TAKE OFF YOUR OLD CLOTHES

Take off your old clothes and put on your new clothes in Christ. This new you is who you want to walk out in your daily life. This new you has thoughts and feelings and is the Holy Spirit manifesting Himself through you. It only takes putting off your old clothes to achieve this. When you take of your old clothes you are taking off all the hurts and resentments associated with your old you. In Christ you are a new creation. Now walk in this knowledge. When you walk in your new clothes you will act like one. However it is not you but the Holy Spirit that works and walks through you. Do not be limited by your old attitudes of nothing can change. You are limiting the Holy Spirit's work in you when you say that. Accept who you are but be prepared to accept that change is possible. Fighting against your old nature only makes it stronger. When you put off your old nature or reckon it dead then your new nature can manifest through you.

ACCEPTANCE

Acceptance is the position of surrender to what is. What is, is the state of being you are in. Your mind may take you to other places and things but what is, is the present. In the present you learn to accept what is. In this acceptance is the freedom to be and not a image of it. When you allow your thoughts to rule then you are not walking in acceptance. I am here and now and that is all there is. It is not the future or the past but the present. You breathe now. You are alive now. Now is the only state you know. Everything else is a figment of your imagination. You have no control over what will be. You think you can control your life through your thoughts and actions. However don't be surprised that they don't work out as you planned. When you come to the place of acceptance then you are free to enjoy the present moment. You can dig deep into your spiritual state and live. The deeper you enter in to spirit life the more you are living in the now. Your thoughts are ego limited. Your spirit is not limited to time and space. Acceptance enables you to transcend time and space. Your whole being begins to respond to the state of acceptance and you come alive in the present.Hallelujah.

HOPE

Prepare for the worst. The worst is not the end for where there is life there is hope. Only a dead man has no hope. Hope is the living ingredient that propels your faith to new heights. There is no greater power then hope to change your circumstance. Hope will boost your faith and love will claim the prize. This is why love,faith and hope are the vital ingredients for your life. With these three you can overcome in all situations. The knowledge that He resides in you must fill you with hope. He is your hope of glory. Christ in you is your hope of glory. There is no other greater hope. This is why when you tap into His resources you connect with heaven and earth changes. This is to build the kingdom of heaven on earth. Earth is the footstool of the Lord. Just as you are receiving a download so also earth is blessed when you connect with heaven. Your destiny is sealed and whatever happens now is in His royal design. Rest in this and be bold. Nothing will happen to you that has not already been allowed by heaven. In this is your confidence that He who has begun this work in you will complete it.

LISTEN TO HIS VOICE

In times like these you need a Savior to save you from yourself. When you go through the valley everything appears dark and gloomy. Yet when you know that He is with you then you know deeply how He will help you. He is with you and in you and you can call on Him at anytime, day or night. He will speak through your thoughts. You will know His voice because you now are tuned into Him. In the valley is the time when you can hear Him clearly. On the mountain top you are so full of yourself that it is hard to hear Him. When you hear Him you will receive the comfort you need for the time you are in. When the disciples were imprisoned for their faith they looked to Him for comfort and hope. He is beyond the natural and intervened by opening the prison doors. He is your Protector. Remember when you are down the only way out, is up. Therefore keep looking up when you are down. Your salvation is near. Never give up hope for He is your hope. You will say then, that nothing can separate you from the love of God. This is how you grow in strength in God. Therefore do not despair but be bold and strong and the Redeemer of your soul will come to help you. Listen only to Him and to no other voices. The voices of fear and despair will go when you listen to Him. Come now and rejoice for the miracle that is just around the corner and will be revealed to you. You are a winner in God. Rejoice and again I say rejoice.

HIS LOVE

Separation is like death. Families that go through separation get the experience of what it feels like to experience loss. This loss is deep and hurtful. Separation of parents affects the children deeply. They face loss early in life and so are very sensitive to any kind of perceived rejection. Only love can heal the rejection. The kind of love that is required is unconditional and selfless. This is the agape love that Christ came to reveal through His death. He died an innocent death that you and I maybe saved. There is no other love that is higher and deeper then His love. His love is eternal and has eternal power to heal and to save. His love is so deep that it can reach the unreachable facets of your mind. His love heals and restores broken relationships and brings a wholeness that no human love can provide. His love is the only hope for mankind, hurt and rejected and abandoned. Let His love fill you and bring deep healing to your hurts and His love is able to raise even the dead. His resurrection life now is at work in you to help you to overcome all rejection and pain and set you free.

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS

Being Christ is a tall order but possible only in the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is given to us so that we can be Christ to others. Without Him it is impossible to walk the way of the Cross. Jesus knew this and this is why He came and died for sin that I maybe delivered fro it. Now He has risen and ascended into heaven so that He could send His Spirit to dwell in me and live His life through me. This is a high calling but possible. I am nothing so that He can be everything. He will fill you and possess you when you surrender all to Him. There is no easy way. The way of the Cross is death to self. Death to self is death to your ego. Death to your ego is salvation from self to receive the fullness of His Spirit. This is why Jesus said, Take up your Cross and follow me. Your Cross is death to your ego. Wow.

