Mind Transformation Is The Only Way To Be Transformed Into Jesus Image

The Bible states that we should be transformed by the renewal of our minds. Our mind is part of our soul or psyche. Our mind has been trained by the world to think and perceive in worldly ways. This worldly mind needs to be transformed to think like Jesus. The word of God and Jesus are the same. So when we read and understand His word we get transformed. God's word is living and powerful to separate our spirit from our soul. It is able to discern good from evil. What is seen outwardly could be a copy of the real. To discern the spirit behind the cover requires spiritual insight. Many are deceived by the external rites and rituals of religion. Religion has deceived many to believe the lie rather than the truth. 

Mind Transformation

Mind transformation is the only way to become heavenly minded. This is the key to walking in victory on earth. However there is a cost. Truth will always be challenged by lies. When you stand for truth you will face opposition. This is good for this is a sign that you are standing against the powers of darkness. Many suffer for standing for the truth. In this world that revolves around lies, truth is a rare concept. We have become so used to lies that it has become part of our persona. Some people get away by saying it is white lies or being social and nice. Jesus confronted the Pharisees of His day by calling them white washed sepulchres!

Truth

Truth is essential in these days to stand against the forces of evil. Evil has penetrated our psyche that we believe it. We need transformation of our minds. Jesus is the truth and His word is the truth. When we believe this we become transformed into His image. His image is the original personality of creation. When we talk and walk like Jesus we become His light bearers in a dark world. We need to walk in revelational knowledge. This is knowledge we receive through the Spirit from heaven. This is our daily manna to keep us walking in the light. The light of His presence enfolds us and keeps us from all harm and danger. Let us be transformed and be the source of hope in this fallen world.

The Beautiful Exchange

Old Nature

Our nature is fallen and cannot be changed. We were born in sin and condemned to death. However Jesus died so that we can be delivered from sin. He came to give us His nature in exchange. This is the great salvation we have in Him. He restored us to the original design before sin entered man. What a beautiful exchange this is and no amount of work can replicate this. We try to be good but God says our good work is like filthy rags. His righteousness is through His shed blood on the Cross. He paid the price for you and for me. 

New Nature

God's nature is His personality. Jesus demonstrated this to us on earth. He came as the son of man and was anointed in the Spirit. He showed us how we too can be anointed in the Spirit and walk like He did. He gave us His Holy Spirit to dwell in us to help us in our walk. This means that our old nature needs to die so the new can come forth. The new nature is Jesus nature and will shine through us. We are the replica of Him on earth. Now when we walk in the light as He is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Our personality is transformed into His image.

Beautiful Exchange

What a beautiful exchange is this and too profound to comprehend. Yet this is what God had planned from the beginning. Now we are being prepared for rulership in the world to come. Our training begins now on earth and we can do this only through His Holy Spirit in us. This is why we must let go of all things that will hinder us in this walk in the Spirit. Let us begin today to shine for Jesus wherever we maybe.

When You See Into The Unseen, Things Become Tangible.

Faith

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. What is seen is self evident. What is unseen requires faith to see. Once we are able to see beyond the seen, we become like God. God sees into the unseen realm because He is the invisible, transcendent being who resides in the heavenlies. Yet He has made Himself known to us through His Son, Jesus. God saw into the unseen realm and gave birth to His Son on earth. There are many things we do not see at present but one day they become evident. God knew us before we were formed in our mother's womb. 

Spiritual Eyes

Seeing into the unseen realm requires faith. Yet faith is that intangible way that many of us find difficult to comprehend with our physical eyes. We need spiritual eyes to see into the realm of the unseen. This is possible only when God opens our eyes to see. Many think they see but are blind. We can deceive ourselves by saying we see but don't. This is the deception that many fall into because we are blinded by the god of this world. This blindness keeps us bound to the earthly realm of sight. To go go beyond the earthly realm requires faith. Yet God has given us enough faith to believe. 

Jesus

This is a mystery how many are called but few are chosen. God desires that all be saved but few are saved. This is because of blindness. Spiritual blindness results in only being able to operate in the seen realm. Faith takes us to a different realm. So many are deceived by believing in things that has nothing to do with God. God has made a way through Jesus. He said He is the only way to the Father. When we believe this we begin to see. This sight then leads us to walk through the door into the other realm where Jesus is. We now have access to all of heavens riches.

