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YoungandUnashame101
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I'm determine to live right before God and live a holy lifestyle..I want to please him but how do i kill the flesh and how could i live by the spirit
childofGod31
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I believe that there is only ONE way to live in the Spirit - by spending time with the Spirit.
For example, many Christians attend church, ministries and Bible studies and prayer groups, but don't actually come and BE with the Spirit of God. They don't actually have a real conversation (except a huge prayer request list to present). Jesus said: the temple is now in your heart. So to live by the Spirit is to communicate with the Spirit daily. To be AWARE of His presence each moment of your life. To come to Him with praises, love, adoration, requests and you name it. We need to come to Him not only when we need something, but also when we just want to love Him, or just be with Him. So our job is to to develop such a relationship and He will take care of the rest (from the inside).
In order to adore somebody, we need to fall in love (or love deeply). In order to fall in love, we need to get to know them first. So focus on getting to know God (in whatever ways you can) and then maybe you will truly love Him. And then maybe you will WANT to be in his presence just spending time...just talking...just loving...
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I say the Lord's Prayer alot and take things one day at a time. Sometimes one moment at a time.
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It's conforming your life to Christ. Period.
Everything that you do, is it pleasing to God?
You have a love for God that needs to be mentored by other people that share your same passion. I would strongly suggest that you go onto youtube and begin listening to Paul Washer.
Listen to a couple of his sermons before making your decision. You can also download all of his sermons onto your IPod from his website.
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I listen to them all day long. But don't do it at work, you'll find yourself in deep thought constantly, not getting anything done
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Walking in the SPIRIT or following the desires of the FLESH (or your sin nature)
is a matter of choice.
One is love it leads.
The other is lust and it drives you.
As you ask the LORD (maybe each time you think of it) to kill/destroy the
holds the enemy tries to put on us, and claim HIS way through temptation,
HE will show you the way out. 1 Corinthians 10:13
One will destroy the other - either your flesh (which is not really you)
or the SPIRIT (which is not really you).
But...
Its your choice
And HIS power.
-eric
is a matter of choice.
One is love it leads.
The other is lust and it drives you.
As you ask the LORD (maybe each time you think of it) to kill/destroy the
holds the enemy tries to put on us, and claim HIS way through temptation,
HE will show you the way out. 1 Corinthians 10:13
One will destroy the other - either your flesh (which is not really you)
or the SPIRIT (which is not really you).
But...
Its your choice
And HIS power.
-eric
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There are some interesting things that happen in our brains, and I don't think it's wrong to recognize them when God is the one who designed brains.
When a thought comes into our mind, it either gets stored deeper or tossed. The brain finds a similar connection, so you can find the information later.
Skateboard park is near x's house and left of the dentist office. Rained the first day we went. Wore orange shirt, chewed mint gum. Any one of those things can bring back the memory of the others.
When you reinforce a thought, your body builds the neurons to strengthen your ability to retrieve information. We cultivate knowledge like corn.
Eventually when information is not used, it is tucked away so deep and not reinforced, that we are not likely to find it again unless an associated thought pops up again. Going back to an old neighborhood, seeing an old keychain.
You create what stays in your head. You reinforce or allow things to fade away.
So, if you want to get rid of a thought, start throwing something else into your brain that stops the reinforcement process. Chew gum, call a friend, go for a run... something that distracts your brain from re-entering the cycle.
Reading the Bible out loud can really help, because the words will declare the opposite of any victimization to an old habit. There is power in His Words.
When a thought comes into our mind, it either gets stored deeper or tossed. The brain finds a similar connection, so you can find the information later.
Skateboard park is near x's house and left of the dentist office. Rained the first day we went. Wore orange shirt, chewed mint gum. Any one of those things can bring back the memory of the others.
When you reinforce a thought, your body builds the neurons to strengthen your ability to retrieve information. We cultivate knowledge like corn.
Eventually when information is not used, it is tucked away so deep and not reinforced, that we are not likely to find it again unless an associated thought pops up again. Going back to an old neighborhood, seeing an old keychain.
You create what stays in your head. You reinforce or allow things to fade away.
So, if you want to get rid of a thought, start throwing something else into your brain that stops the reinforcement process. Chew gum, call a friend, go for a run... something that distracts your brain from re-entering the cycle.
Reading the Bible out loud can really help, because the words will declare the opposite of any victimization to an old habit. There is power in His Words.
