Wednesday December 17th 2025
« What your corrupt nature (the flesh) wants is contrary to what your spiritual nature wants, and what your spiritual nature wants is contrary to what your corrupt nature wants. They are opposed to each other. As a result, you don’t always do what you intend to do »
1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
2 And because you belong to Him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death.
3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature So God did what the law could not do. He sent His own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
4 He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.
5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to Him at all.)
10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God.
11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.
13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.
We learnt yesterday about the importance of increasing our spiritual capacity and a bit about how to go about this.
Today, we would go a bit deeper in discussing how to increase our spiritual capacity.
- The main goal in increasing our spiritual capacity is to be more spiritually-minded; to be more like Jesus and less like our default human nature.
« Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be »
The first thing you must do is to surrender your life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, be baptized by immersion, signifying your death to the flesh and a new life in Jesus.
After this, you seek to be baptized in the Holy Spirit and invite Him to dwell in you and take control of your life.
Once the above steps are taken, you must begin to do less of the things your flesh wants you to do.
Don’t let your flesh control you.
You cannot be spending all your free time on social media, attending parties or eating as often as you like.
If you give your flesh everything it asks for, you will remain under its control and this can only lead to eternal damnation.
Paul said in Acts 17:28 that it is in Jesus that we believers live, move and have our being.
That must be your testimony too.
You also need the Holy Spirit to keep the flesh under control.
- You are not strong enough to deal with the flesh by yourself, Romans 8:13.
To continue to grow your spiritual capacity, you must truly pray without ceasing, as 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says.
If you are not willing to pray consistently and fervently at all times, you are not yet willing to increase your spiritual capacity.
When you cannot pray in understanding, switch to praying in the Spirit.
Fasting and studying the word of God daily must also become your lifestyle, Jeremiah 15:16.
You must also seek to hear God at all times.
Ask Him questions about things you don’t understand in the Scriptures.
These steps may appear simple and straight forward, but many people find it difficult to do them consistently.
Application – Are you increasing your spiritual capacity ?
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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