He also predestined from the

beginning to be conformed

to the image of His Son, that He

might be the firstborn among

many brethren.

Moreover those whom He thus

predestined, He also called,

these He also justified

and whom He justified,

these he also glorified.

( Romans 8.29 and 30).

INSPIRATION POINTS

Praises, glory, honor and power

belong to our Father in heaven,

His Eternal Son our Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit

who foreordained and worked out

this wonderful divine design of

eternal love and life.

The divine design is God’s plan of salvation,

eternal redemption, righteousness and glory.

This is the full expression of God’s divine love

in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior Eternal

Son of the Living God.

knows what the mind of the Spirit is,

because He makes intercession

for the saints according to and

in harmony with God’s will.

And we know that all things

work together for good

to those who love God

and are the called according to His

purpose.

( Romans 8.27 and 28).

INSPIRATION POINTS

Consider these points:

1) The Holy Spirit makes intercession

for us according to God’s will.

2) Everything works together for good

to those who love God are the called

according to His divine design.

For we were saved in this hope,

but hope that is seen is not hope.

For how can one hope for what she

already sees.

But if we hope for what is still unseen

by us, we wait for it with patience and

composure.

So too the Holy Spirit comes to our aid

and bears us up in our weakness.

For we do not know what prayer to

offer nor how to offer it worthily as

we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes

to meet our supplication and pleads

in our behalf with unspeakable

yearnings and groanings too deep

for utterance.

( Romans 8.24-26).

INSPIRATION

Meditate on the following:

1) The hope of redemption for our bodies.

2) The meaning of hope

3) Waiting patiently

4) The Holy Spirit articulates our deepest

yearnings. These are yearnings for which

words do not yet exist in our vocabulary.

5) These yearnings without words are

communicated for us via the Holy Spirit.

PRAISE THE LORD O MY SOUL!

with our spirit that we are children

of God.

And if children, then heirs also,

heirs of God and joint heirs with

Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him,

that we may also be glorified together.

For I consider that the sufferings of

this present time are not worth being

compared with the glory which shall

be revealed in us.

( Romans 8.16-18).

INSPIRATION

Meditate on the following:

1) The Holy Spirit testifies together with

our spirit that we are God’s children.

2)Since we are children of God, everything

ultimately and essentially belongs to us.

3) We are joint heirs with Christ, because

we are in Christ and we are God’s children.

3) Jesus Christ suffered and we also suffer,

however the sufferings of this life are not

worthy to be compared to the glory which

will be revealed in us.

4) These verses put the notions of property,

wealth,resources and riches in a totally new

light.

5) These verses also shed significant light on

the human condition, providing a new

perspective on the predicament of pain

and suffering not previously found in other

teachings.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God

are sons and daughters of God.

For the Spirit you have now received

is not a spirit of slavery to put you

once more in bondage to fear, but you

have received the Spirit of adoption

( the Spirit producing sonship) in the

bliss of which we cry, Abba ( Father)!

Daddy!

INSPIRATION FOR MEDITATION

Meditate on the following:

1) Upon receiving Jesus Christ as

our Lord and Savior and baptism

in the name of the Father, of the Son

and the Holy Spirit you receive the

Holy Spirit.

2) God’s love is has been poured out in

our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has

been given us. ( Romans 5.5).

we are debtors- not to the flesh,

to live according to the flesh.

For if you live according to the

flesh you will die. But if through

the power of the Holy Spirit you

are habitually putting to death

the evil deeds prompted by the

carnal nature, you will live.

( Romans 8.12 and 13).

INSPIRATION FOR MEDITATION

Meditate on these points:

1) The carnal sinful nature leads

to sin and death.

2) The Holy Spirit leads us to right

standing with God and guides us

to right thinking and actions

3) The Holy Spirit is in eternal

communion with the Eternal Father

and the Eternal Son.

4)The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of life.

 With the Holy Spirit we have eternal

life as sons and daughters of the Eternal.

5) Eternal life is knowing the Father and His

unique Beloved Son Jesus Christ through

His Holy Spirit.

Now if anyone does not have

the Spirit of Christ, he or she

is not His.

And if Christ is in you, the body

is dead because of sin, but the Spirit

is alive because of  righteousness.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised

Jesus from the dead dwells in you,

He who raised Christ from the dead

will also give life to your mortal bodies

through His Spirit who dwells in you.

( Romans 8.9b-11).

INSPIRATION FOR MEDITATION

Meditate on the following:

1) God’s Holy Spirit living in you

verifies that you are His and belong

to Christ.

2) Jesus Christ bestows us His life and

His righteousness.

2) The body is mortal, but the Holy Spirit

is eternal.

3) The Holy Spirit gives life now and

forever. God’s Holy Spirit is in complete

communion with the Father and the Son

in the perfect , unique unity and harmony

of the Holy Trinity.

4) God’s Spirit raised Christ from the

dead and will give life to our mortal

bodies.

 with its carnal thoughts and

purposes is hostile to God,

for it does not submit itself

to God’s Law, indeed it cannot.

So then those who are living

the life of the flesh, catering

to the appetites and impulses

of their carnal nature cannot

please or satisfy God, or be

acceptable to Him.

But you are not living in the

life of the flesh, you are living

the life of the Spirit, if the Holy Spirit

of God really dwells within you and

directs you.

( Romans 8.7-8a).

INSPIRATION FOR MEDITATION

Meditate on the following:

1) The thought pattern prior to

spiritual rebirth.

2) The new thought pattern after

being filled with God’s Holy Spirit.

3) The contrast between those two

thought patterns.

For those who live according to

the flesh set their minds on the

things of the flesh, but those who

live according to the Spirit, the

things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death,

but to be spiritually minded is

life and peace.

( Romans 8.5 and 6).

RIGHT THINKING

HALLMARK OF A  SPIRITUAL

MIND

Consider and meditate on the following:

1) Carnal minds contemplate merely

physical thoughts. Their sphere of

ideation is restricted to things, places,

activities related to physical desires.

2) Those who live according to the

Holy Spirit meditate on Spiritual

concepts and reflect on the ideas

inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Spirit led thoughts characterized by

love, joy, peace,patience,kindness,

goodness and faithfulness are the

hallmark of a spiritual mind.

3) When you are spiritually minded

you have eternal, unconditional

life and peace. The Kingdom of God

is right thinking, peace and joy in

the Holy Spirit.

 For what the law could not do

in that it was weak through the

flesh, God did by sending His

own Son in the likeness of

sinful  flesh, on account of sin.

He condemned sin in the flesh.

That the righteous requirement

of the Law might be fulfilled in us

who do not walk according to the

flesh but according to the Spirit.

( Romans 8.3 and 4).

INSPIRATION FOR REFLECTION

Reflect on these points:

1) Jesus Christ came in the

likeness of sinful flesh, yet

totally righteous.

2) Jesus Christ condemned sin

in the flesh. He paid our sin debt

in full.

3) The righteous requirements of

the law are fulfilled in us because

Jesus Christ fulfilled all righteousness

for us.

4) Thanks to Jesus Christ we are now

counted righteous by walking according

to the  Spirit.

4) Spirituality implies being spiritual by

being Spirit led under the guidance of the

Holy Spirit.