The devil is King of the Flesh. Ha, no wonder our bodies fail us all the time. Ever wonder why your body is saying no but you're saying yes. This is the reason. God rules the Spirit. God is the Spirit. God is our Spirit. We are all one.
Ever laid in bed and knew you needed to get up but either couldn't or found yourself never getting up as time went by. I know I've slept all day before because I felt I couldn't face the world. Because I thought the world would care less. This is exactly what our flesh wants us to believe.
When you're trying to do something and are having trouble and something inside of you is saying you can't this is your flesh speaking over your spirit. The flesh is drowning out your Spirit so you can't hear It. Why would your spirit, the very being that is you, tell you that you can't do something. Your spirit wants you to win at everything you do, conquer the earth and rule over the things of this world. Your spirit, the essence of God, wants you to excel in everything. Whether a small task of brushing your teeth or a large task of climbing Mount Everest.
Now, your ideas of small and large tasks are all different depending on where you're at in your life. And these will change as you progress and accomplish new things. One day just getting out of bed may be a HUGE task for you. Another day standing up in front of a huge crowd to do a performance may be your huge task, or giving a huge presentation to the top dogs of your company. Simply meeting new people or opening up to learn something new may be huge for you. No matter what the task is the Spirit wants us to conquer it. What are your huge tasks right now? Figure them out, write them down, then conquer them. You know you can.
The Devil will also always try and bring you back to thinking these are huge tasks when you've conquered them a long time ago. He will always be whispering to you and always be thinking of new ways to keep you down, to keep you thinking you'll never win. He uses the flesh to make you think you can't do these things. He causes you to be sore when you need to keep going. He causes you to get sick just before a big day. He tells your body to stop when your Spirit will tell you to go. You must learn to keep in tune with your Spirit. To keep in tune with God. The moment you stop being in tune, the moment you let your guard down is the exact instant the flesh comes in to play. The devil will win but only if you let him.
Constantly read the Bible. Constantly pray. Constantly talk to God. Constantly strive to be better. Constantly tell your flesh it won't win. Constantly send the Devil back to hell in Jesus' name. Whatever it takes to win you must do it. You must use every weapon you've been given to fight off the enemy. Spiritual warfare is so real and the moment you think you've won is the moment the Devil gets back up and will attack again.
We have not won until we're walking through the gates of Heaven to be with our Father. Until then keep your weapons sharp, use them wisely and frequently. Keep your mind and eyes open for new weapons. Continue to listen closely to your Spirit. The flesh is always telling you, "You can't." God is always telling you, "You can." Pay attention. Never give up. Never say never. Always listen to your spirit and not your flesh.
"Everyone has their obsessions. You are mine. You are mine." - MuteMath
In Christ,
JMN
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tough Times: Evolving a Prayer
Okay, so it's been quite a while since my first post. I'm hoping this won't be the case for the future.
In my last, and first and only, post I said I was going to be blogging with my testimony over the posts to follow but I feel something different is needed. My testimony will come with time. For now, I have a battle to fight and I want to share it so you who are reading and others may share or fight with me in this battle.
Spiritual warfare is all around us whether we recognize it or not. Sometimes it's hard to even place what is spiritual warfare and what's just a personal difficulty we're going through. I'm reading a book right now entitled Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. In the book John talks about a constant battle we're in and how we must be prepared to fight at all times. The devil is attacking us and the people around us all the time. We have to be aware of this and always ready to ward off any attack.
Right now, I feel like a mental block has come upon me and even possibly has been upon me for many years. It's something I'm just now realizing that I may need to take more of an initiative to battle against. In recent months I've prayed for God to give me words of wisdom so that I may use them to advance His Kingdom and to be a light to the world. This is my way of saying I always want to have a response. I feel I have opinions that I'm not able to address or convey at many times that I want to. Now, I know there are plenty of times when it's best to not say anything at all. However, I feel I have plenty of times when I've wanted to say something and I've either waited too long or I find I'm running backwards to later get my points across.
I've always been a quieter person ever since I was little. Granted, I've always been adventurous and always looking for something to do but when I'm in crowds or in a situation with people I don't know as well or feel the slightest bit uncomfortable I tend to clam up. I've been working on this for many years because it is a quality of myself that makes me very insecure. And this insecurity spawns more timidness and I just go 'round and 'round in circles until I'm actually beating myself up internally, emotionally draining everything that's within me.
For a couple of years now I have been fine. Not until last night had this problem surfaced itself with such a fierce validity. I have been battling this problem head on and doing so well. Making myself talk when I had something to say, trying new things, creating new situations and surroundings. I have been coming out of my shell so to speak more and more as the months go by. Last night scared me. Last night made me realize I need to battle harder, be stronger, be more aware. There are actions I need to take and prayers I need to pray.
