Res Howell had an encounter with the Holy Spirit of God and he realized that God was not just interested in behavior modification. He saw that there was a core issue at work in his life that caused the actions and attitudes of sin. God was revealing that his outward sin was being caused by an inward cause. God took Res through a journey dealing with surrendering his life to the life of the Spirit. God dealt with four core issues in his life: 1. Love of Money, 2. Family relationships, 3. Ambition and 4. Reputation.
When Res Howell surrendered each of these areas to the will of the Holy Spirit in his life he felt the cleansing he had longed for and he began to live a life in the Spirit.
How often are we dealing with the symptoms, symptoms and more symptoms of our spiritual issues and don't ever deal with the root causes?
Take some time in prayer to ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to what are some root cause issues that are still alive and active in your life. Ask God to not just help you with the sin symptoms, but to help cleanse your selfish nature.
Your journey will probably be different than Res Howell's journey or mine, but we all have core selfish issues we must surrender to God for cleansing and then daily keep those surrendered as we live in the Spirit. God will be faithful to reveal these to us if we are willing to ask. Go to prayer with a pen and paper so you are clear on what God is asking you to surrender. Wrestle with it for a while and make sure you are willing to let it go. Then let it go!
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