Devotional Life
The Anointing
1 John 2:26-27
John says because we have the anointing of the Holy Spirit
We do not need others to teach us
John is not saying we are on our own
What He is saying is the Holy Spirit will help you realize
What is real and what is counterfeit
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God is in you
Your anointing comes from the Spirit of God
The same anointing Apostle Paul, John or any other teacher or writer of God
You not only have the Holy Spirit to reveal real and counterfeit
But from within you, the Spirit of God will teach you
You will get more out of His teaching if you write it down
For me I found that as I write I think more
My mind opens beyond my current knowledge
I begin to see things, my eyes open to new truth
In your devotional time remember you have an “Anointing”
Take time to put into writing the inspiring word from the Holy Spirit
He will guide you into all truth, remain in Him
The Anointing
Journaling or writing out your
devotional is very rewarding.
Every morning I read a devotional
I wrote weeks to months ago,
before I start my devotional for that day.
Almost every day as I read the devotional,
I become amazed at what I wrote.
So many times I question did I write that?
Reading your journal or devotionals
from the past, reveals how much
God was speaking to you.
It becomes very clear your devotional
time was with God, because the words
you wrote are not just your words…
But inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
It is important to realize your time
with God is a time of inspiration.
You do not start with all the answers.
You start with a big idea, the title,
or you start with a detail, the sub title,
or you start with a scripture.
You will start with one of the three,
but as you think, research and write
the other two will come into focus.
In the end the three points…
Title, Sub Title and Scripture
Will become your fence posts
and define your boundaries.
You will want your journal
or devotional to be short.
Learn to draw conclusions.
This can be very hard for most of us.
Your sub title will help you keep
it short, as you do not want to write
about anything else but that point.
You will have other discoveries.
Take those discoveries and write them down
on another sheet of paper for a later study.
Keep it short so you will read it in the future.
Keep it short so you learn how to use the
most important words to make a point.
If you make it short, you can later
put your writing together with other
sub titles that relate with your title
and that is how you develop a book.
I like to write sentences not paragraphs
that is why I center every sentence on a page.
This helps keep me from becoming wordy.
Devotional time is “TIME WITH GOD”.
I have found a lot of
encouragement in 1 John 2:26-27.
John is talking to people like you and I…
Those of us who want to know more about God.
John knows there are good
teachers and false teachers.
False teacher can be very convincing
if we are just a listener.
John says we have an “Anointing”…
The anointing is from God and lives in us.
This is the Holy Spirit.
John says because we have
the anointing of the Holy Spirit…
We do not need others to teach us.
John is not saying we are on our own.
What He is saying is the Holy Spirit will help
you realize what is real and what is counterfeit.
The Holy Spirit,
the Spirit of God is in you.
Your anointing comes from the Spirit of God
the same anointing the Apostle Paul,
John or any other teacher or writer of God.
You not only have the Holy Spirit
to reveal real and counterfeit…
But from within you, the
Spirit of God will teach you.
You will get more out of His
teaching if you write it down.
For me I found that as
I write I think more.
My mind opens beyond
my current knowledge.
I begin to see things,
my eyes open to new truth.
In your devotional time remember
you have an “Anointing”.
Take time to put into writing the
inspiring word from the Holy Spirit.
He will Guide you into
all truth, remain in Him.
Scripture Reading
1 John 2:26-27 NIV
26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit — just as it has taught you, remain in him.
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