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Teaching -
Foundations of Faith
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Written by Pastor Judy Sky
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 17:52 |
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By Judy Sky
We’ve all felt it. We’re convicted by the Spirit of God, whether
through a rebuke from a minister, or personal study of the word, or
just hearing from God in general, that a particular area of our lives is
being submitted to and put into the service of something that is not
God and God will not have it. We begin to come to the realization
that this thing, whatever it may be, has become so ingrained into who
we believe we are that when we feel compelled to participate in it
(and it could fall under any category; from rage to slothfulness,
perversion to passivity) the compulsion is so strong that it
overpowers us easily.
The conviction comes repeatedly, and at some
point we catch ourselves thinking, “There’s no way that I can beat
this, but I have to because God is requiring it of me. I’m completely
without hope of ever entering into what God is calling me to because
I will never be able to put this part of what I have allowed my life to
become into submission.”
This is a complete and total lie from the father of lies.
The truth about you is that, if you have received the baptism of the
Holy Spirit, you have the indwelling presence of Christ radiating
throughout your spirit twenty four hours a day, seven days a week,
whether you feel like it or not (1 Cor. 6:19  ).
This is the full presence of
God, the Creator of the universe, concentrated into something as
small and finite as your own human spirit, and it is quite more than
enough to instantly shut down any compulsion that you may receive
at any time if it is a compulsion that comes from the enemy (Js. 4:7).
Fear of failing in this respect must be brought into the present
second.
Once there, it must be replaced with confidence and
assurance that you are not a thrall of that sin but a fully functional
child of God. When this awareness is maintained within each passing
present second, my behavior will conform to it.
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