Spirit Filled, Spirit Led And Spirit Targeted.

Spirit Filled

God sent His Holy Spirit to fill us so that we would not be on our own. Jesus mission on earth was completed after He ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of His Father. He said He had to go so that He could send the Holy Spirit to help us on our journey on earth. His Holy Spirit came at Pentecost as promised and filled those waiting and manifested in speaking in tongues or other languages. Those witnessing this event saw and heard fire and sound as evidence of the in filling. So also today we need to be filled with His Spirit to function in the Spirit.

Spirit Led

Now the Holy Spirit will lead us in our daily walk. Jesus was led by the Spirit. He only did what He saw and heard His Father doing. This was possible not because He was the Son of God but the son of man anointed in the Spirit. Jesus was full of the Spirit. We too need to be full of the Spirit to do what Jesus did. Jesus said that we would do more than what He did. This is only possible through the anointing in the Spirit. To be led by the Spirit is to not walk by sight but by faith. This is an inner knowing which some call intuition. I felt led to hand a tract recently to someone who repaired my watch strap. He later rang me and we are in fellowship now.

Spirit Targeted

The Spirit targets certain people and situations for a purpose. We may think it is a coincidence but in God there is no coincidence. He directs our steps and we walk accordingly. Life takes on a totally new dimension when we walk in the Spirit. He gives us strategies to solve impossible problems. He opens the eyes of the blind when we speak the now word to them. Heaven comes down and we begin to know what it is to live a heavenly life on earth. Chance  encounters turn out to be supernatural events. What appeared to be a negative situation turns out to be an encounter made in heaven. How exciting to live a Spirit led life.

Spiritual Blindness Is Caused By Believing In Lies

Spiritual Blindness

Spiritual blindness is a condition just like sin is a condition. Due to blindness people cannot believe that there is a God who loves us. This blindness is due to believing in lies propagated by the god of this world. The devil is against God and his main mission is to take as many as possible to hell with him. Therefore we see all kinds of lies being perpetrated through media and other sources to lead us into blindness. We are blind because the lies keep us from believing. Once we are healed we become like the blind man who proclaimed sight after being healed. The blinkers were lifted and he could see clearly.

Soul Blindness

Spiritual blindness can only be lifted through believing in Jesus. Many confuse psychological blindness with spirit blindness. Many ministries focus on soul blindness. Soul blindness is to do with our psyche. Our soul is to do with our thinking, feeling and will. Our spirit was dead through the Fall. This is why Jesus had to come to reverse the curse of sin so we might be saved from blindness. To see in the spirit is to be born again. Just like the caterpillar becomes a butterfly so is the experience of being born again. We see the world from God's perspective.

Salvation

When we become sighted we see and behold the beauty of all creation. God becomes real and we begin our journey into wholeness. Through His Spirit in us we become renewed to fulfil His plan for our life. God's plans for our life is being thwarted by the devil and so we need discernment to know what is good and what is evil. Evil many times can present as good but the spirit behind it is evil. Let us walk in the light as He is in the light. In Him all is light and there is no darkness. His light shines to dispel the darkness. Lord open our eyes to see and believe and be set free.

Only In The Spirit Can We Live An Abundant Life

Spirit

God is Spirit and he created us as spirit beings. We live in our body and have a soul. Our soul thinks, feels and decides. Our spirit was dead and through the born again experience was redeemed and is alive. Our soul is being redeemed. Our body will one day die and return to the dust. When Jesus said that we would have life and that abundant, He was referring to our spirit that was redeemed through His death and resurrection. Our spirit will return to Him when we die and we will sit with Him in heaven. In fact we are already seated with Him in heaven now but the full realisation will come after we die.

Soul

Our soul is being redeemed. We are still dealing with issues in our soul. This is why we need to be transformed in our minds to think and feel like Jesus. This transformation is a process. Many are unaware of this and therefore when conflicted feel guilty and blame themselves. Many are the struggles in the soul and many fall because they give up the fight. The Holy Spirit who resides in us can help us in our weakness. He can make the crooked places straight and turn the hurt into healing. Salvation is for the whole person and not just for the spirit. When we experience His salvation in our soul and body, this becomes a sign and a wonder.

