Words of Encouragement

What you are going through right now may feel very real — and it is. But it is not the most real thing in your life. The most real thing in your life is the unseen — the Holy Spirit dwelling within you, the eternal purpose being worked out through your trouble, the glory being produced in the very place that feels the most painful. Paul didn't write these words from a comfortable study — he wrote them from a place of genuine suffering. And he still said the troubles are slight and short-lived compared to what is being produced. You are not just surviving your season. You are being shaped by it into something of eternal, weighty glory. The unseen is at work in you — right now, today, in this very moment. Don't give up. The most real part of your story is still invisible — and it is magnificent.

Reflection Questions

• Which life are you currently yielding to more - self-life or Spirit-life?

• What specific cravings of your self-life need to be abandoned through yielding to Holy Spirit?

• How can you better align with Holy Spirit's intense cravings for righteousness and God's glory?

Reflection Questions

• What deceptive fantasies or arrogant attitudes do you need to demolish with divine weapons?

• Are there rebellious thoughts you've captured but kept imprisoned instead of transforming and releasing?

• What specific thoughts and actions need to be brought into obedience to Jesus right now?