Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 51:5 – 13 (KJV)
Psa 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psa 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psa 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psa 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Psa 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psa 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:16 – 18 (KJV)
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Gal 5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Transforming Power Statements:
1) We are living in a season of the Church in which it is imperative that believers are nurtured in the correct understanding from the Bible about what is true concerning the Holy Spirit Who is the third person of the God-head, whom we must understand in accordance with a proper Scripture based understanding.
2) The ever-present Holy Spirit has always acted on behalf of the believer, and even has a relationship with the unbeliever in that the third person of the God-Head oversees everyone and everything, just as in the case of King David, who was caught up in a pattern of sin and Nathan the Prophet was used by the Holy Spirit to administer correction and repentance as well as restoration.
3) Paul’s letter to the Galatians gives us insight to the means to live victoriously in all areas of life, which is to nurture ourselves to obey the Word of God and the principles of the Holy Spirit, rather than the dictates of the world, the flesh and the devil.