Faith means letting Him.

“Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). You must reckon positively with the Holy Spirit in every new situation you encounter, to keep the flesh in the place of death.

Why does a human being need God to be functional? Because we were made that way. Long ago, God decided to make a creature on this little planet called Earth. He specifically designed this creature as the means whereby His potential, His Life, could be released and produce righteousness. Man cannot produce righteousness on his own, however, any more

The same is true with human beings. Simply urging them to be good, telling them to draw from the depths of their personality, introducing them to behavioral science, trying to legislate their actions with rules, regulations, and religion, and threatening them with punishment or prison—ultimately none of these can succeed in producing righteousness

To be a carnal Christian is still to claim the right to exercise your own jurisdiction, make your own decisions and plans, choose your own pathway. But you will be useless to God, and you will make it into heaven only “as through fire” (1 Corinthians 3:15).

Christ … is our life. COLOSSIANS 3:4

That being so, applying His adequacy by faith to every situation as it arises will leave you with no alternative but to obey this injunction: “In everything give thanks” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). In how many things? In everything without exception, for “this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” If in any situation you are not prepared to give

When the Holy Spirit names it, call it by its name! Admit and confess it for the sin that it is. Claim instantly the cleansing that God has promised through the death and resurrection of Christ, for “the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7), and be thankful that the Holy Spirit in residence within you is constantly

So when the law states, “Do not lie,” God is simply saying, “You were made to reflect My glory as God, and I am not a liar.” When God’s law says, “Do not steal,” He is telling us, “I created you in My image so that all creation can look at you and know what God is like, and I am not a thief.”