Sunday June 29th, 2025
« Do not quench [extinguish, turn away from, put out, subdue, or be unresponsive to the working and guidance of] the [Holy] Spirit. »
16 What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature.
17 For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.
18 If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law.
19 What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;
20 in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;
21 they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
22 But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.
25 The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives.
26 We must not be proud or irritate one another or be jealous of one another.
What are the things that the flesh usually tells you to do?
They are listed in Galatians 5:19-21 as you must have earlier read in today’s Bible text.
You think that you can view a few pictures or videos on social media where someone is almost nude and it is okay.
You are quenching the Spirit.
That little window you give to indulge the flesh will strengthen it such that you would find yourself going back to those pictures/videos after that time.
The Bible is very clear – don’t ever do anything that will quench the Spirit.
Never!
Do you know that there are some things that are not sins, but can strengthen the flesh to the point of eventually quenching the Spirit ?
– Examples include not fasting (Psalm 35:13),
– not being able to abstain from sex even with your legally wedded spouse (1 Corinthians 7:5),
– not praying (Ephesians 6:18),
– not studying your Bible (Psalm 119:9-11)
– and not fellowshipping with the brethren (Hebrews 10:25).
From Galatians 5:16, we see that it is necessary to always walk in the Spirit so that you will not fulfil the works of the flesh.
If you take a break from spiritual exercises, you will eventually fulfill the works of the flesh; there is no holiday in the spirit realm.
« Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction ? »
I stay far away from sin because I know that God is the only One who can help me to fulfill my destiny and He hates sin.
If I offend Him and He turns His back on me, I am finished!
Joseph knew this, so he did not indulge his flesh at all and he fulfilled God’s plan for his life.
- My beloved, I am appealing to you from my heart today, walk in the Spirit every day and you will attain God’s plan for your life.
Application – What are those things you do that quench the Spirit of God in you? List them and cut yourself off from them today.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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