Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)
" I
have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives
in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Ephesians 3:16-20 (AMPC)
“May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His
glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by
the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality]. May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent
home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on
love, That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with
all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the
breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; That you may really come] to know [practically, [a]through experience
for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses [b]mere knowledge
[without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] [c]unto
all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence,
and [d]become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is
at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly,
far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our
highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]—”
Galatians 5:24 (KJV)
“And
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.”
- We’ve been called into the ‘Divine race’ of humans on earth because of what Christ did on the cross.
- Those who have not crucified the passions and desires of the flesh do not belong to Christ and are therefore not of the ‘Divine race’ of humans.
- These ones will always contaminate any revival or move of the Spirit of God
Prayer:
- Lord, I thank You again for the deliberate and intensive preparation of life You are taking me through in these crucial days. Thank You for not sparing me. Thank You, Lord.
- Lord, let me have ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying expressly and intentionally to the church these days. Don’t let me remain unaware of the alarm You are raising to us now. Help me to take Your primary appeal very seriously for my life. Holy Spirit, help me.
- Father, pass me through Calvary, the place of death again and again. Let the confession of Paul in Galatians 2:20 be my actual experience every day.
- Lord, help me so that my life does not contradict the truth of Galatians 5:24. Let me be Yours, Lord completely. Give me grace to mortify my members and crucify the passions and desires of the flesh.
- Don’t let my life be a contaminant in the coming move of Your Spirit. Lord, help me. Don’t let the move of Your Spirit be quenched or scuttled because of Mr Flesh uncrucified in my life.
Galatians 3:1 (MSG)
“You crazy
Galatians! Did someone put a hex on you? Have you taken leave of your senses?
Something crazy has happened, for it’s obvious that you no longer have the
crucified Jesus in clear focus in your lives. His sacrifice on the cross was
certainly set before you clearly enough.”
Galatians 3:1 (PHILLIPS)
“O you
dear idiots of Galatia, who saw Jesus Christ the crucified so plainly,”
Galatians 3:1 (AMPC)
“O
you poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians!
Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom—right
before your very eyes—Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set
forth and portrayed as crucified?”
Galatians 3:1 (LIVING BIBLE)
“Oh,
foolish Galatians! What magician has hypnotized you and cast an evil spell upon
you? For you used to see the meaning of Jesus Christ’s death as clearly as
though I had waved a placard before you with a picture on it of Christ dying on
the cross.”
Prayer:
- Lord, let the death of Christ on the cross be so powerfully evidenced in my life. Don’t let my life deny the work of Calvary but let it be a vivid picture of You, Lord. Let my life bear witness to the death and resurrection of Christ
- Lord, help me to keep the crucified Christ in my focus every day. Don’t let me lose sight of Christ and Him crucified. Help me to consciously carry my own cross daily wiling to bear its shame and reproach with Christ.
- Lord, don’t let the meaning, the mystery and the ministry of the Cross of Christ become just something I used to see. Let its meaning, mystery and ministry be A current occurrence in my live every day.
- The uncrucified Christian is an impossibility for God. God can’t do anything with him- he is a roadblock for God!! LORD, HAVE MERCY ON ME TODAY, I PRAY! HELP ME SO THAT I AM NOT A ROAD BLOCK FOR YOU. DON’T LET MY LIFE BE AN IMPOSSIBILITY FOR YOU, LET THE CROSS OF CALVARY PREVAIL OVER ME TODAY!
- Pray Ephesians 3:16-20 “ that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us”,
On A Hill Far
Away
1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged
cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and
best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
2. O that old rugged cross, so despised by the
world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so
divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and
died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
4. To the old rugged cross I will ever be
true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far
away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.
George Bennard
