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by Kenneth Copeland Wouldn’t it be marvelous to live a completely fear-free life? God desires for us to do it! And we can do it by purposely developing and exercising our faith in His love. Notice I said developing faith—not feelings. Far too many Christians have been dominated by their feelings in this area. They’ll say, “You know, [...] The glory of God was placed in you when you were born again. Second Corinthians 4:7 says, “We have this treasure [glory] in earthen vessels….” God wants to bring it to the surface, so it can be revealed to the world. As we pursue God’s Word and yield to His Spirit, walking in the Spirit [...] How are we going to be transformed? We will be transformed by the Spirit of God when we renew our minds. And our minds are renewed by the Word of God. We can’t transform ourselves. God is the only One Who can transform us. In fact, we can’t even really change ourselves in a lasting way [...] Let’s look at 2 Corinthians 3:18 in Wuest: Now, as for us, we all, with uncovered face, reflecting as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are having our outward expressions changed into the same image from one degree of glory to another according as this change of expression proceeds from the Lord, the Spirit, [...] Did you ever notice how easy it is to control your thoughts when you are in a Believers’ Convention or in church? That’s because in a spiritual atmosphere of the Word and praise and worship, your spirit becomes the dominating force. If you will gauge your whole life around spiritual activities, your inner man can [...] The process is the same with every type of sin. Satan doesn’t just blare out something like, Why don’t you kill someone today? No! The devil is more subtle than that. He plants a tiny seed which grows into bigger and bigger things. Before he can drive someone to commit murder, he’s got to get [...] Gentile in this context is a spiritual term meaning “without God.” As Christians, born of His Spirit, we have His divine nature. Paul admonishes us to no longer live as though we were without God. We are to be controlled by our spirits, which are re-created in His image, and not dominated by our carnal [...] It has not always been this way, though. I remember when the devil first entered my life. It seemed like such a small temptation to begin with, but it grew into a stronghold of the devil that nearly destroyed me. One afternoon as a 9-year-old boy, I just yielded to the temptation to “cuss.” I [...] I did my best to look to the Lord the first five years I was born again, but I wanted to see Him with my natural eyes. I thought that if I could just see Jesus in person, I could surely get rid of all the junk in my life. That would have been glorious, [...] “Disciplining the flesh.” For many believers that phrase stirs memories of frustration and failure. They know it’s important—the Word of God clearly teaches that. But they’re not sure exactly how to go about it. Some have given up, shrugging off such discipline as impossible. Others are still fighting stubbornly to get their flesh under control and [...] |
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