25th March 2023

Inner Conflict

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?

Jeremiah 7:9

Christ can rid you of inner conflict. Man without God is always torn between two urges. His nature prompts him to do wrong, and his conscience urges him to do right. Antagonistic desires and mixed-up emotions keep him in a state of personal instability. Medical men have almost concluded that this conflict is the basis of much physical breakdown and nervous collapse. Many doctors now believe that among the contributing causes of the common cold are stress, tension, and inner conflict. The apostle Paul, must have been in the midst of such a personal civil war when he cried, “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?” Then he answered his own question when he said, “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 7:24).

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Romans 7:21-25.

Prayer

Lord God, only Your Holy Spirit can control my innermost feelings. Help me to be conscious of Your presence this day. In Jesus precious name, I pray. Amen.