{"id":5561,"date":"2022-03-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2022-03-04T11:27:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:27:46","slug":"spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"SPIRIT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Numbers 32:1-33:39 ESV<\/a>, Luke 4:31-5:11 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 64:1-10 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 11:22 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cAnd in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit<\/em> of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice\u201d (Luke 4:33 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PNEUMA (4151): <\/strong>\u201cA current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze.  I.e., (human) the rational soul, or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ\u2019s spirit, the Holy Spirit.  Syn: This word is rarely used of wind, but when so used it is known for its strength, vigor and force.\u201d[I]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spirits exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding the spiritual side to life means accepting the unknown.  The battle between light and dark takes place outside our field of vision, making it hard to comprehend.  In the pages of scripture, Jesus gives us a glimpse of the fight.  The man in today\u2019s verse had an unclean spirit within him who confronted Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut Jesus rebuked him, saying, \u201cBe silent and come out of him!\u201d And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.\u201d (Luke 4:35 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus prevails.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus didn\u2019t let the unclean spirit bother Him; instead, He shut the demon up.  Accepting Jesus into our lives means the Holy Spirit becomes our protector, living within us, giving us its power.  Nothing can take His place.  Grounding our identity in Christ means accessing His power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far in my journey, I have never encountered a demon-possessed man like the one in today\u2019s verse.  But I have dealt with wayward thoughts, lies I\u2019ve believed which stop me from living life to the fullest in Christ.  Jesus has an answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,\u201d (2 Cor. 10:5 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tap into God\u2019s Spirit.\u00a0 Capture thoughts, silence demons and expose lies with Jesus\u2019s power.\u00a0 Live life to the fullest with Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 205) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Numbers 32:1-33:39 ESV, Luke 4:31-5:11 ESV, Psalm 64:1-10 ESV, Proverbs 11:22 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cAnd in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice\u201d (Luke 4:33 ESV) PNEUMA (4151): \u201cA current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or… Continue reading SPIRIT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5566,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions\/5566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}