Sometimes we need to reevaluate a prayer so that it is more precise and more accurate to the problem or battle at hand. I've been asking God for words of wisdom to advance his Kingdom. For me and what I want this is not direct enough. I need to be asking God to banish the devil from my thoughts and from my mouth so that I will speak when I want to speak, so that I will recall memories and thoughts when I need or want them, so that I will be actively doing instead of reactively doing nothing.
The devil is very powerful and we must never underestimate him but we must also give him less opportunities to strike and know how to strike back. With God's power and wisdom we can defeat him. We can win. And we will. So long as we continue to pick up our swords, constantly evolve in His Grace and never, ever give up.
My Evolved Prayer:
"With these words I ask you Lord to cast away the devil from my lips and my thoughts and banish him back to Hell where he belongs. The devil will no longer block my ideas, my thoughts or my tongue allowing me to speak freely, think freely and act accordingly whenever you know I want to. You have my heart Lord and the Spirit is within it. As Christ as my friend and my Saviour I pray all of this in His name. I am forever Yours. Amen."
In Christ,
JMN
P.S. If you need this prayer it is always more efficient when you pray out loud and with a friend you have confidence in. And one time is never enough. Sometimes the same prayer is needed many days or months in a row. Feel free to use mine. If there is not someone you have close confidence with praying out loud will do just find but make sure you make constant efforts to find that person or persons to fight this ongoing battle with.
In my last, and first and only, post I said I was going to be blogging with my testimony over the posts to follow but I feel something different is needed. My testimony will come with time. For now, I have a battle to fight and I want to share it so you who are reading and others may share or fight with me in this battle.
Spiritual warfare is all around us whether we recognize it or not. Sometimes it's hard to even place what is spiritual warfare and what's just a personal difficulty we're going through. I'm reading a book right now entitled Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. In the book John talks about a constant battle we're in and how we must be prepared to fight at all times. The devil is attacking us and the people around us all the time. We have to be aware of this and always ready to ward off any attack.
Right now, I feel like a mental block has come upon me and even possibly has been upon me for many years. It's something I'm just now realizing that I may need to take more of an initiative to battle against. In recent months I've prayed for God to give me words of wisdom so that I may use them to advance His Kingdom and to be a light to the world. This is my way of saying I always want to have a response. I feel I have opinions that I'm not able to address or convey at many times that I want to. Now, I know there are plenty of times when it's best to not say anything at all. However, I feel I have plenty of times when I've wanted to say something and I've either waited too long or I find I'm running backwards to later get my points across.
I've always been a quieter person ever since I was little. Granted, I've always been adventurous and always looking for something to do but when I'm in crowds or in a situation with people I don't know as well or feel the slightest bit uncomfortable I tend to clam up. I've been working on this for many years because it is a quality of myself that makes me very insecure. And this insecurity spawns more timidness and I just go 'round and 'round in circles until I'm actually beating myself up internally, emotionally draining everything that's within me.
For a couple of years now I have been fine. Not until last night had this problem surfaced itself with such a fierce validity. I have been battling this problem head on and doing so well. Making myself talk when I had something to say, trying new things, creating new situations and surroundings. I have been coming out of my shell so to speak more and more as the months go by. Last night scared me. Last night made me realize I need to battle harder, be stronger, be more aware. There are actions I need to take and prayers I need to pray.
Sometimes we need to reevaluate a prayer so that it is more precise and more accurate to the problem or battle at hand. I've been asking God for words of wisdom to advance his Kingdom. For me and what I want this is not direct enough. I need to be asking God to banish the devil from my thoughts and from my mouth so that I will speak when I want to speak, so that I will recall memories and thoughts when I need or want them, so that I will be actively doing instead of reactively doing nothing.
The devil is very powerful and we must never underestimate him but we must also give him less opportunities to strike and know how to strike back. With God's power and wisdom we can defeat him. We can win. And we will. So long as we continue to pick up our swords, constantly evolve in His Grace and never, ever give up.
My Evolved Prayer:
"With these words I ask you Lord to cast away the devil from my lips and my thoughts and banish him back to Hell where he belongs. The devil will no longer block my ideas, my thoughts or my tongue allowing me to speak freely, think freely and act accordingly whenever you know I want to. You have my heart Lord and the Spirit is within it. As Christ as my friend and my Saviour I pray all of this in His name. I am forever Yours. Amen."
In Christ,
JMN
P.S. If you need this prayer it is always more efficient when you pray out loud and with a friend you have confidence in. And one time is never enough. Sometimes the same prayer is needed many days or months in a row. Feel free to use mine. If there is not someone you have close confidence with praying out loud will do just find but make sure you make constant efforts to find that person or persons to fight this ongoing battle with.
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