40 Days of Prayer Day 15

INHABITED BY THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST ROMANS 8:9  

Do you have a favorite spot in your home? Maybe it’s your bedroom or a quiet little spot  away from everyone else. Maybe it’s in the kitchen around the table with family and friends  or in the backyard. Wherever it is, what makes it your favorite spot? I’m guessing that it’s  in that spot where you feel the most peace, the most security, the most at rest . . . like you  belong there.  

In Romans 8:9, Paul talks about being inhabited by the Spirit of Christ. When you belong to  Christ, His Spirit takes up residence in you. You are His home, and you belong to Him—just  like you live in your house, and your house belongs to you. If a person visits your home, they  are a guest there, but they don’t live there, and the house doesn’t belong to them because  they’re not part of the family. In the same way, if a person does not belong to Christ, if they  are not part of His family, then the Spirit does not live in them. If we don’t have a relationship  with God, then we aren’t truly home; we are not at rest, we don’t belong! 

PRAYER POINTS: 

1. Go to that favorite place in your home now. Just be still and quiet  there for a few minutes and allow that feeling of rest and belonging  to wash over you. Ask the Lord to be present.  

2. Pray and ask God to come and make His home in you. Ask Him to  reveal to you whether or not you are truly welcoming Him.  

3. Ask the Holy Spirit to live in you in such a way that brings peace,  rest, and a sense of belonging. 

»by Stacy Hall