Abundant Living

Today we can live an abundant life in the spirit. His abundant life resides in us. Streams of living water flows through us. We need to tap into this stream and not be distracted by the enemy of our soul. Demons get attached to hurt and unforgiveness. They have no place in our soul. We need to deal with them as if they are our enemy and rout them out through the blood and Name of Jesus. This is the only way we can progress in our Christian life. Our weakness will be turned into strength. Do not hide your weakness but turn it into a strength through the Spirit.

Sin Is A Condition And Not An Act.

Sin

Sin is not a word that is talked about much these days. The concept of sin has negative connotations and in this world of compromise is seen as a stigma. However sin is real and we can see the consequences of sin all around us. Most of us confuse sin as a condition with the acts of sin. We condemn others because of their sinful behaviours. Sin has been defined as rebellion or anything that proclaims itself above God. This happened in the garden of Eden when Eve decided to listen to the voice of Satan and gave into the temptation to eat of the fruit of good and evil. Today we too relish in eating from the tree of good and evil and therefore bring a curse upon ourselves.

Spiritual Condition

Sin is a spiritual condition. We were all born in sin and need redemption. God planned this from the beginning that He would redeem man from his sinful sate. He did this by sending His Son Jesus to be the sacrifice for sin. His blood was shed and now works through His resurrection to redeem us from our sinful state. His blood is powerful to redeem because it continues to work as if it is alive and powerful to cleanse all sin. This is the Good News of the gospel. God made a way where there was no way, for man to return to God in a sinless state. His blood cleanses us from all sin.

Solution

This is the power that now works in us to continue to redeem our soul from this wicked world. We are all prone to sin even though our spirit has been redeemed. However we have a way of escape through His blood. This blood sacrifice is eternal and works in us an eternal work of salvation. His blood is enough to cleanse the vilest sinner who comes to Him to be saved. This is a spiritual transaction. No man can buy his salvation for it by grace through faith that we are saved. Come today and be saved from sin and be made whole in Jesus Name.

Word Alignment Leads To World Alignment

Word

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. Jesus is the word and His word and Him are one. Therefore when we align with His word we become one with Him and He one with us. He said abide in me and I will abide in you. He and the Father are one. The Holy Spirit dwells within us and makes us one with Him. Jesus prayer was that we would be one as He and His Father were one. This is the kind of unity we have in the Spirit. It is this unity in the Spirit that will enable us to turn the world around from its present state of chaos and disruption. All we see around us is a result of man going his own way and trying to control the planet. 

Jesus

God has made a way out for us. He sent His Son, Jesus, to reverse the course of sin. He cancelled the power of sin and redeemed man from being a slave to being a son. This is the kind of revolution we need to save the world from its self destructive path. All we see around us is death and destruction. We think we are progressive but in the name of progress we have surrendered our lives to the evil one. Evil in its many forms is infiltrating every section of our lives. We are under the control of the god of this world and he is hell bent on our destruction. The only way out is to be transformed by His living word.

Solution

His word is a light that will shine in our present darkness. In the midst of all the lies we have His word to guide us. His Spirit will empower His word and bring about the transformation we need. We will never be able to improve ourselves as we are bound by sin. We can dress up sin in nice ways but underneath the rot continues. Sin is like rotten eggs, it poisons the soul. The egg needs to be saved to become whole. The born again experience is a renewal of the spirit by the Holy Spirit. This will cause us to align ourselves with His word and bring about the alignment of the world. There is no other way by which man can be saved. The whole world is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God. This revelation will change the world.

Knowing God's Will And Doing It

Prayer

We pray many times that God's will be done. However this prayer maybe a cop out of knowing what God's will is! Knowing His will means we must know His mind on a certain matter. Is it God's will to heal? If the answer is yes then we must pray accordingly and see His will being manifested in healing. This will lead to a different kind of prayer to the one where we hope we get the right answer. One is a prayer by random and the other a prayer by target. Random prayers result in random answers. Targeted prayers result in targeted answers.

Answers

God has provided answers through His word. We can know His will through His written word and His Spirit. His Spirit opens up His word and reveals His mind to us. Just reading the word may not give us understanding of His word and will. To know His will is to know the mind of God. Jesus always consulted with His Father and only did what He saw and heard His Father doing. We can hear and see too if we seek His ways and not our way. Many times we are comfortable in doing things our way and only consult God when we are in trouble. God wants to partner with us and not just be a teller machine.

