Let the Spirit take control!

“Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort?”

Galatians 3:3 NET

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This is why many of us still struggle with Christianity. We start with the Holy Spirit, but try and run our race with our own efforts, which is where everything goes all downhill. Don't you remember? Zechariah 4:6 says: “Therefore he told me, “These signify the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD who rules over all.””

Zechariah 4:6 NET

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We don't let the Spirit take control. We try and run the race in our human efforts, on ourselves. But God is a Spirit and we can't walk with Him if we aren't Spirit too! “God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.””

John 4:24 NET

http://bible.com/107/jhn.4.24.net

If the race started with Jesus, you need Jesus to finish it. Stop making life harder than it needs to be! Let the Spirit take control!

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