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I got up this morning and said my prayers for my pastors, and brothers and sisters in Christ. But had difficulty getting in the spirit at all. Last night when I got home the fellow that rents my spare room from me was complaining about nothing to do. I got home at about 11:15. He decided to go to a nearby bar to shoot some pool. I declined as I wanted to spend some time in the word.
So off he went by himself. I prayed for him but I don't know how much longer he'll be staying with me. I suspect I'll need to pray for some wisdom there. Renting the extra room helps to pay the bills, but I'd rather help someone who wants to walk the Christian walk. So as I started to leave this morning I opened the Bible in my car. It has a Marker in the book of Mark Right around Mark 11 At the top of the page I made a note on 8/11/07 that sais Unconditional Surrender. 11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna; Blessed `is' he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 11:10 Blessed `is' the kingdom that cometh, `the kingdom' of our father David: Hosanna in the highest. 11:11 And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked round about upon all things, it being now eventide, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
19:38 saying, Blessed `is' the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 19:39 And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. 19:40 And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
Last night I was kind of down as I turned in. I read some Psalms out loud Psalm 17 came to mind for some reason. The need for christian fellowship has been on my heart a lot lately. I prayed for my roomate as he headed to the bar. But I know so little about intersesorry <----spelling ) prayer. I also prayed for one of my best friends Jennifer who I know is going thru a time of sifting.
For myself I feel kind of spiritually Clogged up at the moment. Why I don't know. I just feel like there aren't many words from God that are getting thru. I know it's me but I don't know what to change. Last night at work I took the guys from the addictions house to an AA speaker meeting at a local recovery club. There were a few women there that I would have liked to be doing some lusting after. For the most part I was behaving myself. But I found a fruit of self rightiousness that was geared towards the guys that were pulling the same tricks I used to pull.
I've been blessed with a prayer language, but sometimes like last night when I try to use it, first I feel stupid, then I end up under full blown attack. 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that ye would.
4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind, 4:18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart; 4:19 who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
I know it's impossible to walk in the Flesh and the spirit at the same time. Sometimes the flesh can be pretty desceptive. |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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My Brother, at this time in your walk, you are experienceing what i call the "i'm supposed too's"
all that is ,is the head, fighting the heart for the lead role in your life, "we think" why am i doing this? and why am i thinking this?' The Bible tells us for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved, for with the Heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation"
notice that it did'nt say for " with the mind you are saved!" ............But the Bible does say be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
This is a process and it takes time, it may come to some quickly, others it may take awhile, but what you need to do is stop thinking you can do it!
"WE CANT Do AnyTHING" but if we allow God, he will do it in us.
You just hold on and keep on praying and pressing, and you will get it,In do time. |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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| Thanks Keith. |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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| Thanks CA It's like learning to walk again. |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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It is learning to walk again; making the choice to walk in the Spirit rather than in the flesh. Hard stuff; we all struggle with it in some area(s) of our lives. For me, it always comes back to acknowledging what I know is Truth. God and His word are Truth, so when life gets hard or weird, I press in all the more to proclaim Truth, (with prayer and praise), remember Truth, (the history of God's faithfulness in my life and others), and reaffirm Truth (I am being transformed, whether it feels like it at the moment or not. Although transformation does take a willingness and surrender on my part to having things my way.) Hang in there, Dave! You're doing great! How do I know that? Because one can see by your blogs that your heart is in the right place. God can only work with willing hearts. :-) |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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| Thanks Jen BTW that part 6 of how I got her was awsome. It kind of slipped by as I took a couple of days off from the computer. |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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| Thanks, Dave. Time off from computers can be a good thing. |
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| October 06, 2007 |
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| man I know what you mean about the flesh bein deceptive. I reckon that's why Paul said we gotta crucify it daily. I try to pray first thang every mornin before work... my way of crucifyin it. The thang is though, sometimes I think my flesh pretends to be dead, cause it will just come up outta nowhere and catch me off gaurd sometimes. Thank God for mercy! |
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| October 07, 2007 |
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Under the heading of the flesh playin' opossum eh! 3:13 Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing `I do', forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 3:14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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