NEVER RUN OUT OF GAS!
December 2025
Have you ever run out of gas? The other day as I was driving down the interstate, I looked down at the gas gauge in my car, and it was on EMPTY! I made it to my appointment on time, but as soon as I departed, the tank was filled full at the nearest gas station. That lesson carries over into the spiritual realm as well. When we get too busy or preoccupied and ignore the basics of life, things quit working.
The basics of life require us to eat, sleep, rest, and take care of this body, which Paul calls the temple of the Holy Spirit.
First Corinthians 6:19–20 (ESV), “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
Even as we must feed and take care of our physical bodies, we must feed and take care of our spiritual bodies. The health and well-being of our spirit depend upon us feeding it the Word of God on a regular basis. We also must give our spirit the rest and peace it needs by casting our worries and cares on Him.
First Peter 5:7 (ESV), “Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.”
When we become skilled with the Word by doing it, practicing it, and acting upon it, then our spirits can get the rest they need by releasing all worry to God in prayer. When we do these basic things, we remain strong and NEVER RUN OUT OF GAS!
For the past few months, I have been working on a surprise for you, a 30-day devotional book called Shaping Tomorrow: How Today’s Words Frame Your Future. It contains what I call “powerful faith nuggets” that Charles Capps taught that make you STRONG IN FAITH! A short, easy-to-read teaching with practical (and sometimes humorous) stories and examples is followed with a daily declaration of faith.
As I was editing this devotional, I became aware that I had let some of these powerful truths slip. In other words, I saw where I was missing it by neglecting the basics. It wasn’t anything big that was hindering me. I was just missing the nutrition of high-quality faith food.
How about you? Have you been renewing your mind with the basics of faith and spiritual principles that bring results? Wondering why things aren’t working? Or is your faith growing day by day? I hope you will order this new devotional and gift one to a friend. It sure helped me!
In Christ,
Annette Capps
Click Here to view this month's teaching by Charles Capps, Moving Forward With the Basics
- Annette Capps