'Continuous daily expeirence'

The spirit which is of God.

We can receive a spirit.
There is a spirit of the world and a spirit of God. We need to receive the spirit of God. We need God's spirit so we can comprehend the things God would have us know.

So many believe that it is possible to comprehend God's will without God's spirit. They read the Bible backwards and forwards studying endlessly and obtain a wealth of knowledge but knowledge without the Spirit of God is useless in Godly matters.

There are many Christians who are not true Christ followers. There are a whole slew of people who believe in Jesus and salvation but do not have the spirit of God, but the spirit of the world.

We can also grieve away the Spirit so believing that you have the spirit of God, and will always have Him isn't factual either.

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We need to learn to walk by the Spirit.   Read the following excerpt from 'The Spiritual Man' By Watchman Nee.

'Walking after the spirit consequently becomes an occasional affair instead of forming a daily continuous experience in the Christian’s life. If the initial knowing of God’s will is so difficult, who can wonder at the lack of further and more profound revelation? How then can we ever truly know in our spirit God’s plan for the end of this age, the reality of spiritual warfare, and the deeper truths of the Bible'

Just reading those words, those questions, has caused me to know more of the Spiritual truth that is in God's word for us to know. I don't want my walking after the Spirit to be an occasional affair, I want it to be a continuous experience in my life.

We're going to study more on this and may GOD guide us, may the HOLY SPIRIT teach us! May our hearts and minds be opened to only GOD'S TRUTH for us.  We need the Spirit in our lives, we need Him desperately. We are living in a world that embraces the spirit of the world and they call it the spirit of God.

God please help us!

More tomorrow by HIS WILL!

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4.24).

1Co 2:12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13  Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Seeking Always

How do we seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness?

Mat 12:23  And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 

Mat 12:24  But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 

Mat 12:25  And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 

Mat 12:26  And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 

Mat 12:27  And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 

Mat 12:28  But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS COME TO YOU. (Jesus- the way to the kingdom of God)

Mat 19:24  And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 

Mat 19:25  When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 

Mat 19:26  But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 

With GOD we will enter the kingdom of God- entering the kingdom of God is being saved.

Mar 1:14  Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 

Mar 1:15  And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 

Jesus PREACHED the kingdom of God.

Jesus revealed the kingdom of God was at hand. 

Luk 13:18  Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 

Luk 13:19  It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 

Luk 13:20  And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 

Luk 13:21  It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

The kingdom of God.

Seek the kingdom of God first- in all things, and always. 

We may realize that the kingdom of God is eternity through Jesus Christ our Lord, and then believe we've found it and need to seek it no more. Truthfully we must constantly seek the kingdom of God first in our lives, our everyday life. IF we are seeking the kingdom of God first in all things, we will not be putting ourselves first in anything. 

We seek the kingdom of God first by putting God first, by putting our Savior first. We will forever run the race, until either we sleep death's sleep or our Savior returns. We will forever fight the good fight, until either we sleep death's sleep or our Savior returns. We NEVER stop racing, we NEVER stop fighting, we NEVER stop seeking.  We NEVER stop seeking to put God first!  We NEVER stop loving the LORD our God first and our fellowman after that.

Seek first the kingdom of God.

By HIS grace, by HIS righteousness!

First

First.

We know what that word means, don't we? When I write- first, I know it means before all other things. The first in line is before all others in that line. The first day means the day that starts before all others. Your first day of school, of work, of anything, is the day that comes before all the rest. We understand what first means, it's not a hard concept to comprehend. When reading a recipe it will often tell us what we are to do first and sometimes (not all the time) but sometimes a recipe will turn out fine even when we don't do what it says to do first. Other times if we don't follow the instructions and do what it says to do first it can ruin the recipe completely. If you are told to be first you know the position you are being told to take.  So when we are told what to do first by our Savior, should we listen?

Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

Mat 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness

Jesus was teaching-- 

Mat 5:1  And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him Mat 5:2  And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 

A lesson for his disciples- A lesson for the people listening.

Mat 7:28  And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 

Mat 7:29  For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 

Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

Before seeking ANYTHING else we are to seek God and His kingdom, His righteousness.

