"I did not want to get out of bed this morning. It was really comfortable. Thankfully my inner man is stronger than the flesh and I was able to get up and get ready."
Apply those words to anything. The lazy bone will show up at work, at play, any time, anywhere. It could be more than just getting out of bed. Maybe it is getting out of debt. Or maybe it is getting out of sin. The natural tendency is to want to lay there because it is so comfortable.
What makes the difference is the inner man. If you have been renewed in your inner man then you no longer are a slave to sin. You don't have to be ruled by the flesh. You just have to get your soul and spirit working together against the flesh. When your mind links up with your flesh they will overpower your spirit. But when you get mind and spirit together they will overpower the flesh and you will get out of bed, debt, sin, or whatever else.
We can get comfortable with the bed we are lying in. It is time to roust ourselves from sleep and get going on God's will!
How can we strengthen the inner man? What scriptures show how to deal with the flesh?
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Day 154 - The Dinner Course
"Jess made an omelet this morning for me that was delicious. Then for lunch I made fish and salad. Then we had quesadilla and cereal for dinner."
I have noticed that on social media if you want to start a conversation and get people commenting all you have to do is post a picture of your food. People are passionate about food. Some people skip breakfast and some, like me, love breakfast. Some eat to live and some live to eat.
Whatever your preference you are what you eat. It becomes a part of you and gives you the energy to do life. What you eat can hurt you or heal you. It is important to put good things in!
Similarly our spiritual life is governed by what we put in. Not only that we have to be consistent at it. A good meal in the morning and afternoon with a terrible meal for dinner is not going to cut it. You have to finish what you started. Consistency is what makes the difference.
Make sure to consistently put in truth (whatever God says), goodness, grace, pure things, beauty, praiseworthy things, and anything healthy. There are multiple lists in the Bible of things that we can feed our souls and strengthen our spirits with.
Just reading the dinner I had last year makes my stomach turn. We must have been tired or lazy. In any case that is the exception and not the rule.
What do you like to eat? What spiritual food do you regularly eat?
I have noticed that on social media if you want to start a conversation and get people commenting all you have to do is post a picture of your food. People are passionate about food. Some people skip breakfast and some, like me, love breakfast. Some eat to live and some live to eat.
Whatever your preference you are what you eat. It becomes a part of you and gives you the energy to do life. What you eat can hurt you or heal you. It is important to put good things in!
Similarly our spiritual life is governed by what we put in. Not only that we have to be consistent at it. A good meal in the morning and afternoon with a terrible meal for dinner is not going to cut it. You have to finish what you started. Consistency is what makes the difference.
Make sure to consistently put in truth (whatever God says), goodness, grace, pure things, beauty, praiseworthy things, and anything healthy. There are multiple lists in the Bible of things that we can feed our souls and strengthen our spirits with.
Just reading the dinner I had last year makes my stomach turn. We must have been tired or lazy. In any case that is the exception and not the rule.
What do you like to eat? What spiritual food do you regularly eat?
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