When you follow
the desires of your fleshly nature, your lives will produce the evil results
that the world and the people of the world find themselves under bondage.
They are sexual immorality,
impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, gluttony, idolatry, participation
in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger,
selfish ambition, divisions, uncontrollable eating disorders.
Yes, all these things are
the result of following the desires of your flesh. You will find these
things even amongst people that are members of churches.
They carry within their hearts
the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in their own little group.
How pathetic. This is not of the Spirit of God, this is of their flesh.
Let's go on with the list,
envy doesn't stay far behind, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds
of sin. Let me tell you again, prayer is the key to unlocking all spiritual
doors to God's heavenly Kingdom.
I cannot stress this enough.
Again I tell you to allow your lives to be lead by the power of the Holy
Spirit. All who do will walk in VICTORY.
Yes, victory will defeat
all these wicked desires. Anyone living that sort of life, the life according
to their flesh will not inherit the Kingdom of God. God will not allow
them to enter His Kingdom.
Oh! but when the Spirit of
God who is Holy comes into your life, everything changes. Yes, when the
Holy Spirit controls our lives, He produces different results in our lives,
the kind of results that only God can produce by means of His Word.
The Word of God is like seed
that is being planted in good soil and produces good fruit, this kind of
fruit comes in us already when we receive the Spirit of God.
You know it and it has produced
fruit in you already. This is the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.
Here, there is no conflict
with the flesh, the flesh dies when these results are produced, because
the Spirit of God is stronger than anything the flesh tries to produce
in your life.
The scriptures are fulfilled
when Isaiah said “Yes, go. But tell my people this: ‘You will hear my words,
but you will not understand. You will see what I do, but you will not perceive
its meaning.’
'Harden the hearts of these
people. Close their ears, and shut their eyes. That way, they will not
see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,
and turn to me for healing.”
You see the world wants to
see, the world wants to understand what the Lord is doing in their lives
and the lives of those guided by His Spirit. However they find it hard
to understand and perceive His meaning. Why? Because they refuse His Spirit
by not allowing Him in their lives.
They hear His Words and the
Words of the prophets, but they don't understand. They are invited to enter
the Ark of protection but are deceived by the spirit of the world and the
works of their flesh.
What is the final result?
They will not turn from their sins to be forgiven. Although some are involved
in the church and are ever learning, they never really come to an accurate
knowledge of the truth, that they might be saved completely.
They use the body of Christ
as a social club.
Those who belong to Christ
Jesus have nailed their passions and desires of their sinful nature to
His cross and crucified them there with Him. That includes their way of
talking, thinking and the way others perceive them in their everyday life.
If the enemy spits on our
faces because we are believers, we raise our hands to heaven and give Him
glory, if they slap us with their hands we turn the other cheek.
When they say evil things
about us we rejoice, for great is our reward in heaven, for they have done
the same to the prophets of old. What a privilege and honor it is to be
treated the same way our Master was treated when He walked on the earth.
Yes, we hold our peace as
our Master did, for we are His followers. But in order for this to happen,
the Holy Spirit of God needs to be able to make His residence in us. We
need to become His Holy temple.
If we are living now on this
earthly realm by the power of the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit's
leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or irritate
one another, or be jealous of one another.
This truth that is being
spoken right now into your spirit is changing not only your life but is
changing the lives of millions of people around the world reading this
article because God reveals the same truth to all His servants.
Yes, God reveals His truth
and gives the proper food at the proper time in order that all will be
well fed. This He does so that all of us can be of good use to His Kingdom.
As you ask the Spirit of
Revelation that God is imparting into your life and the body of Christ
this very second to reveal and grasp this truth, allow Him to raise you
into a new level of the anointing that God is imparting to His people around
the world.
It is received by faith.
However, this anointing is developed and enriched by much prayer and the
reading of the Word.
We can expect the supernatural
manifestations of the Kingdom of God when we faithfully nurture our spiritual
life by embracing Kingdom thinking as we renew our minds constantly.
They must be renewed constantly.
We must walk differently than the world does. We are no part of this world.
Our King is no part of this world.
Don't even think for a minute
that you will bow down on your knees and your eyes will be opened to the
spirit world. This comes after much fasting, worship and prayer. It may
not even be God's will for you to tap into this world for years to come.
It may be that the Lord will
open your eyes instantly. However the important thing is that you are in
the Presence of your King worshiping Him and adoring Him like He deserves
to be worshiped and adored.
The important thing is that
as you pray and worship God, the enemy's camp is being invaded with God's
glory and confusion is brought upon their heads.
When we speak and declare
and pull heaven into the earth realm through the eyes and Spirit of the
living God, it will show up without a doubt. This happens whether you see
it or not.
When we declare and pull
heaven down into our realm by declaring the presence of angels, heavenly
feathers come down on us from heaven representing His Holy Spirit.
When we declare that deliverance,
healing, salvation and prosperity is present in our lives because God says
it is, then God honors our faith and they just simply show up.
When we adjust our speaking
to agree with that of God's, the things we declare just simply materialize
according to our confessions. All this happens for the glory of God.
I am telling you that whatever
you can eternally expect to see in heaven, should be what you should and
can expect to see now in your physical realm. It always begins through
the eyes of the spirit and it ends with your physical eyes seeing the glory
of God.
There are thousands and thousands
of supernatural experiences going on in churches throughout the world today.
But sadly most believers do not expect them.
There are angels present
every
single time in every single church service when the service is about to
begin. This ha been happening around the world since the beginning of Christianity.
But because we see ourselves
short for no supernatural experience, our eyes are shot to the spiritual
world. Open your eyes, increase your faith, let the Spirit of God carry
you into His third heaven and you will see that messengers of God are all
around you.
Activate your faith. Allow
yourself to be seen the way God sees you before the foundation of the word.
You will see that there are angels of God right now near you, next to you,
next to your family members that are yet to receive salvation.
Yes they are protecting them
against the enemy, and they are protecting you and guiding you to lead
a victorious life, a life filled of the Holy Spirit of God that produces
the right fruit.
Once you see with the eyes
of faith God's perfect will for your life, you will see the perfect will
of God for the life of your loved ones.
Then and only then will you
walk under the power of His Glory and in the power of His Might.
In My Own Words
Edmund DeSoto
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