How do we seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness?

Mat_7:7  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Luk 12:29  And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

More tomorrow on this by the grace of our God! All through Jesus Christ our LORD and SAVIOR!

May we seek Him first, may we seek His righteousness first, His kingdom first. Please teach us how to seek You first.

Worry-Prayer

Don't worry.

Recently I saw a picture on social media that claims telling someone not to worry- doesn't stop a single person from worrying. Yet we are told not to worry by God. When God tells us not to worry are we to keep worrying regardless? Are we to rely upon our lack of faith, hold fast to man's interpretation of life? If we are worriers and believe me I know I am one, does encouragement to worry help me? If I try to worry more and more because nothing can stop my worrying, how is that good? Rather isn't it much better if I seek a way not to worry? If I seek to follow God's will for me, isn't that my best chance, my best opportunity to not worry?

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.   Phil. 4:6,7

Worry- pray.

Worry-supplicate.

Worry-thanksgiving.

Worry-requesting.

All to God.

We will worry…but when we worry we are told what to do.

Mat 6:25  Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 

Mat 6:26  Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 

Mat 6:27  Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 

Mat 6:28  And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 

Mat 6:29  And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 

Mat 6:30  Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 

Mat 6:31  Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 

Mat 6:32  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 

Mat 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Mat 6:34  Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

Losing our minds...

There is a very real danger of losing our minds, our sanity, our emotional stability when we are not grounded firmly in Christ. Satan will stop at NOTHING to gain our sanity, stripping it from us in any way he possibly can. The closer a person is to Christ the more Satan will fight for them, he will stop at very little to  try and win them from salvation. The onslaughts will come when we don't expect them. We can think our faith is strong only to have it rocked off its foundation, ripped from its sure hold and tossed about in the wildest of storms. By the grace and mercy of God may we never LOSE complete faith, may the tiniest of tethers remain in Christ always, because the tiniest tether in Christ is stronger than any storm of the Devil's.

Emotional turmoil.

Anger, disappointment, sadness, heartache, confusion, fear all these emotions and more created a torrent of anxiety within us that is far from quiet, far from restful and therefore by definition- far from peaceful.

We say we can't help but have these emotions as circumstances dictate in our lives. We've grown used to experiencing these kinds of responses to the stimulus that warrants the behavior. We tell others instantly that it is normal to feel the way they are feeling, and we are speaking the truth because in our lives we've allowed ourselves to make these things normal, things that wouldn't be considered normal at another time, another era. We've called it advancement, emotional advancement now that we can express our feelings so openly. Before when they were repressed it led to all sorts of angst, at least that's what we've told ourselves.

You know, just because enough people in supposed positions of authority have declared something to be truth does NOT make it truth. Yet people want to agree with the authorities on a subject when it gives them any insight into their lives. Am I advocating hiding emotions? Maybe I am, because when I say we should take our 'cares' to God and then by HIS grace and power, leave those cares with HIM, I am saying we truly do not have to blanket our friends and family with our anguish as if we do not have a God who is in control and wants all things to work together for our good. I am NOT saying hide it from friends and family IF you are needing to share it with them to get their prayer support, never hide it to your own harm. I think what I'm trying to comprehend for myself and maybe any others should they possibly need it, is that for us to have spirit peace, that very special peace that passes understanding that comes from God, we need to seek spirit peace. We need to ACTIVELY seek out spirit peace as life constantly throws us one trying time after another.

Do you remember this song--

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll

Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say

It is well, it is well, with my soul

It is well

With my soul

It is well, it is well with my soul

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

Let this blest assurance control,

That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,

And hath shed His own blood for my soul

It is well (it is well)

With my soul (with my soul)

It is well, it is well with my soul

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought

My sin, not in part but the whole,

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul

It is well (it is well)

With my soul (with my soul)

It is well, it is well with my soul

It is well (it is well)

With my soul (with my soul)

It is well, it is well with my soul

Written by Horatio Spafford

From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Well_with_My_Soul>

Do you know the story behind the song- I may have written of this before but it warrants doing so again- Wikipedia-

