Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one phony god
to another, never knowing what you were doing, just doing it because everybody else did it? It’s different in this life. God wants us to use our intelligence,
to seek to understand as well as we can. For instance, by using your heads, you know perfectly well that the Spirit of God would never prompt anyone to say
“Jesus be damned!” Nor would anyone be inclined to say “Jesus is Master!”
without the insight of the Holy Spirit.
— 1 Corinthians 12:2-3 MESSAGE
Today’s Word
In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit spoke through human writers to give us some absolute truths. When the Holy Spirit lives inside people, they are not going to curse Jesus. Instead, the Holy Spirit impels them to confess Jesus as Lord and Master — not only as the Lord and Master of all creation but also as the Lord and Master to whom they yield their hearts! Because of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, the Holy Spirit declared the Lord Jesus Christ as the powerful Son of God (Romans 1:4).
Our Prayer
Almighty God, I confess that I believe that Jesus Christ is your Son, my Lord and Savior. I yield my heart to Jesus and pray that my life reflects his character and compassion. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart always be guided by your Holy Spirit and lead me to confess the glory and grace that I have found in my Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, in whose name I pray. Amen.
Ken Crawford 
Thank you Ken for your choice of scripture and devotion, reminding me of the need to be led by the Spirit in what I do and say. Dave Garver
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