Maturing in Christ

Walking in a Restored place in Christ - Galatians 5:16-17 NLT & Romans 8:1-14 NLT

Galatians 5:16-17 New Living Translation

 

¹⁶ So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. ¹⁷ The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

The Beauty of Restoration - Ephesians 1:18-23 NLT & 2 Corinthians 7:1 NKJV

2 Corinthians 7:1 New King James Version

 

7 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

The Power of Restoration - Psalm 51:1-12 NKJV

Psalm 51:10-12 New King James Version

 

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹ Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

¹² Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Understanding Proper Repentance - 2 Corinthians 7:8-12 NLT

2 Corinthians 7:10 New Living Translation

 

¹⁰ For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

Proper Repentance - Psalm 66:16-20 NLT & Luke 15:11-19 NKJV

Psalm 66:16-20 New Living Translation

 

¹⁶ Come and listen, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell you what he did for me.
¹⁷ For I cried out to him for help,
    praising him as I spoke.
¹⁸ If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹ But God did listen!
    He paid attention to my prayer.
²⁰ Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer
    or withdraw his unfailing love from me.

The Power of Repentance - 2 Chronicles 7:10-18 NKJV

2 Chronicles 7:14-15 New King James Version

 

¹⁴ if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. ¹⁵ Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.

Rediscovering Whole Hearted Devotion - Psalm 119:9-16 NKJV, Proverbs 4:20-23 NKJV

Psalm 119:9-11 New King James Version

 

⁹ How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
¹⁰ With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
¹¹ Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

The Benefits of Fasting and Prayer - 1 Corinthians 9:27-27 NLT & Revelation 2:1-7 NIV

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 New Living Translation

 

²⁴ Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! ²⁵ All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. ²⁶ So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. ²⁷ I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

How to remain stable in the mist of instability - Psalm 55:16-19 NKJV & Isaiah 43:1-2NIV

Isaiah 43:1-2 New International Version

 

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created you, Jacob,
    he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
    I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
² When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.

Deliver us from evil!! - Matthew 6:13 NKJV & John 17:12-15 NKJV

John 17:12-15 New King James Version

 

¹² While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. ¹⁴ I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.