December 18: Psalm 80:18; Psalm 119:93; John 6:63; John 15:7; Romans 8:26–27; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 6:18; 1 John 5:14; 1 Corinthians 5:6–7; 1 Corinthians 5:9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Ephesians 5:11; Philippians 2:15; 2 Timothy 2:20 - a podcast by Crossway

Give us life, and we will call upon your name!

“It is the Spirit who gives life.”— Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.—Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance.

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life.—“The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”—For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.—“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”—And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 80:18 (Listen)

18   Then we shall not turn back from you;
    give us life, and we will call upon your name!

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Psalm 119:93 (Listen)

93   I will never forget your precepts,
    for by them you have given me life.

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John 6:63 (Listen)

63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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John 15:7 (Listen)

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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Romans 8:26–27 (Listen)

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because¹ the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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1 Corinthians 12:3 (Listen)

3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

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2 Corinthians 3:6 (Listen)

6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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Ephesians 6:18 (Listen)

18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

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1 John 5:14 (Listen)

14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

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Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven…. I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.—That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

1 Corinthians 5:6–7 (Listen)

6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

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1 Corinthians 5:9–11 (Listen)

9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.

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1 Corinthians 15:33 (Listen)

33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”¹

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Ephesians 5:11 (Listen)

11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

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Philippians 2:15 (Listen)

15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

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2 Timothy 2:20 (Listen)

20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

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