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Think on this. 

When you believed Jesus Christ, when you surrendered your life to Him, the Holy Spirit took you out of the kingdom of darkness where all humanity has been held prisoner since Adam’s fall. He then translated you into the Kingdom of God where you became new creations by the Power of the Holy Spirit; confirming your faith and the grace God had given you to respond to His love.

Yes, you received Jesus Christ into your life, but greater still, God brought you and all that you are into the fullness of His life. When Jesus came to live His life in and through you by the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, He came to live in you all that He is. Jesus is Life within you. He has brought His righteousness, His holiness, His faithfulness, His wisdom, His obedience, His own resurrection power, His goodness, His love, His peace, His patience, His joy, His kindness, His gentleness, His long-suffering, His self-control, His truth, His Eternal Life.

All that He brought with Him (when He came to live His Life in you), He is now perfecting in you; He is applying it all; making it work its perfect work in you. Remember, the living-water artesian spring in you is not produced by you. He is the One producing Life in you to display through you His very life and love to the world. He is trustworthy to finish in you the work He began in you. Trust Him.



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