7/38 Part two: Personal Spiritual Warfare in Christian Foundations

 God’s Plan before time began: WE ARE AT WAR!

groupOnce there was only one Spirit Being, we call ‘God’.  God’s Great Plan began in the spiritual dimension first.  We are designed to live in a spiritual as well as physical world.  There is only one spiritual world with two kingdoms (Ephesians 2:2, Matthew 6:33).  Satan and his demons are real (Matthew 4:10).

The battle is fought in the spiritual dimension first and then manifests in the physical/emotional realm.  The results are either health or dis-ease.  Much of the pain and illness we experience is because we have broken God’s basic spiritual principles.  Much of pain and sickness is the result of lifestyle: Susan’s migraines.

7/36 Christian Foundations asks ‘Why Hear God?’

diary  As we continue with our series on Slave to Bride of Christ. we want to spend another post on the need to hear from our Creator.  So why hear God?  Weren’t we born with a brain to be able to think for ourselves?  Why do we need this outside direction when we are living our life in the here and now?  Why do we need to involved even listening to God?

A. Of course, because God created us to have relationship with Him, He expects us to do our part.  Ignoring this for a moment, what can YOU get out of hearing God?

7/35 Your heart and Spiritual Warfare in Christian Foundations

 man with suitcases 2As we continue looking at the journey from being a Slave to the World’s way of thinking and behaving, we need a complete change of response.  The concept of ‘Personal Spiritual Warfare’ is new for some people.  Some people don’t believe we are in a battle or that we have a spiritual world out there that is against Godly things.

However, when we begin to see with spiritual eyes, the real world becomes more relevant!  Sad to say, we often give the enemy of our souls ‘legal rights’, which then become our personal ‘battlefield’.  This Battlefield is in our mind and in our Heart!

7/34 Personal Spiritual Warfare in Christian Foundations

 chains1As we continue looking at the theme of growing from slaves to the world’s ways, through servanthood, we need to continue to focus on our personal growth.  In centuries past, new Christians were given a good cleaning time before expected to be mature.  In today’s church world, often new converts are just ;thrown in the deep end’ and expected to grow and serve the ‘religious system church’.

Sad to say, what that produces is ‘serving orphans’.  We need time and space with the Lord to deal with our own ‘heart stuff’ to really grow in our walk with the Lord.  That is what ‘Sanctification’ is all about.

7/32 Continued Personal Growth as a Steward

So far in our discussion on the growth from Slave to Steward, we have discussed the basics on who and what the Holy Spirit does in our walk with God and the importance of learning to hear His voice. 

Are we going to stay true to Him or give into doubt and our fears with enemy at our backs?  This is the place where we dedicate our lives to Him, usually followed by water baptism as the symbol of crossing the Red Sea.

Christian Foundations presents Brian Doerksen ‘Come, now is the time to Worship’

Welcome to some more great Music:  ‘Come, Now Is the Time to Worship’ by Brian Doerksen.  The writers have added the Lyrics so you can sing along too.  This YouTube video was uploaded by PlainClay on March 16, 2010.

 

I hope that you enjoyed this song as a small taste of the worship we shall enjoy with the Lord Jesus in heaven!

Susanne Fengler, Blog Author

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