GLOBAL PRAYER INITIATIVE OF HAITIAN CHURCHES

PRAY FOR HAITI DAILY DEVOTION DAY 16

GLOBAL PRAYER INITIATIVE OF HAITIAN CHURCHES

Theme Verse 2 Chronicles 7:14
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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

An important procedure takes place as soon as a baby is born. A trained attendant carefully checks specific vital signs to confirm that the baby is alive and well. A similar procedure should be followed when someone is born again. Being born again is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit and is accompanied by visible evidences in the person’s life. There are five vital signs that should be checked to determine if we had a genuine born again experience:
1. A new awareness of sin. When we are born again, we receive the Holy Spirit. He enables our consciences to discern words, thoughts, and actions that displease the Lord. “Hereby know we that we dwell in him [Jesus], and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit” (I John 4:13). Because the Spirit of the Lord is in us we become acutely aware when we sin grieve Him. Things we used to do that did not bother us we now pay close attention to such as gossiping, unforgiving, uncaring attitude. When we have truly paced our trust in Christ we become aware of sin.
2. A new desire to stop doing evil things. Many have said that after being born again they stopped drinking, taking drugs, cursing, being immoral, and committing a host of other sins. This desire to stop sinning comes because “whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin [habitually or characteristically] “No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. (I John 3:9). They do not have the mindset to purposely go out and sin, they don’t want to sin. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Notice the second sentence, it doesn’t say “when you sin…” it says “If you sin…” indicating that sinning is not a normal part of our daily lives.

Are the first two of the five experiences true for you now as a child of God as it was when you first placed your trust in Him? Do you still have an awareness of sin and a strong desire to stop doing evil things? If not, you have to ask yourself am I truly born again. As we pray let us examine our relationship with Jesus; ask those hard questions about your salvation.
With U4 Him
Mullery Jean-Pierre
Pastor, Beraca Baptist Church