Romans 8, From Within

“Now if Christ does live WITHIN YOU his presence means that your sinful nature is dead, but YOUR SPIRIT becomes alive because of the righteousness he brings with him. I said that our nature is 'dead' in the presence of Christ, and so it is, because of its sin. Nevertheless once the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives WITHIN YOU he will, by that same Spirit, bring to your whole being new strength and vitality.

“So then, my brothers, you can see that we have no particular reason to feel grateful to our sensual nature, or to live life on the level of the instincts. Indeed that way of living leads to certain spiritual death. But if on the other hand you cut the nerve of your instinctive actions by obeying THE SPIRIT, you are on the way to real living.

“All who follow the leading of God’s Spirit are God’s own sons. Nor are you meant to relapse into the old slavish attitude of fear—you have been adopted into the very family circle of God and you can say with A FULL HEART, 'Father, my Father.' The Spirit himself endorses our INWARD conviction that we really are the children of God. Think what that means. If we are his children we share his treasures, and all that Christ claims as his will belong to all of us as well! Yes, if we share in his suffering we shall certainly share in his glory.” (Romans 8:10-17, Phillips)

Remember, as you encounter this week:

Jesus lives WITHIN YOU.
He has already made YOUR SPIRIT alive.
The power of the Resurrection is likewise WITHIN YOU.
THE SPIRIT of Jesus is your ever-available Guide through life.
By the Lord's work, you, right now, may enjoy A FULL HEART.
For your INWARD sense, of His perfect love, is perfectly correct!