RESTING IN HIS ARMS

In His presence is there peace and everlasting joy. There is perfect rest. The ego is dead and you are resting in His arms. His arms are so strong that there is no fear in Him. You have let go of yourself for you now have let God be God. This is the rest that God talks about. Your mind and spirit are at rest in Him. There is a perfect union between you and God and in Him you are at peace. What a fellowship, what a union in Him. Father I lay myself before you and let you be my Father. I trust you and I can trust no other, for you lay down your life for me. What a place to be and to be in this place is to be in heaven. In heaven there is no striving only rest. Where there is peace there is no place for any of the egoistic battles. The ego thrives on battles. In the Spirit you are free from these carnal battles. You are not led by your senses but by your spirit. You live like a saint and not a sinner. All your burdens are lifted off and now you are free. Bless the Lord O my soul and all within me bless His holy Name.

LIVING SACRIFICE

It is your ego that you need to offer up as a living sacrifice to God. See yourself on the altar of sacrifice and see the fire burn up your ego. Now your spirit is free from the selfish inclination of the ego. The ego is self centric while the spirit is Christocentric. In Christ you have been crucified. You now live by faith in Him who loves you and gave Himself up for you. In Christ you are a new creature who has the same spirit as Christ. Christ in you is your only hope of glory. Therefore meditate on Christ in you and do not be distracted by the slavish tendencies of your flesh. Your flesh is buried with Christ. Your spirit is raised with Christ. You are now seated in heavenly places with Christ. This is your calling and destiny. In Him you are one with the spirit. In the spirit you are free to be. Nothing can come against you and flourish. You are protected by the hand of the great I Am. Praise God that you are able to overcome in the spirit. In the flesh it is all doom and gloom but in the spirit it is all glorious.

DEATH TO THE EGO

Death to the ego is the only way to be free from its harassment. This is why Jesus said that if anyone wants to follow Him must take up his cross (die). Death to the ego is to die to all the selfish and self pleasing ways. Death to the ego is to be open to the needs of others and to be blind to the needs of self. Jesus always looked up and out, never in and down. To be a blessing you need to be the same. It is only the up and out will change the world and turn it upside down. The way of the world and self is in and down. Up and out is to embrace all as Christ did when He died for the whole world. The world rejects Him because the world is possessed with itself. How short sighted is the world that it cannot see beyond its self. This is the way of the world and the extreme of this ego state is narcissism. . Narcissism is a state of complete turning inwards that all you can see and admire is yourself. This state is a complete rejection of others and a preoccupation with self. Jesus was the opposite of narcissism when He left everything He had and came in the form of man to die for him. When you die to your ego, you die to your self. This releases you to be selfless and open to God to use you for His purpose. This is your eternal destiny and mission. Come Holy Spirit and burn this truth into me.

ALTER EGOS

WE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN ONE PERSON. THERE IS THE TIMID, SHY, AGGRESSIVE, JEALOUS, PROUD, FEARFUL, SCARED ONES IN US. DEPENDING ON WHICH EGO TYPE IS IN CONTROL SO ALSO ALL THE THOUGHTS AND ASSOCIATED FEELINGS. THESE EGO STATES KEEP CHANGING AND THIS IS WHY ONE SEES DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING AS WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. WE CAN ADAPT TO THE SITUATION AT HAND. HOWEVER SOMETIMES A DEPRESSED STATE CAN BE PROLONGED AND THIS STATE THEN BECOMES IN CONTROL OF ALL OUR FUNCTIONS. THE DEPRESSED STATE DEPRESSES ALL OUR FUNCTIONS OF BODY AND MIND. IN EXTREME CASES THE EGO SPLITS OF ITS SEPARATE STATES FROM EACH OTHER AND ONE THEN DISPLAYS MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES. ONE PERSONALITY IS UNCONSCIOUS OF THE PRESENCE OF THE OTHERS. WHEN YOU ARE OPERATING IN ONE MODE THEN YOU WALK AND TALK LIKE AS IF THAT IS YOUR REAL PERSONALITY. THESE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES COME INTO PLAY IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. IT IS LIKE ONE IS AN ACTOR AND PLAYS DIFFERENT ROLES. ONE ROLE IS UNAWARE OF THE OTHER ROLES. IN CHRIST YOU CAN DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THESE EGO STATES AND BE CHRIST. THIS IS THE PROCESS OF SANCTIFICATION AS I RENOUNCE MY ALTER EGOS AND PUT ON CHRIST. THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN YOU WILL HELP YOU AS YOU DIE TO THE FLESH AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT.TO BE IN CHRIST IS TO BE WHOLE IN BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT.

