:4, NLT). 

 

How long had I tried to make myself right when His death had made me right! How long I had dealt with feelings of guilt and shame of not being good enough! When Jesus said on the Cross, "It is finished," there was nothing more for me to do but believe in Him and allow the Holy Spirit to do the work in me. Repentance wasn’t scourging myself with feelings of shame. Repentance was a decision to turn entirely away from wrongdoing and never go back to it. No longer did I need to beat myself up when I failed. If I tried to make myself right with God, I would be cutting myself off from Christ. Struggling to make myself right wouldn't keep me from falling back into sin. Working to make myself right with God was falling away from the understanding of what Jesus had given me on the Cross. I was awake! The Holy God of retribution in the Old Testament finally gave way to the God of Grace in the New. 

 

God became my Abba Father of love and forgiveness. When Jesus died for me, He adopted me as His child. The love of the Cross opened access to my Father. I discovered a deeper intimacy and trust. I found that His discipline was never harsh but made as a loving parent guiding His child in spiritual growth. I understood that the gift of His Grace was freedom from the feelings of shame and guilt, which had bombarded me. I was free to receive His Grace and love as never before. And with this awareness, I experienced His peace and joy. His Grace alone was the answer I needed. 

 

Have you grasped this kind of Grace? Are you tired of striving and failing? Struggling to be perfect where only Christ can bring perfection? Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal the Truth about His Grace in your life and what it means in your relationship with Him. You don’t have to live in fear of failure and losing His love. He is no longer the God of retribution. God is love. 

 

“When we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love" (Galatians 5:6, NLT). You don't benefit from what you do, Paul is saying. What is important is the faith you have in Jesus being expressed in you as unconditional love. You benefit from who you are in Christ.

 

Your Abba Father is satisfied with the gift of His Son’s life for you. There is nothing more to be done. Draw in His Truth and receive the freedom of His grace. 

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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One Day Soon

Eternal life is our unending assurance. Christ promises we will live with Him forever. And that promise is something that gives the greatest hope when someone we love passes on. Each of us has someone we love who is in heaven with God. Just knowing that this is not goodbye forever, comforts us in our loss.

 

“Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever. So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:10-11 (NLT).

 

Paul writes in these verses, encouraging believers to build each other up so they will be ready for Christ’s return. But we can also encourage those we love when they are going through a loss. We reassure them with the love of Jesus.

 

Did your loved one keep you laughing?  Don’t ever forget it. “God blesses you who weep now, for in due time you will laugh” (Luke 6:21, NLT). Hold on to the joy they brought. You will know their laughter again one day. 

 

Thank you, James Davis, for allowing us the privilege to be a part of your life. Each of us will always remember the beautiful heart of who you were. And one day soon…

 

 

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Your Boundless Supply

 

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

—Ephesians 3:16 (NLT)

 

 

Whatever you face in life, you have God’s resources to give you strength. They are not common. They are glorious and are unlimited by human conception. God empowers you through His Spirit to receive from His boundless abundance.

 

Listen to the Holy Spirit. He does not speak on His own but guides you into all Truth (John 16:3). He reveals knowledge of the Word that speaks life to your situation. And with knowledge of the Word, the Spirit sets you free from the encumbrances of what you feel and see and hear (John 8:32). He empowers you to believe beyond your mind’s perception into God’s spiritual realm and act upon His Truth.

 

Do you believe this? Do you believe that God has unlimited resources to empower you with inner strength? When you know the resources that He has made available to you, you don’t leave them unopened. What do you do when someone gives you a present? You take it and open it. Hasn’t God placed eternity within the heart of man (Ecclesiastes 3:11)? Don’t you long to reach for all He promises? 

 

Open the resources God has placed through His Spirit within you. Out of His riches, He lavishly pours Resurrection power into your life. You believe in what you can’t see or hear or feel. But you know His promise, and you trust with all your heart that it will come to pass. Believe in His incredible provision for your need, and then receive it.

 

Your God shall supply ALL your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). You have a boundless supply flowing from His throne of grace.

 

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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Praying in the Spirit

 

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

—Jude 1:20-21 (NKJV)

 

 

Praying in the Holy Spirit is essential for the needs of those for whom you pray not to overwhelm you. When you pray with your mind, you pray what you feel with your emotions. When you pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit prays for you.

 

We are spirit, soul (mind), and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23). Your personality—emotions—feelings—attitudes compose your mind. The Holy Spirit lives within your spirit, where you are born again. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6 (NKJV).

 

“The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will” (Romans 8:26-27, NLT).

 

The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness—in the area of our feelings and emotions where we perceive needs and evaluate problems. When we pray only with the mind, we cannot stop our thoughts from evaluating prayer requests because that is what the mind does. But when we pray in the Holy Spirit, the Spirit prays His perception and His will for the prayer requests that our mind releases to Him. The Holy Spirit prays from within our spirit. The “groanings of the Holy Spirit that cannot be expressed in words” is the Holy Spirit pleading His awareness of needs to God, the Father. And the Father knows the hearts of those for whom the Spirit prays. When we pray in the Spirit, we may be aware of what we are praying, but we do not carry the heavy emotional weight that can burden the mind. This does not mean we do not feel. It means that when the Spirit prays what our mind releases, we experience hope instead of feelings that drain us. Praying in the Spirit allows the Holy Spirit access to your mind, where He renews your thoughts and attitudes (Ephesians 4:23). He reveals truth to your mind that builds your faith.

 

When we allow the Holy Spirit to pray for us, we allow Him intimate access into our mind. The Holy Spirit uses the mind as He prays. And this access progressively changes the way we think (Romans 12:2) so that we can perceive with the mind of Christ.

 

“Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests,” Paul wrote. “With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people” Ephesians 6:18, NIV).

 

Prayer is a gift, which gives you close and fulfilling communion with God. Through you, the Holy Spirit touches the heart of God for those you love—for those for whom your heart hurts. But when you allow the Spirit to carry the weight of pain in prayer, you experience great hope amid the most horrible need.

 

The Holy Spirit is your teacher. Surrender your mind to Him. Ask Him to teach you how to allow Him to pray from within you. He keeps nothing from you that builds your faith.

 

©2020 Lynn Lacher

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My Psalm 91 Declaration

 

This I declare:

 

You love me, Lord! I live in the shelter of your protection. I find rest in your presence.

 

You alone are my refuge and my place of safety. 

 

You are my God, and I trust you.

 

You rescue me from every trap of the enemy.

 

You draw me close and shield me in time of danger.

 

You defend me from deadly disease. 

 

Your faithful promises are my armor and protection. 

 

I will not be afraid of the terrors of the night nor the arrow that flies in the day. 

 

I will not dread the disease that stalks in darkness nor the disaster that strikes at midday. 

 

Though death is around me, it will not touch me. 

 

No evil will conquer me, and no plague will come near my home. 

 

You give your angels orders to protect me wherever I go. They raise me up so I will not even hurt my foot on a stone.

 

I will walk upon the enemy and crush him under my feet.

 

You rescue and protect me because I trust in your name.

 

When I call, you answer. You are always with me.

 

You will reward me with long life and grant me your salvation. 

 

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