Attitude

We must begin to demand that our prayers be answered. We can only do this when we know God's will. God's will is that we preach the Good news, heal the sick and bring deliverance to the captive. There are no ifs about this. When we know His will we can pray aggressive prayers that will bring answers from His glory in heaven. God has only answers and not questions. All His questions were answered on the Cross when He cancelled the power of sin and the devil. We now have access to all the riches in glory through Jesus. This is what Jesus came to do through His death and resurrection. Now it is up to us to implement His will on earth and pull the answers down.

Truth Is Divisive. Yet Truth In Jesus Unites.

Truth

Truth has always been under attack. When Jesus faced Pilate He said "I am the Truth". Pilate responded by asking "what is truth"? So also today amid the plethora of fake news, truth is buried under it. Truth is in a person and His name is Jesus. Jesus came to reveal the truth and so He could say I am the truth. No one believed Him when He came and the same condition prevails today. We seek the truth but never seem to accept what is revealed. We keep searching for the truth though our finite mind. Truth appears to us but we ignore it to our peril. What is truth is ignored and we create truth in our own imagination. God revealed Himself to the nation of Israel but they chose to build an image of God to worship.

Fake

Man today too is building images to worship. God said you will have no images to worship. In direct rebellion we continue to build images of wealth, race, sex and other images that satisfy our own fallen desires. We worship the creation rather than the Creator. Truth therefore is ignored and is replaced by images of the truth. An image is not the original. It is just an image. Just like an idol of God is not God. Why do we do this? Man wants to be in control of his own destiny. We reject God and His ways because we were born in sin and continue to sin. There is only one way of escape and that is through Jesus.

Jesus

Man tries to calm his conscience through alternative ways but God has provided a way of escape. Those who find Him know He is the truth. There is no other way to please God but through His Son. Jesus was sent to deliver us from our sad state. However we choose to look to other ways of salvation. This is why many are called but few are chosen. Judas was called but not chosen. He allowed Satan to infiltrate his soul and betray His Saviour. We all could be a Judas if we 

do not hold on to His way to the end. Once saved always saved is a lie. The ten virgins all came prepared but only five went through because they were prepared and waiting till the end. Let us also pursue till the end and not lose heart and give up.

Your Tongue Is The Most Powerful Force On Earth

Tongue

God spoke and He created the world's. God has given man the same authority to create through his tongue. However through the Fall a curse came upon all creation. Now man has the power to bless or to curse. What we see in the world is the power of curses. Our tongue has been used by Satan to steal, kill and destroy. All the news broadcasts is news of the destructive power of the tongue. Man is constantly putting down his neighbour to profit. The agenda of media everywhere is to divide and rule. From governments to corporations to families the same applies. Our tongue is a great force and none can tame it.

Unity

God confused man with dividing tongues at the Tower of Babel. This was because man was getting too powerful as they were united in their one tongue. At Pentecost God touched our tongue and united us in the Spirit. God is in the business of unity and He gave us a way of escape. A man who can control his tongue can control his body. Like a rudder on a ship this small organ controls the whole body. Isaiah prayed that God with touch his tongue with coal of fire to cleanse it. Men have tried to cut off their tongue to stop it defiling them. Mutilating the body is man's way of trying to control his body. However God's way is through His Spirit.

Spirit

We need to surrender our tongue to God to help us speak His word. In the Spirit we can overcome all things. We can speak health to our body and our relationships. We can overcome battles that have been fought by just one word from the Spirit. Jesus spoke the healing word and the centurion's servant was healed at a distance. So powerful are words to transcend time and distance. So also our prayers in the Spirit have power to reverse the destructive forces on earth. We can bring heaven to earth through our anointed words. Today let us watch our words for they are a force to curse or to bless, to heal or to wound.

Walking In The Limitless Power Of God

God

God is all powerful and is the Creator and we are His creation. We think we have a lot of power but this power is matchless compared to God's power. He spoke and the world was created. All that we see was created by Him through His spoken word. Imagine how powerful were His words. Nothing could stand in the way of His word. We too can speak and see things change. This is why God has commanded us to be careful of what we say. Our words have the power to bless or to curse. What we hear around us can break us or build us up. In the world we hear a lot of negative words because the god of this world is Satan. Only we have authority on earth to reverse the words of the devil.

