PRAY FOR HAITI DAILY DEVOTION DAY 18
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.
Understanding the Born again Process Part 1
When we are born again, we receive a new nature from God, 2 Peter 1:4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
In fact, the Apostle John declares, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God” (I John 3:9). Why, then, do Christians still sin? At salvation the spirit is reborn, but the soul still needs to be transformed, and the body dedicated to God.
In explaining the new birth, Jesus said, “… That which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6). Nothing is said of the soul (mind, will, and emotions), which still needs to be transformed. Thus, we are told, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind …” (Romans 12:2). In order for this renewal to take place we must “… receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls” (James 1:21).
When we are “born of the Spirit” (see John 3:8), the Holy Spirit indwells the spirit, and we are then able to have continual fellowship with God. Paul explains this in I Corinthians 2:12: “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” Once we understand what it means to be born again we are able to live more effectively for God and pray more effectively for others. Tomorrow we’ll look at the transformation process of the soul. (IBLP/MJP)
With U4 Him
Mullery Jean-Pierre
Pastor, Beraca Baptist Church
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