Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

1 Corinthians 2:11, “For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”

The seat of our personhood is our spirit.

Our real “knower” is our spirit.

We do not know ourself apart from our spirit.

I am an empty shell without my spirit.

I am a personless person without my spirit.

The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit and joined Himself with my spirit.

Now I can live from my spirit (Rom. 1:9).

Now I find my uplifted personhood in this organic “I” (John 14:20).

Do we see this?

It is marvelous to know that Christ is your person.

When sin shows up, you can boldly tell it, “He has the sin and I have the righteousness.”

That will catapult you right into His arms to love Him, to draw from Him.

He gave the law in order to exhaust us and convince us that we need to live in union with Him.

He already knew the flesh was fallen, but we did not.

So He came with the law and exhausted the flesh to the utmost, so that He could regenerate our spirit and get Himself into us.

Romans 8:3-4 says, “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

Now we just walk according to Spirit, somewhat spiritually irresponsible.

We are not obligated to what shows up in our thoughts and feelings.

He paid the debt.

We are not obligated to the flesh anymore (Rom. 8:12).

We do not owe it anything.

We do not owe it an answer.

We do not owe it an excuse.

We do not need to defend it.

It has been judged once and for all on the cross.

This is wonderful!

Until Tomorrow

With a Shepherd’s Love 

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Amy Garner’s Dad – Rehab

Dan Haines – Home

Darlene Wiggins Mom – Home 

Dr. Don Davis – Home 

John McClain – Rehab

Stanley – Rockdale

Terrell Loyd – Home

Tom Witcher – Rehab

Bentley Smith

James Garner’s Friend

Kim McClain’s Mother 

Lonzo Christian

Tate Allgood

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Bill Moody 

Charlie Sessom – Waiting  

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Fredna Cook

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

Kenny & Nora Allison  

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford

Pastor & Mrs. Driskell 

Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 

Ricky Stubbs  

Rod Gustafson – Cancer

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmon’s Cousin

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dads