Words

God reversed our words at Pentecost. He gave us a new tongue. This is the tongue of the Spirit. When we pray in tongues we release God's power on earth as it is in heaven. We receive revelation in our mind of what God is thinking and saying. In this way we are able to think and speak like God. When we speak from the Spirit, we speak like God. This is how Jesus spoke. He had the authority of heaven behind Him when He spoke. Sickness and disease had to go as He spoke. The limitless power of God was behind His words. We too can do the same.

Authority

We can shift atmospheres as we speak from the Spirit. We have the tools to operate in the Spirit. We cannot move an inch without the power of God. In our own strength we will move a bit but in God's strength we will move mountains. God's limitless power is available to us when we come to the end of our power. This is why we need to operate in the Spirit to see the world turned upside down. The disciples were known to have done this and we can do the same. The same resurrection power is available to us who believe. Come let us walk in the resurrection power of Jesus and be done with walking in our own power.

Faith Is Clear Eyesight

Faith

Faith is trusting in what is unseen and believing what is impossible is possible. Those who come to God must believe that He is. No one can come to God without faith. There is an unseen world we can tap into if only we believe. However our mind will resist believing because it wants to see. As long as we want to see before we believe, will not enable us to walk by faith. The Israelites wanted to make God into an image that they could see to worship. God is not an image. We are an image of God. We have the faith to believe because we were created in His image. Now we need to trust Him to respond to our faith.

Eyesight

Faith is the ability to see beyond the physical. Abraham believed God and saw. We must believe before we can see. This is the challenge we face in our daily walk. Will we walk by faith or by sight? Thomas said he would believe once he saw Jesus alive from the dead. Jesus asked him do you now believe? Many have seen Him but then stop believing. We need spiritual eyes to see and believe. This is why faith is seeing beyond the seen realm. In our physical realm we can see and so believe. God operates in the unseen realm and so we need to believe to see.

Blindness

Spiritual blindness is real. This is why we need to pray that the blindness that clouds the eyes of the lost will be opened to see. Like the blind man in the Bible, sight will be restored. Many who opposed God now see and believe. Paul was blinded by his spiritual encounter but then saw once the scales dropped off. All that is seen will one day pass away but the word of God will remain. God is calling us today to trust Him and walk by faith and He will meet all our needs from His riches in heaven. The only way we can do this, is by faith.

Selfishness Produces Weeds. Love Produces Fruit.

Selfishness

God's answer to selfishness is love. We were born in sin and therefore  all we were concerned about was me, myself and I. We could not see beyond ourself because we were blind. Some of us have some awareness of this and try to move from the "I" position to the "We" position. However this takes a lot of energy and work to think of others when our primary needs are unmet. Most of us have gone through difficulties in our growing up years. These maybe from our parents, siblings or others. Trauma causes us to go into defensive living. We protect ourselves from getting abused and used. This is a common experience and many suffer from anxiety and depression due to this. However God has made a way of escape.

Answer

God knew we were helpless and could not save ourselves. He provided the answer through Jesus. He reversed the curse of sin and brought us into the light of His presence. He opened our eyes to see and experience the love of the Father. This love healed our wounds and brought us to a place of trust. We began to trust God to meet our needs. We moved from a focus on I to a focus on God and others. This shift brought about a change in our perceptions. We began to realise that there is more to living than just looking after our own needs. God gave His only begotten Son to die for us. This demonstrated God's love for us. 

Faith

Now we began the journey from a self centred life to a God centred life. We moved from a position of living according to the law, to living by faith. This is a shift that enables us to tap into the supernatural power of God to meet our needs. We did not rely on our own resources but looked to God's supernatural resources in heaven. This shift has caused us to love others as we love ourselves. God did it for us and will continue to work through us. We see the fruit of the lives that have committed their lives to God. I am no where the man I was because of His great love. Without Him I am nothing. With Him I have a purpose and meaning for living life to the full. I am called to serve others and this is my joy and blessing.