WORD OF HIS POWER

Many are the thoughts and concerns that pervade your mind but it only takes one thought to eliminate them. This is how God's word operates. His now word comes in and deletes those rogue thoughts and sets your mind at rest. How wonderful to know that we are our thoughts. What we think determines how we walk. Therefore knowing your thoughts is to know you. This is why talking therapies are so powerful for they give an insight into the mind of a person. A person who is obsessed with thoughts of gloom and doom is bound to be fearful and depressed. The feelings are sparked off by the thoughts. These bad thoughts keep you stuck in your rut. The thoughts become part of your belief system. When God's word comes with assurance then those negative thoughts become eliminated. You can shift your thoughts and see the world differently. Control over your thoughts is the way to go. In Him your thoughts are in submission to His word. His word then determines your walk. Jesus spoke and the worlds were formed by the word of His power. His power is available to all. It is the word of His power that carries the power to perform the work. Now tap into His word and see power released for healing, health and wholeness.

EGO DRIVEN

Once you are able to separate your ego from your real self then you have come to the place of true freedom. Your true self is hid in Christ. This is your spiritual self. This self is connected with the eternal presence and is not confined to the conflicts of your ego. Your ego is sustained through conflicts. Your ego has no sense of self except through conflict. Conflict is what defines your ego. Without conflict the ego feels deserted and alone. Conflict keeps the wheel going round. Sometimes the conflict is so great that it feels like exploding. This conflict is fueled by emotions that have been around for ages. Because this conflict is subconscious you don't feel you have much control over it. It comes under your control when you become conscious of this conflict. Many when asked the question about their internal thoughts will say nothing. It is like a dream that you can't remember. Yet the dream is recurring and takes so much of your time and sometimes intrudes into your sleep and daily activities. This subconscious activity is what determines your day and how it goes. When you are able to separate or distance yourself from this activity then you are able to live in the realm of the supernatural. The supernatural realm is real and near but is often missed because you are so taken up with your ego. Your ego demands attention and it works in different ways to get it. Now is the time to separate yourself from your false self or ego and come nigh to your real self. This is to operate in consciousness and not be driven by the subconscious needs of the flesh.

FLESHLY BATTLES

Powerful thoughts come through to you when you walk in harmony with the Spirit. The Spirit will freely move through you as you surrender to His will. This is the normal walk for a fully surrendered person. A living sacrifice is one that willingly places his life on the altar. This altar is the only place where you will find rest for your soul. This is the battle that rages between the soul and the spirit. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak is true. The flesh is weak in terms of giving into the desires of the flesh rather then the desires of the spirit. When the flesh is laid on the altar then all those desires are burnt up. This is God's solution to the ego that is relentless in staying alive. It is the cause of all your internal struggles. In the Spirit the ego has no say for it has to bow to the spirit. It is so simple yet so difficult to the flesh. The flesh will fight any resistance to it. The devil will aid the flesh and fight the spirit. Only total surrender can bring relief. God allows situations and persons to trouble you till you give up the flesh and rest in the spirit. Resting in the spirit is the way to go and purchase your inheritance. In the Spirit you have peace and joy and this will help you to stay focused on the goal of your salvation.

SURRENDER TO THE SPIRIT

Total surrender is the only way to walk in the Spirit. The ego will demand its way but the Spirit's way is the best way. For this surrender to the Spirit is the only way to defeat the flesh. When you see the ego coming in then you need to become conscious and surrender to the Spirit. The ego works through automatic patterns which are subconscious. Most of us operate in the subconscious for this does not require much energy. These subconscious patterns are the default position of the ego. The ego thrives in conflict for this is what keeps it alive. When you see this happening just surrender to the Spirit in you and watch the ego dissolve. The ego does not like to be watched for it thrives in darkness. All its plans are developed in darkness. The light blinds the ego and it goes into the background. When you surrender to the Spirit then light comes in and the darkness recedes. This is why you need to walk in total surrender which is bad for the ego. In the Spirit you have freedom from all the cares of the world. In the Spirit you operate in the dimension of the eternal and not the earthly. You are heavenly minded with feet of clay. When your mind is set on the Spirit then your walk will be by the Spirit. So come today and surrender all to Him who is your Comforter.

