Accepted: United with the Lord

I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in Spirit.

I Corinthians 6:17 ESV
But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

I Corinthians 6:19 ESV
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?

In addition to being a child of God, a friend of Christ and being justified there are other changes that come to the Christian. The Christian has a living, vital, spiritual relationship and oneness with God the Father and God the Son because God the Holy Spirit resides within the heart of the believer. The actual Holy Spirit of God living within the core of the believer. (This would obviously be impossible without justifiction.) The presence of the Holy Spirit is essential for transforming the believer, for strengthening the believer and for enabling the believer to live for the glory of God. The presence of the Holy Spirit in an individual shows that God's love and compassion is personal. Also, the Holy Spirit works differently in different people's lives.

The Christian's relationship with God does not consist only of what God has done and declared outside of the believer, but it also includes what God is doing everyday inside the very being of the believer. We should ask this question about everything in our lives, "Is this hindering the work that God wants to do?"

So today, you should:

• Thank God for the gift and presence of His Holy Spirit
• Pray that you will be made more sensitive to the working of the Holy Spirit
• Pray that through the power of the Holy Spirit you can be more obedient to Christ.

God Bless You,
Dennis