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White Dog Black Dog.

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October 14, 2007 at 3:28pm

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5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16 ASV

This comes up a lot for me. apearantly it's imposible to live in the spirit and the flesh at the same time. I've been spending more time memorizing scripture lately as I figure I can't feed the spirit and the flesh at the same time.

In order to feed the spirit I need to spend more time in the word. It's pretty close to impossible for me to absorb the word with the TV on. I rent my extra room to a felow that's trying to get off dope, and live for Christ or at least he says.

I'm really hesitant to send anyone away saying they want to live for Christ. Believing if I'm gonna err I wanna err on the side of being played as a fool rather than erring on the side of not going far enough.

I'm finding myself being somewhat convicted that I need to quit setting myself up to err at all. Today at church part of the text was from the psalms, and I mostly remember the phrase Tast of the Lord for he is good.

I couldn't help think of Jesus as a spring of living water as he was talking to the Samaritan lady at the well. I was just plain doing a lot of thinking. I know I'm guilty of a lot of legalism as I find myself trying to scratch my way from Sunday's church service to Wednesdays Prayer service.

I know this means I need to let the word permeate <----spelling) me more.

I know this post don't make a lote of sence and probably isn't to edifying to anyone. But I thought I'd post something just so folks would know where I was on this road of life. Concerning the Black Dog white Dog thing I'm just looking for ways to feed the dog I want to win. Some of you may know the story. but it goes like this we have a black dog and a white dog living in us. We feed the black dog with the flesh and the white dog with the spirit.

I want the white dog to win out. so that's the dog I wanna feed.

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Yahschild

October 14, 2007 at 3:55pm

Yes, that's a good analogy. Feed the white dog well! :)

Jen

October 14, 2007 at 8:26pm

Dude, you're on the right track! Our spiritual journey down here has times of great joy and happiness, but there is also a lot of mortifying that has to go on, and that usually isn't too pleasant! By feeding the white dog you are killing off (mortifying!) the black dog. The black dog may kick for a little while, but eventually he becomes weaker and weaker for lack of food and he dies. Yes! This is how it's meant to be! In the natural it seems unnatural to try and kill off part of ourselves. But we are meant to be supernatural, ie. spiritual, beings, not fleshly ones. Keep after it, Dave! God will show you the individual paths He wants you to take to accomplish this. It's that wonderful combination of His leading and His power and our obedience. :-)

MaKelly

October 14, 2007 at 8:39pm

Mr. Hope

Your are right you cannot walk in the spirit and feed the flesh at the same time.
It's like saying I want to go to church on Sunday but Monday through Saturday I going to go back to the my old ways. Let me tell you Hope that's trying to live with one feet in kingdom of God and the other feet in the world and that's like riding on the fence and do you know who owns the fence you guess it the devil, so it best to kill that old man and every time he raises his ugly head you tell him you are going to hanging out with Jesus

voice_in_dc

October 14, 2007 at 9:09pm

Amen Dave. Actually, this topic has been coming up a lot lately, so press in and press on. Watch what God will do.

Lara Leger

October 14, 2007 at 10:01pm

yeah, like Petra's song, "Jekyll and Hyde", eh? You aren't alone in your struggle against the flesh or the legalism. You are absolutely not alone. I am right there with ya, bro! Just gotta keep pressing in, and doing all we know to do, leave it in God's hands.

Pastor Tim

October 23, 2007 at 3:31pm

I heard an illustration one time that likened flesh and the spirit to two dogs. You have to feed the one and starve the other.

hopefienddave

October 23, 2007 at 3:41pm

Thank's one and all for the encouragement it's much easier to press onward together.

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