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Daily Devotional
Read: Romans 7: 14-25
I turned innocently into a car dealership to waste time between appointments and found myself at the behest of the salesperson sitting behind the wheel of a brand new car. I almost had to perform CPR on the salesperson who was amazed at how good I looked in that car. “That’s you,” he said! Now I’m no fool, but the car did look good and I was in the car, so it stands to reason that it was me. Before I noticed anything, I was about to sign a loan on a car I wasn’t looking for, didn’t need and couldn’t afford.
The apostle Paul helps all of us who perhaps have been in that situation. Maybe not a car dealer but perhaps you almost fell to a smooth talking brother, or sultry voiced sister who attempted to convince you of something that you knew wasn’t good for you. We discover that the battlefield is not in the street or the boardroom, it’s in the mind. The mind can be our greatest asset, or our worst enemy. To avoid Paul’s dilemma in verses 15-20, we must make up, elevate, and transform our minds so that we can walk in the wisdom, message, and Spirit of God.
Thank you, Lord for the victory. Today, I renounce the flesh and embrace the Spirit so that my mind will be centered on your will, your way, according to your Word.
Shalom
Pastor Smith
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