PRAY FOR HAITI DAILY DEVOTION DAY 19

PRAY FOR HAITI DAILY DEVOTION DAY 19

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 2

Transformation of the soul is a process. It does not happen instantly like a birth does. Paul affirmed this when he wrote to the church at Ephesus: “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:22–24).
The power to transform the mind, will, and emotions comes by a continual filling of the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18 tells us to “be filled with the Spirit.” This instruction is given in the present imperative tense, which is a command to do something in the future and involves continuous or repeated action. We are to keep on being filled with the Spirit. How do we do this? By being in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, Who convicts us of sin, righteousness, and judgment to come. John 16:8.
In addition to transforming the soul, the body must be presented as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. Then, we are to yield our members to God as instruments of righteousness. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. Romans 6:13. To yield them to sin is to voluntarily make ourselves the slaves of sin. We should rejoice in the spirit’s new birth, but let’s not forget the need to renew our minds daily with scripture and to yield the members of our bodies to God. All of this requires the grace of God and asking Him daily for the power of the Holy Spirit to be at work in our lives. Our spiritual fitness is important and necessary as we pray for Haiti. Therefore, renew your mind daily, a nation is depending on you. (IBLP/MJP)

With U4 Him
Mullery Jean-Pierre
Pastor, Beraca Baptist Church