An invitation to invade...
Dan and I shared an amazing time of fellowship with a friend of ours last night, and the theme of the conversations we had have been carried throughout my day today. I can't seem to stop thinking about everything we talked about. I was passionate about knowing God's heart before, but there is a kind of fellowship that leaves you hungry for more of what you have tasted...
One of the things I took from our conversation last night was how much God has to offer us as His sons and daughters - what power, and authority, and ability to see people as they are in the Spirit, instead of just their physical selves. Romans 8:9 says, You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh, but in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.
We tend to class people. Dan and I were talking tonight about how work and life and human beings can make a person cynical. And instead of seeing people in the Spirit - and choosing to minister to them in the Spirit - we see them as "grumpy" or "angry" or "depressed" or "touchy", and may attempt to avoid them if at all possible. If we were truly walking in the Spirit and sensitive to the movement of Him, we could minister to people in the truest sense of the word, and take a step toward becoming the Kingdom of God.
I am not at a place yet of being sure what all that entails... I don't have a full grasp of the Holy Spirit and all that He wants to do and is capable of doing in my life and in my relationships between me and other children of God. But I do know I want more of the Lord and His Spirit in me and in my life, on a daily basis, in every situation. I want Him to be the deciding factor in the way I look at people, in the way I perceive circumstances, and the way I react to situations. And I think that will only happen when we are in constant conversation with Him (prayer), and letting Him know that no matter how grumpy the person we are dealing with may seem in the flesh, the Spirit is always invited to invade our minds and take over our vision.
Matt 10:20 -- Luke 11:13 -- John 3:6, 8, 34 -- John 6:63 -- John 14:26 -- John 12 -- 2 Tim 1:7 -- 1 John 3:24 -- 1 John 4:13 -- Eph 6:12 -- 1 Thess 1:5 -- 1 Thess 5:19 -- Gal 5:13-25 -- Gal 6:8 -- 2 Cor 3:5-18 -- 1 Cor 3:16 -- Romans 8 -- 1 Cor 2:9-15 -- John 3:8 -- John 3:34 -- John 6:63 -- John 16:13-15 -- Acts 2:17&18 -- Luke 11:13 -- John 3:6
-HK
One of the things I took from our conversation last night was how much God has to offer us as His sons and daughters - what power, and authority, and ability to see people as they are in the Spirit, instead of just their physical selves. Romans 8:9 says, You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh, but in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.
We tend to class people. Dan and I were talking tonight about how work and life and human beings can make a person cynical. And instead of seeing people in the Spirit - and choosing to minister to them in the Spirit - we see them as "grumpy" or "angry" or "depressed" or "touchy", and may attempt to avoid them if at all possible. If we were truly walking in the Spirit and sensitive to the movement of Him, we could minister to people in the truest sense of the word, and take a step toward becoming the Kingdom of God.
I am not at a place yet of being sure what all that entails... I don't have a full grasp of the Holy Spirit and all that He wants to do and is capable of doing in my life and in my relationships between me and other children of God. But I do know I want more of the Lord and His Spirit in me and in my life, on a daily basis, in every situation. I want Him to be the deciding factor in the way I look at people, in the way I perceive circumstances, and the way I react to situations. And I think that will only happen when we are in constant conversation with Him (prayer), and letting Him know that no matter how grumpy the person we are dealing with may seem in the flesh, the Spirit is always invited to invade our minds and take over our vision.
Matt 10:20 -- Luke 11:13 -- John 3:6, 8, 34 -- John 6:63 -- John 14:26 -- John 12 -- 2 Tim 1:7 -- 1 John 3:24 -- 1 John 4:13 -- Eph 6:12 -- 1 Thess 1:5 -- 1 Thess 5:19 -- Gal 5:13-25 -- Gal 6:8 -- 2 Cor 3:5-18 -- 1 Cor 3:16 -- Romans 8 -- 1 Cor 2:9-15 -- John 3:8 -- John 3:34 -- John 6:63 -- John 16:13-15 -- Acts 2:17&18 -- Luke 11:13 -- John 3:6
-HK
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