Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Romans 8:12-17
by: Leanne Lippincott.
Have you ever noticed how toddlers want to do everything themselves? They stubbornly try to get that slippery, sauce-covered spaghetti off their plates and into their mouths, but they end up getting most of it in their hair or on the floor.
Even as adults, we want to maintain our independence and do things our way. We dismiss our sinful natures and try to live Christ-centered lives, only to fail time and again because we lack the resolve or ability to “put to death the misdeeds of the body” (v. 13). We desperately need a “Helper.” God, in his loving mercy, sent us his Holy Spirit to fulfill that vital role.