OPEN HEAVENS FELLOWSHIP DAILY DEVOTION
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
In the same way as everything you will need for life and godliness is in your born again spirit, all you will ever need to have a successful godly relationship and marriage is in you. I have listened to several people who gave up on their relationships because they felt they 'ran out of love' or they just didn't have what it took to continue anymore. It's one thing to endure but it's another thing to draw out of the divine resources within you to enjoy your relationship.
It's important to know that God made everybody different and unique. Inasmuch as there are similarities, everybody is intrinsically different. Whereas God looks at those differences to generate love; the devil uses those differences to create discord and hatred. That's why there's racism and gender inequality in the world. The fact that two people are completely different doesn't mean they can't have a wonderful love relationship or marriage.
It's the differences that give you the opportunity to draw on the divine resources in you to enjoy your love relationship. The opening verses talk about the fruit of the recreated or born again spirit. For a long time many people have thought Β that the fruit is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. But in several devotions, we've shown from the scriptures how this is referring to your spirit. It means that in your born again spirit are wells of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. These are the things anyone will need to enjoy a blissful relationship.
Anytime you come up against a challenge, draw on the wells in you. Begin to confess, "I have the love of God in me. I'm always joyful. The peace of God is in me. There's longsuffering in me. I'm always gentle! I'm full of kindness and goodness! I'm full of faith. I exhibit meekness and temperance in the Name of Jesus! Don't be moved by what is going on on the outside of your relationship. Focus on what's inside you in Christ!
PRAYER: Thank You dear Father for depositing in me all that I will ever need to enjoy my love relationship and marriage. I draw from all that is in me by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' Name.
