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Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.

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The Spirit Reveals What’s Hidden

Date:
August 30, 2025

Read 1 Corinthians 2:10; Romans 11:33–36

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. (1 Corinthians 2:10 NASB)

The Spirit of God is the One who gleans truth from within the Godhead and then reveals this wisdom to individuals like you and me. Thanks to the Holy Spirit, such deep truths are deposited into our minds. Without the Helper’s supernatural assistance, we’re sunk! He must reveal, or we don’t receive.

The Spirit’s Unique Power

Date:
August 29, 2025

Read 1 Corinthians 2:2–5

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. (1 Corinthians 2:2–3 NASB)

The Spirit Discloses Truth

Date:
August 28, 2025

Read John 16:12–13

“There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. (John 16:12–13)

During the Last Supper, Jesus made a sweeping prediction most of us have never accepted at face value; namely, “He [the Holy Spirit] will guide you into all truth.” Imagine!

How Are We Filled with the Spirit? Part Two

Date:
August 27, 2025

Read Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called. (Ephesians 4:1 NASB)

The Spirit’s filling is like walking. When we are little children, every tiny step is a conscious effort and a magnificent achievement. Soon, we learn to link two or three steps together before we fall. And then before you know it, by the time we’ve reached four or five, we’re walking and not even thinking about it. Walking has simply become a part of life.

How Are We Filled with the Spirit? Part One

Date:
August 26, 2025

Read Ephesians 5:15, 17–18; John 15:5

So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people, but as wise....Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, in which there is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians 5:15, 17–18 NASB)

Even though every believer has the Holy Spirit, it is possible to operate our lives apart from His control. But when that happens—which it does with many Christians every day—what is missed is nothing short of tragic.

When the Spirit Takes Control

Date:
August 24, 2025

Read Romans 6:16; 8:15–17, 26–28; Galatians 5:22–23 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22–23 NASB)

Good news! You don’t have to serve our old master, sin, any longer! By the Spirit‘s filling, evidences of our new nature emerge.

My Flesh...His Spirit

Date:
August 23, 2025

Read Galatians 5:16–17, 19–21

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the desire of the flesh is against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, in order to keep you from doing whatever you want. (Galatians 5:16–17 NASB)

The Spirit...My Sin

Date:
August 22, 2025

Read Romans 6:12–13, 7:24, 8:1 

Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. (Romans 6:12–13)

A Probing Question

Date:
August 21, 2025

Read John 14:12; Romans 12:1–2 

“Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I am going to the Father. (John 14:12 NASB)

After relating the shocking, supernatural changes that resulted from the Spirit taking up residence inside the early followers of Jesus, I’m compelled to ask you: Is the Spirit of God being allowed to transform your life? In case you think that’s an irrelevant question, read the opening words of Romans 12:

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