Fear Of Feelings

 Feelings are part of us and give us a sense of being. Many cut off their feelings because they have been rejected or traumatised through past relationships. Feelings give us a sense of connection with others around us. We are not robots doing the same thing. Nor are we parrots saying the same thing. When we are connected with our feelings, life begins to be more colorful. Jesus tapped into our feelings to communicate His message of love. Many are moved by messages that touch our feelings. Feelings are like clouds that come and go. We can never rely on our feelings. They are there to enable us to connect with the world around us. They can either work for us or against us. To feel is to be.

Many fear feelings because they treat feelings like a permanent state of being. This is a lie. Just like clouds, you may feel happy one moment and depressed another time. They don't define who you are. Others can only affect you if you allow them to. You are in control of your feelings. Do not allow your feelings to dictate how you will respond. When feelings control you, you become a slave to them. Feelings are there to add color to your life. It is like clothing that can be put on and taken off. The real you is under that covering. The covering is not your identity.

When we feel good, everything becomes easy, and work is easy. When we feel down, everything becomes a burden. Do not fear these feelings. They will pass. You become trapped only if you allow your feelings to dominate you. Fear is a feeling. It is facts appearing as real. It is just an appearance. It is only as real as the credibility you give it. The devil tries to control you through your feelings. This is why you need to give control to Jesus to be the Lord of your life. He will enable you to overcome every negative feeling. Today, do not fear your feelings but overcome them and be transformed.

Are You Word Oriented Or Spirit Led Or Both

 The Bible is the Word of God, and Jesus is the Word in the flesh. Now both are Spirit-words that can be understood through the revelation of the Holy Spirit. God is spirit, and we are spirit beings on an earthly journey. We are dealing with the spirit world and therefore need the Holy Spirit to understand His word. We can read His word and understand it in physical or psychological ways. This is where the confusion arises when we read His word and interpret it in ways other than the Spirit. This is like seeing through a glass dimly. Truth can only be discerned through the Spirit. Science relies on facts and therefore has to be interpreted in physical terms. Relationships are psychological and therefore need to be interpreted with that understanding. Many use the physical parameters in understanding relationships and fail.

Spirit

In the spirit, we begin to see the world through God's eyes. This is a different dimension of operation. Love can be communicated through physical ways or psychologically. However, there is a higher level called agape. This is God's way of love. His ways are not our ways. There are many ways of understanding love. How we understand a subject results in how we view the subject. I can see a painting and see the colors, but not notice the message in the picture. The deeper our understanding, the greater will be our walk.

Word and Spirit

When we read the Bible, we can read it like a novel of stories or a message from God. How we read determines what impact it will have on us. The Bible was written to give life to us, for it is like bread to be eaten. Language is limited in its ability to convey the full meaning of the Word. However, through the Holy Spirit, the Word becomes flesh to those who believe. Jesus is the living Word who became flesh and describes Himself as being eaten like bread. This is why we break bread in memory of His life broken for us. When we break bread, we eat of His life that feeds our spirit and gives life to our being. We become like the word we eat. A physical bread does nothing, but the transformed mind hears His word and is transformed. We therefore need His Spirit to be like Him in word and deed. Let us walk by the word and be led by the Spirit.

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CONSCIENCE

 Conscience is part of our makeup. It is part of our soul. Our soul is made up of our thoughts, feelings, and will. This is separate from our spirit and our body. Our body contains our soul and our spirit. A born-again believer has the Holy Spirit within his spirit. The Holy Spirit communicates with our spirit. Our spirit reveals the things of God to our soul. Our soul communicates this to our body, which then acts on our soul's thoughts and feelings. This is the Biblical understanding of our tripartite nature. This is my understanding, and others may view it differently.

Conscience

Our conscience determines how we will act in situations. Our conscience is affected by our thoughts and feelings and therefore can get corrupted. Some are even so damaged that they lack a conscience. This is hard to fathom but possible. Psychopaths are defined as people without a conscience. Conscience is the moral code for our actions. Our conscience determines how we will respond or react in a given situation. We could go against our conscience. Lies are one way we go against our conscience. A sensitive conscience could paralyse us into inaction. A severe conscience can do the same. Therefore, conscience is a vital part of our behaviour and operations.

Spirit

God put His Spirit within us to direct our thoughts and feelings. This is an operation that takes place beyond ourselves. God is Spirit and He communicates with our spirit. Demons communicate with our soul. This is a major difference. Many in religious circles operate in the soul realm. They could be influenced by demons. This is why we see so much compromise in the church. Spirit-filled ministries need to be teaching the truth and not the lies of the devil. Sadly, the church has compromised its operations because they are mainly soul-based. It is time for the church to repent and turn from its wicked ways.

Holy Spirit Communicates With Our Spirit To Manifest On Earth

We are spirit beings living in a body. Our soul resides in our body and determines how we feel and think and do. Our will is part of our soul. Many confuse the soul and the spirit. The Bible clearly teaches that we are a trinity of spirit, soul, and body 1 Thessalonians 5:25. However the church mainly ministers to our soul through compromise and poor teaching. This needs to be clarified for the church to operate in the spirit rather than from the soul. Many feel deprived because their spirit is not being fed. Rather they are given a diet of soul food through music and positive messages to build up our soul. We therefore do not expect the supernatural in our gatherings. We are no different from a social club that meets to fellowship and do some good works.

