FOLLOW THE SPIRIT: GOODNESS

Moses said, "Please. Let me see your Glory." God said, "I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I'll call out the name, God, right before you. I'll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I'll be kind to whomever I want to be kind." (Exodus 33:18-19, MSG).

I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness in the exuberant earth. Stay with God! Take heart. Don't quit. I'll say it again: Stay with God. (Psalm 27:13-14, MSG).

Living God: I approach Your throne this evening in reverence, bowing down to thank You for being my Creator. "I am so happy that" You "planned for me to be born in this galaxy, in this universe, on this planet." (Witnessing journal entry of Geralyne M. Holt). I rejoice in Your presence!

I treasure our intimate relationship--to know that You're pleased with me and know me by name is quite an honor. (Exodus 33:17, NIV). To hear You declare that your Goodness will pass right before me is music to my ears. (Exodus 33:19, MSG).

LORD, thanks for being attentive to all of my requests. As I decompress and reflect upon the day's events, I must tell You how grateful I am to experience Your goodness in the land of the living. You treat me well and kind--You give me star treatment.

I confess that I do get discouraged--I don't always possess confident vision and there are times when I want to quit. (Psalm 27:13-14, MSG). Increase my faith, O LORD, and decrease my fears.

I'm fully committed to stay with You! (Psalm 27:14, MSG). I will follow the Spirit of goodness!

In the name of Jesus Christ...AMEN.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit. (Galatians 5:19-25, HCSB).