DISCIPLINING THE FLESH THROUGH PRAYER; MAKING JESUS FAMOUS PRAYER HOUR | PASTOR BEN OCHOLA
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Pastor Ben Ochola DISCIPLINING THE FLESH THROUGH PRAYER
Thursday 8th June 2023
Colossians 2:9-10 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
The Holy Spirit came and took residence in our spirits the day we received Him: that is where the fullness of His presence is.
Your spirit is referred to as the inner man, the soul - outer man and the body - the outermost man. The biggest hindrance to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives is that our spirit feels trapped by the outer man.
We cry; "Lord, take over" because we are praying that the governance of God that is resident in our spirits will eventually take over our souls. After all, without the soul coming under the dominion of the spirit, there is no way the life of God can find manifestation through our outermost man(body).
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you [is] faithful, who also will do [it.].
Sanctification is the process where the Holy Spirit or the life of God takes over our souls and bodies leading to transformation.
It is impossible for a man or woman to be an asset in God's kingdom unless their will is yielded to Him.
There are people in the house of God that are simply a disgrace to the kingdom because their souls/ lives are not under the governance of God. They are born again yet live carnally; such people are not useful in the hands of God (1 Corinthians 3:1-3).
Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
You work out your salvation when whatever has been deposited in your spirit finds an outward expression in your soul. The life within your spirit must find dominion over your feelings, emotions, mind, etcetera.
God created man as a three fold having a soul, spirit and body separately. When the spirit takes the lead, it impacts the soul, then the soul commands the body and that is God's ideal man. (Proverbs 23:7).
When man fell, his soul gradually merged with his body and therefore, man began living from outside ( flesh) to the inside and yet he was living inside out before.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God [is] living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
When you are born again, there is no miraculous transformation of the body but the labor of the word of God is to divide the soul from the body because God's original plan is for the spirit to rule over the body.
The Holy Spirit we have received must be able to affect your soul when you are born again but if you still run the way you used to, then the ministry of the Holy Spirit has not affected your soul yet: You have not yet yielded to the Holy Spirit thus a carnal Christian.
A spiritual christian is one whose soul is yielded to the word of God and the Holy Spirit. One of the ways to come to that place is through the platform of prayer.
Matthew 26:40-41 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak."
Prayer is beyond a religious duty; it is a means through which God brings our souls under the influence of the Holy Spirit and disciplines the bodies.
Something is put into your soul whenever you appear in the presence of God in prayer and fasting (Psalms 84:7).
Luke 9:28-29... As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe [became] white [and] glistening.
Jesus was revealing to us the power of prayer. As you engage God in heartfelt prayer and seeking, there is a transformation that happens to you because of the flow from your spirit to your soul.
Further study
Mark 2:25
2 Timothy 2:20-21
Romans 8:8
Colossians 3:2
1 Corinthians 9:27
Exodus 34:29
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