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I Choose Today to Walk in the Spirit’s Power

What if I told you that the same Spirit who hovered over the waters at creation, the same Spirit who empowered Jesus, and the same Spirit who moved through the early church is the very Spirit who dwells in you today? It’s an incredible truth, yet it’s exactly what God has given us through Christ. As we have been learning and studying about the seven attributes of the Holy Spirit in Isaiah 11:2, we see them fully manifested in life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Just as Jesus, the “shoot from the stump of Jesse” (vs. 1), bore fruit through the power of the Holy Spirit, we too have the capacity to flourish as He produces fruit in us by that same Spirit. Let us briefly recap the Seven Attributes of the Holy Spirit:    1. The Spirit of the Lord – Jesus was filled with the Spirit, led by the Spirit, and did nothing apart from the Father’s will. We are now called to live Spirit-led lives, walking in His presence and power.  2. The Spirit of Wisdom – Jesus taught and lived with divine wisdom, showing us how to make decisions aligned with God’s will. The Spirit of

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I Choose Today to Truly Know God

How does one truly know another? Better yet, how does one truly know the God of the universe, the Maker of heaven and earth? The One who created all things that are and were created? Is it even possible? And if it is, how can we, as mere humans, have a deep, personal, experiential, transformational relationship with God and truly know Him? As we continue with the seven-fold attributes of the Holy Spirit in Isaiah 11:2, today we explore the Spirit of Knowledge—not just knowledge in the sense of facts and information, but the kind of knowing that transforms everything. Jesus actually tells us what knowing God means. In John 17:3, He says, “Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” Eternal life isn’t just about what happens when we die. It’s not only about going to heaven—it starts here and now. To truly live is to know God. But this kind of knowing isn’t just about studying or learning about Him. The Hebrew word used for knowledge in Isaiah 11:2 is da‘at, and it carries the idea of deep, experiential, relational knowledge. It’s not about head

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