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The advice given above is good but for some reason overlooks a basic fact.No one can "live in the Spirit" unless they have the Holy Spirit in their lives.Only God can send us His Holy Spirit and as is true of His Son,He only does so by invitation through prayer in a miracle that is called the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.This gift is only given to those with a mature faith so keep working on that by engaging in daily spiritual activities and then start asking God to send you His Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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When we are in Christ we are also in the Spirit. Flesh is not a moral condition in Paul's thinking but a pre Christ relationship to life. Now Christians live out a new life, which is a relationship with Jesus. Here is a quote from a NT scholar and devout Christian who is the head of a Bible college.
All sin, Paul believed, is an individual's choice to break faith with God by inverting the Creator-creature relationship (Rom 1:18-32). Paul uniquely located the problem within a person's pretension to autonomy and the subsequent rupture in relationship. … God justifies the sinner and cancels his identity in Adam for a new identity in Christ. So flesh and spirit do not indicate philosophical or moral categories for Paul, but alternate identities in relationship. According to Paul one who is in Christ is correspondingly in the Spirit and a slave of righteousness. This is a given. He or she is not in the flesh (Rom 8:9). The reverse holds for those in Adam - they are in the flesh and slaves to sin and death.
His footnote to 8:9 amplifies his argument.
"Throughout Romans 6-8, the NIV persistently renders sarx as "sinful nature" and frequently supplies the phrase "controlled by" for ‘en’ and ‘kala’. It thus gives the impression that Paul says believers have two natures: a fleshly nature and a spiritual nature. This is particularly irritating and misleading in 8:9, where Paul simply says, "However, you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God lives with you" (my translation). The NIV has "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you."
"Once again, in Romans 6:20, the NIV unhelpfully supplies "the control of," thus tilting the meaning toward cohabiting moral natures and away from the contrast Paul is making between identities based on Adam or Christ.
John
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All sin, Paul believed, is an individual's choice to break faith with God by inverting the Creator-creature relationship (Rom 1:18-32). Paul uniquely located the problem within a person's pretension to autonomy and the subsequent rupture in relationship. … God justifies the sinner and cancels his identity in Adam for a new identity in Christ. So flesh and spirit do not indicate philosophical or moral categories for Paul, but alternate identities in relationship. According to Paul one who is in Christ is correspondingly in the Spirit and a slave of righteousness. This is a given. He or she is not in the flesh (Rom 8:9). The reverse holds for those in Adam - they are in the flesh and slaves to sin and death.
His footnote to 8:9 amplifies his argument.
"Throughout Romans 6-8, the NIV persistently renders sarx as "sinful nature" and frequently supplies the phrase "controlled by" for ‘en’ and ‘kala’. It thus gives the impression that Paul says believers have two natures: a fleshly nature and a spiritual nature. This is particularly irritating and misleading in 8:9, where Paul simply says, "However, you are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if the Spirit of God lives with you" (my translation). The NIV has "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you."
"Once again, in Romans 6:20, the NIV unhelpfully supplies "the control of," thus tilting the meaning toward cohabiting moral natures and away from the contrast Paul is making between identities based on Adam or Christ.
John
NZ
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DoctorJosh
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Live for Jesus, know Jesus, Love Jesus and live a True Christian life as Jesus Disciples did. The Holy Spirit will help give wisdom and guidance to those who Love Jesus and follow Jesus. That is all the Holy Spirit does. Jesus is the one who will make the True difference in your life, which only then the Holy Spirit helps those who Love Jesus and Live for Jesus in every minute of their lives. Become a missionary with the Word carrying it upon your lips and heart. Expect there to be no huge flash of light, no magic energy source to fill your body, but only that your acceptance of Jesus and the Word and by which you Live will bring you the Joy within your heart by Living through Gods Word and Living by God's Laws. When we pour our Love out to Jesus, it is returned by Him. Then you do feel something wonderful and full of Joy and at Peace from it. Then if you fall, do not fall from God's Word from guilt, but Forgive yourself, ask Jesus for Forgiveness and pick yourself back up and carry on with the Word of God as your sword and Jesus as your armor. Pray for wisdom always know what is right, the guidance for which path to take, the courage to stand up for the Word of God and the Understanding of others to help use that to lead them to Jesus through the Word of God. Believe and Trust Jesus, which is Faith, that He will take care of you and help you do great things in His name to help others and bring others to Jesus. God Bless.
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