This hymn was written after traumatic events in Spafford's life. The first was the death of his son at the age of 2 and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a successful lawyer and had invested significantly in property in the area of Chicago that was extensively damaged by the great fire). His business interests were further hit by the economic downturn of 1873, at which time he had planned to travel to Europe with his family on the SS Ville du Havre. In a late change of plan, he sent the family ahead while he was delayed on business concerning zoning problems following the Great Chicago Fire. While crossing the Atlantic, the ship sank rapidly after a collision with a sea vessel, the Loch Earn, and all four of Spafford's daughters died. His wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram, "Saved alone …". Shortly afterwards, as Spafford traveled to meet his grieving wife, he was inspired to write these words as his ship passed near where his daughters had died.[3]

From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Well_with_My_Soul>

Just imagine the great losses this man endured and yet he still held fast to his Savior, Jesus Christ. The hope he had brought him SPIRIT PEACE. The peace that can only come from God.

Quietness, restful, set at one again- a Bible dictionary definition of peace.

Joh_14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Php 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 

Php 4:7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

Spirit Peace.

Peace. Who doesn't want to be at peace within themselves, with others, with life in general? You might say that you thrive on conflict, on confrontation, on having a chaotic life, but generally the more your life is in an uproar you are wishing it wasn't. That's not to say you don't enjoy some of the chaos- it may give you a feeling of being active, etc. Yet truthfully those who love chaos are not of God, how can they be when He wants us to have our hearts and minds kept by His peace.  I'll tell you one thing though, some who love chaos may claim they love God, and they'll tell you that because Satan has led them astray, they've become blind to the truth. There will be a lot of Christians, in fact almost all of Christ's followers will have a chaotic life but chaos will NOT be something they seek or even claim to enjoy. The chaotic life of a Christ follower is not indicative of their state of mind or heart which amidst that chaotic life could be filled with the peace of God which passes all understanding. That's right. A Christ follower's peace is not one of quiet, calm days. A Christ's followers peace is one of spirit peace no matter the type of day they are experiencing. It almost seems wrong somehow to have a spirit peace when others around you may be coming apart at the seams. They'll claim your spirit peace is proof you just don't feel things as deeply as they do, you aren't as sensitive as they are, you are much more callous than any of them and they'll base all that and more on the fact you claim spirit peace as one of God's most precious gifts.  You might feel odd yourself as you experience spirit peace, wondering why you aren't in tears, or filled with rage in situations which seem to warrant those responses. God's peace is for the spiritually minded- hence spirit peace, not carnal peace, not flesh peace.  Jesus told us outright that He wants us to have HIS peace, NOT the peace the world has to offer us.

Joh_14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Spiritually peaceful. Our hearts and mind kept through Jesus Christ. Our hearts at peace, our minds at peace- in a peace that TRULY will pass all understanding.  All glory to God!

Strong's Dictionary- Peace- peace (literally or figuratively); by implication prosperity: - one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.

The peace of God. Peace from God. The way of peace.  Peace I leave with you.  My peace I give unto you.  In me ye might have peace.  To be spiritually minded is life and peace.  The kingdom of God is peace. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. The Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. God of peace.  Php 4:7; 1:2; Luk 1:79; Joh 14:27; 16:33; Rom 8:6; 14:17; Col 3:15; 2Th 3:16; Heb 13:20.

Peace

Php 4:7  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

The peace -OF- God.

Php 1:2  Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Peace -FROM- God.

Luk 1:79  To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. 

The -WAY- of peace.

Joh 14:27  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

Peace -I LEAVE WITH YOU-.   My peace -I GIVE UNTO YOU-.

Joh 16:33  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

In -ME- ye might -HAVE- peace.

Rom 8:6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 

To be -SPIRITUALLY MINDED- is life and peace.

Rom 14:17  For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

The kingdom of God  …. IS… peace.

Col 3:15  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 

LET the peace of God  -RULE- in your hearts.

2Th 3:16  Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 

The LORD OF PEACE HIMSELF - GIVE- you peace -ALWAYS- by -ALL- means.

Heb 13:20  Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant

GOD OF PEACE.