Set Your Mind On Spiritual Things

[solo66 man]

Matthew 16

Discipleship Is Costly

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

The Holy Spirit is committed and equipped to guide you. He will guide you according to truth. But He will not override your will and force you to follow. You have a part to play and it begins with your mind.

It is essential that you remain surrendered because walking by the Spirit involves following. You cannot follow and lead at the same time.

To walk by the Spirit is to live with moment-by-moment
dependency on and sensitivity to the initial prompting of the Holy Spirit. It is a lifestyle.

You lead, and I will follow, Father. you are already my
life, but I want to make walking in You Spirit my lifetyle. Let me begin today. Hallelujah!

Charles Stanley

 

[Sayci]

Agreed! It is a very good message and commitment, that we must make.

Sayci

 

[altya]

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

With my walk with God I have found out that there are many that wishes to ‘come after God’ but don’t know how. Because of a lack of knowledge many tries but in their own power and it’s too difficult to follow Jesus and backslide. Christians need the knowledge and practical advice about ‘how’ to deny themselves.

God’s goal for believers is to bring each one to the point of being like Christ. God expects us always to move in that direction and expects believers to grow continually toward the point of matching the standards of Christ. If our flesh rules our lives its impossible for us to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit

Wrong ideas of denying ourselves:
Think our flesh is a demon and go for deliverance;
Attempting to get rid of the works of the flesh by seeking the prayers of popular preachers;
Following some formula, like to fast and pray to become spiritual.

A person cannot simply say, “I deny myself”, and expect it to happen. There are no shortcuts to die to self, although God promises it if we are earnest and get right at the task. This will help us to deny ourselves.

Put off, this is an action – STOP with bringing forth works of the flesh. Make your choice.
Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

While you ‘put off’ start renew your mind with the word of God. This is where our strength to say no will come from
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

The song – You are the Potter and I am the clay; mould me and make me ……… is what happen with us here. You put off the old man and God create a new man for you. Is that not marvelous?
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.