All That We Lost Through The Fall Was Reversed At Calvary

Fall

When Adam and Eve fell in the garden of Eden all creation was affected by the Fall. Now we can blame them for what happened but the same might have happened to us when tempted by the devil. God had provided a way of escape but the temptation was too great to prevent them from eating of the tree of good and evil. Jesus was slain before the foundation of the world and came to fulfil this plan on earth. The devil thought he had won but God reversed the curse on the Cross. Few of us appreciate this great reversal. We continue to live as if we are still bound. God set us free from the curse two thousand years ago. Yet we continue to choose to eat from the tree of good and evil.

Calvary

At Calvary all my sins were cancelled. All my diseases were healed. I was restored to my original sate. The Bible says we are a new creation in Him. The old is past and the new has come. This is the revelation we need to live that abundant life here on earth. We will continue to face temptation but God has provided a way of escape. Eat from the tree of life and live. The tree of life is Jesus.  We are grafted into Him and now we can live through Him. There is no other way to live His life on earth but through His Spirit who lives in us. What a wonderful plan of redemption.

Salvation

When we partake of the communion remember the work on the Cross. This reversed all that was stolen from us. Now it is up to us to draw from the river of life and be made whole. There is no other healing balm available but through this sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. The devil was defeated once and for all and he is destined for hell fire. He knows it and we have to remind him of this. Till Jesus returns we have to reclaim all that was lost and restore His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. This is our assignment and calling wherever we maybe. Let us join hands and proclaim this victory for all to hear and be saved.

God Has Forgiven And Forgotten Our Past

Past

God is so good that He does not harbour any ill feelings towards us. He is so large and can deal with any offence made against Him. His love is immeasurable and can absorb all the evil in the world. This is what He did when He sent Jesus to die on the Cross for the sins of the world. In one event He cancelled the sins of the world. This is how big our God is. He remembers our sins no more. Yet we continue to live as if our sins are not forgiven. We carry the burdens of our sinful past as if they are still present. What a sorry state this is!

Present

We must now forgive ourselves and forget our past. This is easily said then done. We are reminded each day of our failures and weaknesses. The devil will remind us of our sinful past. However God has a different word and His word is final. He says take my yoke for it is easy and light. Burdens are lifted at Calvary. Yet we prefer to carry our own burdens than let it go. Many are laden with heavy burdens. God is calling us to let go and let Him carry our burdens.

Future

By faith we can come to Him and let go of our burdens. We must daily repent of any sins committed and let them go. This is the only way to live an abundant life. God's word is truth and He does not lie. We must believe His word and not the opinions of man. This is the only way to walk in victory. Today let go of your burdens and enjoy the freedom of life in Spirit.

Pray The Answer And Not The Problem.

Prayer

Most times we go into prayer when we have a need. Our prayers are mainly to request God to supply a need. We hardly pray when we don't have a need. However this is not what prayer is about. God made us to have fellowship with Him. He is not a vending machine where He supplies what we want. We turn to God as if He is waiting to meet all our needs. When prayer is seen as the highest form of intimacy with God, it brings about a change in our relationship with Him. God is not treated as a thing but a person. He is our Heavenly Father in heaven who created us for this one purpose, to have fellowship with Him.

Jesus

Jesus always was in communion with His Father. He only did what He heard and saw His Father doing. This means that He walked in close communion with Him. We too are called to have a similar relationship with Him. In this relationship all our needs are met even without asking, for He knows what we need even before we ask Him. We can rest knowing that He is our Provider and Healer. All our needs are met in Him. Jesus accomplished this on the Cross when He said " It is finished". He purchased all that was robbed from us through the Fall. Now we can enjoy the fellowship that Adam and Eve had before the Fall.

Fellowship

Prayer now becomes a fellowship where God answers and we grow in intimacy with Him. This is the most powerful relationship we can have on earth. Imagine the Trinity dwelling within us. His Holy Spirit dwells in our spirit and we can call Him Abba Father. We now are His representatives on earth connecting earth with heaven. We become His light bearers in a fallen world. Nothing can harm us as His light surrounds us. All disease and disorder will have to bow to the Name of Jesus. We become His answer to a fallen and sick world

What Is Of The Spirit Is Permanent

Spirit

God created us spirit, soul and body (1 Thess 5:23). However few of us are aware of this and so fail to invest in our spirit. Our spirit was dead through the Fall but born again through the Holy Spirit when we received Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. This new birth experience in the spirit opened our eyes to see into the spirit world. We were once blind but now we see. Most people are dead in the spirit and what they think is spirit is their soul. The soul mimics the things of the spirit. We were made in the image of God and therefore will search for ways to connect with Him. However most will be led to search in wrong places and therefore create idols to worship. This is what has led to many man made religions around the world. Man was left to create a god of his own making. 

