Romans 8:15-16 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, \u2018Abba, Father.\u2019 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most salient and deep evidence that we belong to Christ is that quiet inner conviction from God Himself, confirming that we are His children. I guess nothing can be more truthful than the deep spiritual assurance that we are God\u2019s children, but this assurance must not be a presumptuous emotional feeling but a spiritual witness from the Holy Spirit. If we have received the Spirit of adoption, it is the same Spirit that has the veracity to call us God\u2019s children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember, it must not be my heart telling me that I am a child of God. NLT says, \u201cHis Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God\u2019s children.\u201d This is a Spirit to spirit work. We have our own spirits and there is God\u2019s Spirit. Only God\u2019s Spirit can go down deep enough to ignite that conviction that we can call the Almighty God \u201cFather,\u201d and once God has accepted us as adopted sons, we can lift our faces up to Him and call out, \u201cAbba Father,\u201d or \u201cHi Dad!\u201d There is a freedom and familiarity we develop with God when the Spirit has brought us to this point of grace and connection; and there is no greater source of confidence and peace than knowing that the Everlasting All-Powerful Creator of the whole world, is your dad! That\u2019s rest redefined!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have found rest in You Oh God. My rest is complete because You are my Dad, and You care for me. You\u2019ve told me I am Your child through Christ, and I believe You. I now have peace that passes all understanding. Halleluya. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romans 8:15-16 (NKJV) \u201c\u2026you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, \u2018Abba, Father.\u2019 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,\u201d One of the most salient and deep evidence that we belong to Christ is that quiet inner conviction from God Himself, confirming that we are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-romans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Romans.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2936,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions\/2936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}