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Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Chapter 17
10. Carnality
“The natural man (carnal) does not accept the things
that come from the Spirit of God.
For they are foolishness to him,
and he
cannot understand them,
because they are spiritually discerned.”
– Berean Study Bible
1 Corinthians 2:14
I have noticed that each time I put much focus on
things that increase my carnality, the voice of God is drowned in all the
worldly information I have gathered. The bible says friendship with the world
creates enmity with the Lord. In trying to hear God more, you will have to say
no to your flesh and build up your spirit daily. Worldly magazines filled with
topics like Top 6 sex positions of the month, How to seduce a
woman, 3 good ways to spend time on vacation with your boyfriend are
not taking you closer to God.
Romantic books and other novels that
awaken your love before it is time will numb and quench the voice of God and
His leading over your life. Listening to worldly music filled with foul words,
sexual implications, perpetuating racial segregation and hate can and will
completely frustrate the voice of God over your life. Anything that distorts
God’s ideology and original intent for life as it should be lived on this
earth, is taking you further and further away from His voice.
I remember wanting to listen to a worldly song yet the
following day I had to minister worship. I just felt a tug on my heart saying:
“The amount of time it will take you to flush out the
message of what you are letting into your spirit through your ears is not worth
you listening to it.‟
On that day, I remember just surrendering to the Holy
Spirit’s leading.
Advice
For His voice to become clearer, invest your time on
spiritual activities that make you more spiritual than carnal. Begin to develop a love for gatherings where prayer
and the word are being shared. When you surround yourself with people that love
God and make Him the center of their lives and discussions, you also catch
their spirit. This will encourage and facilitate your own hearing. It will stir
you up from within and give you a desire to also hear Him. Reading the word of
God is another form of direct communication that the world has neglected. I
cannot begin to stress how powerful the bible is at opening your ears to
hearing God. Watching Christian movies and making intentional efforts to not
consume yourself with news that increase your worry and panic will also help
you live a peaceful Christian walk where the voice of the shepherd is audible.
Declare over your life:
Declaration
I refuse to be a carnal man, for a carnal man cannot
receive from the Lord. I am transformed by the renewing of my mind and so I
declare that I am not conformed to the standards of this world.
I pledge my allegiance to God Almighty and may I grow
in the knowledge of his Son Jesus Christ. Dear God, close my eyes to anything
that steals my affection from you. I declare over my life a spirit filled
temperament and a character that gives glory to God. If you just made those declarations today, I am also
standing in agreement with you as you pray that your affections right now are
being set on things above, not things beneath. I see you hosting heaven and
growing in your fellowship with the Holy Spirit. I see your intimacy giving
birth to a life that will touch others and change nations. I see you catching
your purpose in prayer and running with it. I see you refusing to walk in
carnality, but rising up like an eagle, ready to sour in the spirit!
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