Soul

The soul is made up of our thoughts, feelings and will. Most people are aware of their thoughts and feelings but yet unable to control them. We are influenced by the things around us and so distracted from the real thing. We desire to be in control and anything that takes this away from us unsettles us. We become controlling of others just to stay in control. We become violent to control others. Most of our dealings with others are from our soul. Manipulation and control is seen everywhere. We feel secure when we are in control. However many fall into desperate times for one can never by happy by controlling others. Fear sets in for you don't know how long you can control others. Dictators are made like this and fall on their sword.

Faith

God desires us to trust Him and walk by faith. He has provided us a way of escape in the spirit. His word and Spirit work together to transform us into His image. Being transformed into His image is a work of His Spirit in us. We cannot do anything to change us but to trust Him. He who began a work in us will complete it. He is the author and finisher of our faith. The work He does in us is permanent. What is of the soul is temporary. Therefore let us walk by the Spirit and make a permanent home for Him to dwell in us. What we build will be tested and only that which is of the Spirit will last.

Till The Soil Of Your Soul Till It Is Made Whole.

Soul

Our soul is that part of our being that is made up of our thoughts, feelings and will. Our spirit was redeemed when we were born again of the Holy Spirit. Our soul and body continue to be prone to sin. Our soul is being redeemed though the renewing of our mind. Our body is also affected by this renewal. Therefore our soul needs to be renewed to manifest our new nature in the spirit. We are a new creation but manifestation is hindered by our soul which still operates under the influence of the old nature. Many are deceived thinking they are well now that they re born again. No wonder we do not see a difference in behaviour in the church and the world. The missing factor is the need to till our soul.

Tilling

Tilling our soul is to change our thinking to conform with the word of God. When our mind is renewed then our feelings will also be renewed. The word of God is our template for renewal. We need the word of God and the Spirit to bring about change in our soul. This is to work out our salvation. Our position in Christ is established but now our relationship with Him must grow. A child needs milk and as the child grows needs meat to grow. So also we need to grow in our relationship with the Spirit to be like Jesus. 

Spirit

In the Spirit we have all things we need to live a holy life. Living in the Spirit is to walk by faith. We can tap into the resources in heaven through His Spirit in us. God will reveal His thoughts to us and we get renewed through this process. This is the only way we can experience the resurrection power of Jesus. There is no other way to transformation. Our soul needs to experience death to experience life. We must die to our old self and be renewed in the new. This is the goal of our salvation. Let us today walk in the Spirit and be renewed to be like Jesus.

Sow In The Spirit, Reap From The Spirit

Spirit Beings

God created us as a spirit being but few of us sow into the spirit. We are so accustomed to walk in the flesh that we have no consciousness of our spirit. God is Spirit and He communicates with us through His Spirit to our spirit. Most teachers only teach from their soul and so our spirit is malnourished in the things of God. This sorry state is what we see in the church today. Man keeps seeking for things spiritual and because of blindness tap into the demonic realms. This is the danger in delving into other religious or New  age teachings. They promise much but little is delivered. Instead they trap us into the occult and so we see the evidence of this in art, theatre and media. 

Truth

There is only one truth and that is in Jesus. He said that "No man can come to the Father God but through Me". This is the truth. Now we can accept it and receive salvation or reject it and be dammed. There are only two options in the spirit world. One is the heavenly and the other is the demonic. This is the reality and this is what Jesus came to reveal to us. Because of spiritual blindness we are attracted by spiritual persuasions as our hearts yearn to know the truth. Once we see, we become new in the Spirit. I  once was blind but now I see is so true. Yet this path is just the beginning of the journey to wholeness.

Heavenly Life

Our soul will always be attracted to keep us bound to earth. God wants us to live a heavenly life on earth. However we will resist this because we are so earth bound. Death is the only reality that wakes us up to realise that there is something more than what we see here. When we have this awakening we will pursue all that heaven has in store for us. We will tap into the invisible to make it visible. All the resources in heaven are available to us if we will only believe. Let us today tap into the resources in heaven and live life to the full and not just exist.