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How can we keep our spiritual temperature up
BY REV. VICJANIIESON
BRUSSELS-BELGRAVE
PRESBYTERIAN
In John 15:5 Jesus says: "I am
the vine; you are the branches. If a
man remains in me and I in him, he
will bear much fruit; apart from me
you can do nothing."
Recently a number of our youth
have been moved by the Holy
Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ
within them, to share their faith in
Him with others. But all of us in all
our Christian churches need such a
boost in spiritual temperature.
Such a temperature rise is initiated
by the Holy Spirit speaking
through the Word of God directly
or indirectly through a Christian
with a"high fever" or desire to
help others to confess their sins,
those things in our lives that
separate us from God and mem-
bers of His family.
The temperature of our spirit
rises as we surrender our lives
completely to Jesus Christ as our
Lord and Saviour. The Holy Spirit
will cause us to get rid of whatever
we are doing that does not reflect to
others thatJesus Christ alone is the
true God of everyone everywhere.
Scripture like Acts 4:12 becomes
understood more clearly: "Salva-
tion is found in no one else, for
there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we
must be saved."
Our spiritual temperature will
remain high only if we spend time
daily in prayer, Bible study, and if
possible, fellowship with other
Christians.
Roselind Rinker, a notable
writer on prayer, suggests that:
(1.) We have a definite quiet place
to pray alone; (2.) We put aside
everything else at that time and
worship the Lord, ourGod. (3.) Our
prayers should be spoken as if we
were talking to someone close to us
so that we can keep our thoughts
centered on Jesus Christ as our
Lord and Saviour.
Bible study enriches our prayers
by giving the Lord, our God an
opportunity to speak directly
through such words or otherwise as
He may choose. Whether we are
reading through the Bible accord-
ing to our own plan or someone
else's, it is helpful to make notes of
verses and/or to underline those
that Christ's Spirit seems to want
us to focus upon.
Christian fellowship helps us,
the branches of the tree of life,
Christ alive in Spirit within us, to
remain alive and able to reach out
with Christ's forgiving love to
unbelievers.
May the Holy Spirit enable us to
keep our spiritual temperature up
in ordhr to share our faith in Jesus
Christ with others. He will enable
us to bear such fruit or characteris-
tics as love, joy, peace, long-
suffering, etc. mentioned in Gala -
tions 5: 22-23. Apart from Him we
cannot truly experience such, so
pray, study and have fellowship.
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