My beautiful, sturdy thighs were made for powering bike pedals, not trying to bounce off of hard cement. Not one ounce of me springs. What has really surprised me is how thirsty I get in these short little races.

By mile marker 1, I am laser focused on finding the first water station. Please could we install a conveyor belt at each water station and supply me with a half gallon of water?

Ever feel that way in your spirit, inside your very being? Parched, dry, desperately in need of energy to keep going?

Like you need a half gallon of a soul-satisfying energy drink? On those days, the very days when it is hardest to do it, we need to bend our hearts to Jesus, spend time with Him, and ask Him to revive our souls.

Only He can quench our deep-down thirst. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. Even at the very end of time, Jesus will remind us of His offer to quench the thirst in our souls. From Revelation, an account of the last days:.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. Did you catch that this water of life is free? All we need to do is receive the gift. In Psalm , the psalmist reminds us of the river of grace and tranquility that flows through our lives if we look to God for our help:.

Feeling parched, dry, out of energy in your very being? Grab that Dixie cup off the water station, open that Bible that sits on your nightstand, ask God to fill your soul, and wait expectantly for Jesus to splash His living water all over you.

This is the second time we have dug into Psalm The fulness of the presence of the Lord, the Spirit is freedom. Freedom from sin, freedom from the flesh, and freedom from values and beliefs contrary to Christ. Christ came to give us freedom from darkness so that we could live in the light of the glory of God.

Here at Oak Grove Church, we never want to treat the Spirit of God with disrespect by minimizing His presence and power in us. He is far more than our conscience; He is Christ in us.

At Oak Grove Church, we do not want legalism or simply conformity — we want transformation. The Spirit of God has this responsibility to transform us into the image of the glory of God in the face of Christ. It is a staggering reality that is, in some ways, incomprehensible to our limited abilities.

He is actively working to reshape our inner being to be a closer reflection of Christ. At the core of discipleship is the anticipation of being utterly changed by His Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the presence of the Lord in us.

We have a whole new identity in Christ. The one who cultivates and imprints our inner being with the reality of being children of God is the Holy Spirit. Choose to take on an attitude of gratitude. Have an attitude of gratitude that is saturated with thanks and celebration.

Each moment that you are alive and striving forward should be filled with reason to throw a party!! Cherish the Journey.

Life is a journey not a destination every round of our existence takes us forward toward our destiny. Live each day to its fullest accomplishing what you can and striving to complete what you haven't fulfilled. Live one day at a time. Sometimes our life plans can have us living in next month instead of the moment.

Take the time to plan how to incorporate these strategies each day. And at the end of each day, celebrate the daily process of getting to your promise. Remember that in life, when you are waiting for the next door to open, "Praise him in the hallway".

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The Spirit will energize you, and if you are feeling spiritually empty, take up the Bible and read! So, what empowers you? Click here to see the complete Daily Bible Reading Plan for Your email address will not be published.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content Photo by Vlad Chețan. Related posts: Learning to Listen Question: How do I know the Holy Spirit is really working in my life? Does he speak to me in my dreams or do I It was a wonderful way to meet some fascinating people and hone my speaking skills I raised Talking About the Trinity One of the most challenging concepts in Christianity is the doctrine of the Trinity: God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Energized Prayer Basic Doctrines. Prayer is like a lamp. We can turn it on and off, on and off, but if it is not plugged in to the power source, if it is not energized, nothing will happen.

Every prayer we pray is either energized or it is not. When it is, we are letting loose an earthshaking power. Because we are in Christ, we have access to God 24 hours a day for the rest of our lives Heb It tells us that the prophet Elijah—known among the Jews for his phenomenal prayer power and prayer ministry—was a natural human being.

He had a sin nature; he struggled with areas of weakness; he knew what it was like to sin and to fail, but his prayer power was not based on anything in Elijah; it was based on God. Every time we stop to pray, we should ask ourselves two questions:. Am I in fellowship Eph ?