Today in just a couple of hours I’ll be leading a group of men through our last session of the curriculum, Every Man a Pure Warrior. This has been one of the finest curriculums I’ve ever used to help one address what overcoming can be like if one will only follow through. I know each one in the group has had different awakenings as we’ve gone through the 17 lessons. My own has been my awakening to the critical role of Spirit. This significance has been a topic off and on through out my life in sermons, etc., but never having the grip on me this has had.

God gave us His Holy Spirit as His Gift for accepting His Son Jesus into our lives. For the most part this great GIFT sits dormant for much of each day as we rely mostly on our own spirit of flesh to work things out and complete the day’s responsibilities. Learning to awaken my spirit each morning and surrendering me to God’s Holy Spirit within me has been my greatest take-away from this work. In so doing, any stress, anxiety I might have for the day is now under The Holy Spirit’s work. Earlier this week when I wrote about speaking to the church group, I would be anxious until I’d surrender it to The Holy Spirit. That particular morning I did this a half a dozen times as my own fears kept wanting to resurface as the time approached.

The beauty of God’s Work in us has no limits if we will only stay surrendered each and every day to Him. Even in my journaling this morning I was reminded that God’s great gift of freedom comes from this surrender. I only want to live in this for the remainder of my life!