Philippians 2:13 Is God working in me? If I want to feel that He is, I must walk in obedience in the Spirit. The more I say yes the more I will feel his presence and his pleasure in my life. Is my Heavenly Father stirring my heart? What has he told me to do and I am doing it?
Conversion
We have choices in every aspect of our life – to walk in the flesh or in the Spirit. If I am seeking truth, I will find it.
Romans 8:1
Luke 22:31,32,33,34 Jesus spoke to Peter about his future denial and future conversion and success.
Conviction brings me to conversion. Peter declared he would never knowingly act in error. He believed Jesus could count on him. Jesus knew his desire. When there is an immediate threat and I must react immediately, do I demonstrate that I am walking in the Spirit? There’s is no condemnation when I don’t walk after the flesh.
Matthew 26:69,70,71,72,73,74,75 After the third denial, Peter’s heart condemned him. He was walking in the flesh.
All the disciples fled, but the women did not. Why do some people run away and others don’t? If I am living in the flesh, I will run away when something affects my comfort.
Have I had a supernatural intervention in my life to help me yield to the spirit? What happens when an individual is converted? What are they converted from?
What are some Biblical characters that were converted? Peter, Saul, Ruth, Abraham and Sarah, Jonah, Nicodemus, Zacheus, Mary Magdalene, Samaritan woman, Cornelius, the jailer, the thief on the cross, Jesus’s brother, the man in the tombs, slave of Philemon.
Conversion is a change in belief and behavior, not an adoption of religion or going to a new church or believing a message. Conversion is revolutionary, not evolutionary.
How long did it take for Peter to be converted after his third denial? Peter ran to the tomb on the third day because he had already be convicted and converted.
John 21:15,16,17,18
Do I trust God? Can God trust me to support and be staunchly available when He needs me?
Do I have grace when trials come? My conversion will be tested. This makes it more valuable. I will not know what I have until my conversation is tested.