NEW NATURE

The sinful flesh which the Bible calls the old nature will always be with you till you die. It is sinful and evil and you need to reckon it dead as you have a new nature in Christ. This fleshly nature will raise its head from time to time with its old feelings and thoughts. Recognize where they come from and kill them immediately. This is the only way to overcome the flesh. You can't change your old sin nature. It is steeped in sin and this is why you did not have much control over it. In Christ you can reckon it dead. Now you can be free from its harassment and be free to live in the Spirit. The spirit man in you lives in God. You abide in Him and He will direct your thoughts and feelings. The nature we inherited will be there but in the spirit you have a new nature. Now live from your new nature which is being renewed in Christ.As you walk daily in your new nature it becomes a habit. You no more look to your old nature as it is a cruel tormentor. It torments you with thoughts of lack and fear. Fear comes from the old nature which does not know the unconditional love of Christ. The new you, hid in Christ, knows His unconditional love and remains in His love. Remember He holds you and all you have to do is rest in His arms. What a salvation from the torment of the old nature which strives to be but fails miserably.Only in Christ can you be saved from the tormentor of your soul.

WALK BY THE SPIRIT

In the Spirit I have a new mind and it is through this new mind that I will see the world like God sees it. A person taken up with his own ego will only see through his lenses. He cannot be objective because his mind is closed to the views and perceptions of others and of the Spirit. A spirit filled person operates from another realm. This is why you need to be filled always and walk live in the Spirit and walk by the Spirit. This will keep you present and conscious of the moment rather then be lost in the past or the future. The past and the future you release to Him who is in control of both and live in the present moment. You can plan for the future but only God knows what is in the future. You can live in the fantasy of what may happen. Funny how when things happen they appear different to what you thought would happen. Yet we humans think that we know and never learn from experience. It is best to walk by faith for this is what strengthens your faith. Sight requires no faith. Faith walks sightless because it depends on God. This is what releases God's goodness and favor. When we walk in the light as He is in the light then the blood of Jesus cleanses us continuously from all sin. Sin keeps us from God. His light keeps us from sin. Hallelujah.

JESUS BLOOD SAVES

The blood of Jesus is the most powerful agent for cleansing of sin. His blood is living because He rose from the dead. He had to shed His blood because this is the only way for sin to be cleansed. Animal sacrifices could not do it. It had to be human and divine blood for cleansing on earth and in heaven. This dual cleansing enables God to be free from the influence of sin both in heaven and earth. This has restored the communion between God and man. What a wonderful way to be free from the power of sin. This is what will set the captive free as the blood is no respecter of persons. Everyone can avail of the cleansing who will claim its cleansing power by faith. Just believe and receive and be washed clean. There is nothing more that is required. Imagine your whole being, body,mind and spirit being cleansed in the blood. This is the simple message of the Cross. This is what drove missions into the darkest lands and brought deliverance to millions. It is still the only way of salvation.

MIND OF CHRIST

Have the mind of Christ. What it it to have the mind of Christ? This means to be filled in the Spirit of Jesus so that His thoughts and feelings emanate through you. His mind is the spirit mind. His Spirit will think through you. Why be encumbered with thoughts and feelings of your own ego when He lives in you and can think through you? It is foolishness to walk in the fleshly mind when you have the spirit of God in you. His mind is full of love, faith and humility. The ego is full of pride, selfishness and negativity. Why trade what is good for what is foul? The dying of the ego is your only hope of salvation. In Christ you are a new creation, you have been born again. Now it is your choice to live in the new man or default to the old man. The new man in Christ has the mind of Christ. As your ego dies so also your spirit man grows and possesses you more and more. It is like taking over the land that has been fallow and fruitless. Now be clothed with the mind of Christ and be made whole. Healing, knowledge and wisdom will flow through you as you walk in the fullness of the Spirit. Come Holy Spirit and fill me today.

IN CHRIST

To be separate is to be set apart in Christ. I have died with Christ and now I live in the power of my resurrected Lord. The moment I shift from this position in Christ then I begin to walk in the flesh or ego again. This is the struggle. In the flesh I get all kinds of old feelings and thoughts. In the Spirit I am whole and new and fresh and alive. The old patterns die hard for they are ingrained in my soul. The new must replace the old and this can happen suddenly or gradually. The suddenlies are rare when a person has a an experience like Paul on the road to Damascus. The speed at which I change is dependent on me. The more I die to self(ego), the more I grow in the spirit. Therefore I am in charge of my walk. I choose to be filled and to walk in the spirit today. I have the spirit mind in me and I have His thoughts and feelings and I do accordingly. This is the way to complete freedom from the flesh and freedom in the spirit. Praise Jesus.

FIX YOUR MIND ON JESUS

The ego is rattled in crisis. It goes into hyperactivity to try and quell the threat. It begins to look for fault in others then take responsibility for its actions. The ego always goes into self preservation. Jesus always looked outwardly to His Father in heaven when He faced the Cross. He prayed that this cup may pass but not His will but His Father's will be done. So also you must look to the Father in heaven and keep your mind on Him. Let His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In this way you will stay the course and not be distracted by your ego. Your ego will jump up and down for it is controlled by fear and not love. Love is of the spirit. His love will protect you and sustain you. In His love you will remain safe and secure and nothing without or within can dampen it. Therefore fix your mind on Jesus today and prevail.