God, saturate me with your spirit and quench the embers of sin.

When emotions are unchecked by the Holy Spirit, one negative emotion can easily feed another, joining together as links in a chain of bondage.  

~~Beth Moore  

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

It begins with a tiny flutter deep down. Something—or someone—ignites a spark of anger. Or rebellion. Or lust, guilt, jealously, greed. There it sits, smoldering in our hearts until something else fans the flame. The heat intensifies; a link is forged. Then another, then another. The links join together in a chain that wraps itself around us, trapping us in negative thoughts and emotions.

When unchecked by the Holy Spirit, our emotions can send us into bondage. With the Holy Spirit, however, we have the ability to keep our emotions in check, to look realistically at a situation and not fly off the handle, to turn away from temptation, to turn the other cheek. We can keep the chain of bondage from being forged in the first place.

Jesus came to release us. He can unlock chains. He can extinguish the flames within.  

Prayer for Meditation

God, saturate me with your spirit and quench the embers of sin.

Scripture for Meditation

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Corinthians 3:17 

Music for Meditation 

Where the Spirit of the Lord Is

 

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