Holy Spirit

In the Holy Spirit, we can return to our first love. We were born again of the Holy Spirit. Now we need to be filled in Him and walk by the Holy Spirit. Most Christians are happy with their position in Christ but lack a relationship with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus who was sent to help us in our daily walk. How can we walk if we do not talk with Him? Many times we are confused because we do not communicate Spirit to spirit. Our soul cannot understand the things of the Holy Spirit. We need to communicate Spirit to spirit to discern what God is saying and then our minds will be transformed to comprehend the things of the Holy Spirit.

Manifestation

I realized this when I received the revelation that I need to communicate through my spirit with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives in every believer but He feels ignored because we continue to operate through our soul man. Our soul is fallen and needs to be redeemed. Only our spirit has been redeemed through the born again experience. When we come to this place of revelation we begin to operate in the Holy Spirit to manifest His gifts and His fruits. This is how God manifests Himself through us. Now Our prayers are through His Spirit to Him who is Spirit. There is no hindrance and we receive the answers to our prayers through His Spirit. This is what is called manifestation. Let us push forth in the Holy Spirit to see Him manifest himself in our midst and see heaven established on earth.

Aligning Your Thoughts To His Word Leads To Transformation Into His Image

God's word in Romans 12:1 exhorts us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. This transformation is through the work of His Holy Spirit in us who reveals His mind to us. This is what is called revelation. We can read His word but not have a revelation. Revelation leads to transformation. We get something from heaven transferred to us. There is no limit to this transformation. God is Spirit and He works through His spirit on our spirit. Our mind then gets enlightened like a light bulb moment. We suddenly see what we did not see before. We might have read a certain scripture verse a hundred times but till we received revelation that word was just a word. When Jesus spoke, He spoke life into dead bones. His word when spoken by faith can produce life in dead situations.

Power Of His Word

The power of His word is endless. We can speak to our sickness and transformation occurs. The Holy Spirit works through His word which mixed with faith produces life. When we saturate ourselves with His word and His Spirit we too can talk and walk like Jesus. His now word is what brings forth fruit. The word without the Holy Spirit is a dead word. It does not inspire and is fruitless. 

Transformation

Today let us be inspired by his word and do the works of God. When we pray let us pray through our spirit to God who is spirit. Many prayers don't get higher than the ceiling because they are said from our heads and not from our hearts. We need to connect with God through our spirit and with his truth. We can expect God to answer our prayers because He has ordained it this way. We have authority on earth to ask and to receive. So let us be transformed by His word and be the light to the world.

Operating In Holy Spirit Mode

Operating in Holy Spirit mode is a process that many are unaware of. Naturally, we operate in flesh mode. This is to operate in our mind rather than our spirit. We are made body, soul, and spirit. Till we are born again in the spirit we are blind to the spirit or as the Bible says we are dead in the spirit. Through the born-again experience, our spirit is born again. This means that our spirit was cut off from God before this experience. God says that He will give us a new heart. This is similar to the parable of new wineskins to store new wine. 

Baptism in The Holy Spirit

Now we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit which is also called the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This is a separate experience from the born-again experience. Some may be born again and be baptized in the Holy Spirit at the same time. God decides this but it is also dependent on correct teaching. The baptism in the Holy Spirit is to enable the power of God to help us in our walk. Most Christians are satisfied in knowing the word of God but not His power. This means that they are still walking in the flesh rather than the Spirit. This is where we see many conflicts in the church because some are walking in the Spirit while others are walking in the flesh. In the Spirit, there will be unity. 

Walking in the Holy Spirit

Walking in the Holy Spirit is a process. We start in baby steps and progress to walking, running and some may even fly in the Spirit. Paul talks about beginning in the Spirit and then walking in the flesh. This happens so easily as our default position is to walk in the flesh. God is calling us to be hot for Him. We cannot get slack in our walk. We must be on fire all the time as our enemy will try to get us walking in the flesh. Today determine to operate in Spirit mode and be victorious.

Operating In Holy Spirit Mode Is The Way To Overcome The Flesh

Most of us struggle in the flesh to please God. However, this is not the way God intended. When God gave us a new heart and put His Holy Spirit within us, He gave us the power to live a life pleasing to Him. Many of us started this way but then retreated to our default position. Our default position is to walk according to our flesh. We therefore slip back to walking our Christian life in the flesh rather than the Spirit. This is what the Bible calls double-mindedness. God has called us to be filled in the Spirit and walk by the Spirit.

Flesh

The flesh needs to be reckoned dead but as long as we live in our body we will be faced with its desires. Our desires are selfish and so drive us to see our world through those desires. The desires to be famous, rich, self-centered, and all other fallen desires. These need to be reckoned dead on the Cross. This is the only way of salvation we have to overcome our fleshly desires. Jesus did it for us on the Cross. Now we can avail of His victory by faith in His finished work on the Cross.

Spirit

Living now in the knowledge that His Spirit in us empowers us to overcome the flesh is the key to victory. This is a journey we all have to go through till we come to the place where we are completely free from the longings of our flesh. Few of us will attain this standard in this life. Many will struggle to the end because of double-mindedness. We have the way of escape but have to choose His way always. He has made it easy for us but we must say Yes to His way. There is no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.