Rhapsody of Realities November 13th 2025, THE CHARACTER OF YOUR INWARD MAN

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc DSc DD

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man (Romans 7:22).

In Romans 7:22, Paul the apostle uses a striking phrase: “the inward man.” That’s the real you. The outward man, clothed in beautiful apparel, is simply the house in which the real person lives. So, when Paul said, “I delight in the law of God after the inward man,” he was showing us something deeply spiritual: your inner man is active, aware, and responsive to God.

Everything you are, outwardly, is a reflection of your inner person. In the spirit realm, you don’t appear as someone else; no! You look like you. So when you see yourself in the spirit, there’s no confusion or disconnect. You’ll say, “Yes, that’s me!” Your spirit carries your identity.

Someone might ask, “If I’m physically fat, for example, does that mean my spirit is fat?” No, this is not about body mass or the anatomy of the physical body. In the spirit, you don’t see a fat or thin person; you simply see you. The real transformation, the one that truly matters, is your inner man. That’s why the emphasis is building your inner man; that’s where the day-to-day renewal takes place: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).

If you want changes in your life, start from the inside. Many struggle with discipline, for instance, but discipline isn’t achieved by external effort alone. It begins in the inward man. Train your spirit, feed it with the Word, and your outward life will align. That’s why we say, “Change the inside first”; change the inner man, and the outward man will follow.

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for enlightening me through your Word to recognise my true self, the inward man. I grow in character and strength from within, and my outward life is shaped by the excellence of my spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
‭‭2 Corinthians 4:16 AMPC
Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day.

‭‭1 Peter 3:4 KJV
But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

‭‭Ephesians 3:16 KJV
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
Hebrews 11:1-16 & Ezekiel 5-7

2-Year Bible Reading Plan
John 11:47-57 & 1 Chronicles 13

DAILY AFFIRMATIONS:

I am flourishing and bearing all-around fruits. I have significant attainments and supernatural productivity. I experience increase of every size. I have mighty harvests of blessings and miracles. My ground is producing new seeds and my seeds produce in rapid succession. There is abundance of harvest everywhere for me because protocols are broken for my sake. I possess and eat the good of the land because I have a goodly heritage. The wisdom of God is at work in me causing me to bring forth good things from within. I have an excellent mind. I bring forth creative ideas, results, and innovations. My mind is blessed of God. I’m extravagantly rich. I dwell in peace with safety and prosperity. My peace and prosperity are unending.

This is my season for exaltation. That favour of God that brings promotion now rests upon me. I have been given great power, prosperity, and control. I am rightly positioned for all the Lord has planned for me this year. God is happy to do me good. He delights in my prosperity, my promotion, and exaltation. I am wondrously and marvelously helped of God. I declare that there is money everywhere, especially around me. I do not need to look for money. Money is coming to me from everywhere. I don’t go after money; money comes to me by free course unhindered. Money comes to me in a continuous stream — never stopping and never-ending. Resources are locating me right now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. God is supplying me with continuous streams of finances.

Angels remember me. God remembers me. I do not worry about human beings remembering me because the Lord causes men to bring finances to me. I have entered a new financial level by the Holy Ghost. My finances are being multiplied. Angels are at work even now. I live in financial abundance now. With my mouth, I steer my life in God’s direction for me — in prosperity, health, and abundance. I refuse failure, poverty, sickness, and anything that’s of darkness. The Word of God is light, and darkness is completely obliterated as I speak it forth. My victories and triumphant life in Christ are assured in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Speak in tongues.