Today's Focus: Make sure you are PRAYING in the name of Jesus Christ from a SPIRITUAL (renewed) MIND to God!
Many genuine Christians do not know that the STATE (condition) of their MIND matters to the answers to their PRAYERS they are making to God the Father in Heaven in the name of Jesus Christ from the Earth. So sad, so bad!
The Bible reveals to us that:
1. To be CARNALLY MINDED (Worldly driven in thoughts) is death and to be SPIRITUALLY MINDED (Word of God driven in thoughts) is life and peace. True!
2. A CARNAL MIND (Worldly state of mind) is ENMITY to God and your guess is as good as mine. Your enemy cannot help and bless you. True! (Romans 8:1-8; 1 John 2:15-17; James 4:1-5).
Therefore, don't be deceived friend:
1. When you PRAY from an CANAL (unrenewed with the Word of God) MIND, your prayer is powerless and becomes unproductive and fruitless for you in Christ in due time in this World. True!
2. When you PRAY from a SPIRITUAL (renewed with the Word of God) MIND, your prayer is powerful and becomes productive and fruitful for you in Christ in due time in this World. True!
This is because you are or will eventually become what you THINK and not just what you PRAY about. True!
The Bible reveals this truth to us thus:
For as he THINKS in his heart, SO is he: Eat and drink, said he to you; but his heart is not with you. (Proverbs 23:7).
And that why Apostle Paul counselled us thus:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are TRUE, whatsoever things are HONEST, whatsoever things are JUST, whatsoever things are PURE, whatsoever things are LOVELY, whatsoever things are of GOOD REPORT; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, THINK on these things. Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of PEACE shall be with you. (Philippians 4:8,9).
That is why it is good for you to heed to Apostle Paul's plead and achieve this first before praying concerning any situation:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you PRESENT your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be NOT conformed to this World: but be you transformed by the RENEWING of your MIND, that you may PROVE what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, WILL of God. (Romans 12:1,2; 1 John 2:15-17).
Then surely as Apostle John revealed, it shall be so for you thus:
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15. And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. (1 John 5:14,15).
This is because one of the primary reason of PRAYER is to ask God to let His WILL be done on Earth as it is in Heaven concerning any situation we find ourselves par time. And the truth to be told, a CARNAL MIND (Worldly driven mind) cannot please God, not to talk of praying the Will of God down on Earth as it is in Heaven. Never! (Matthew 6:9,10).
Therefore, know and note that only a SPIRITUAL MIND (Word of God driven mind) can please God, pray the Will of God down on Earth as it is in Heaven and live by FAITH to see it happen on Earth. True!
Therefore, the Holy Spirit is given to us to help us renewed our mind with the Word of God and PRAY down the Will of God on Earth as it is in Heaven for us and others par time. True! (Hebrews 11:1-6; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16; Romans 8:1-8, 26,27).
That is why we encourage genuine followers of Jesus Christ to study their Bible. This is to enable them RENEWED their MIND with the Word of God and with the help of the Holy Spirit of Christ that is within them, so that they can first of all PROVE the good, acceptable and perfect WILL of God (in Christ) in Heaven concerning a situation and then PRAY it down on Earth to their own and other people's benefits for the glory of God on Earth. True! (Romans 12:1; 2 Timothy 2:15; Matthew 5:5:13-16).
Take note, take heed!
Yes, we serve a prayer hearing God. However, who answers prayers made from a SPIRITUALLY minded life in Christ in this World. True!
And always remember that we as Children of God in Christ in this World have an adversary (the Devil, manifesting against us both in form of spirit beings and human beings) who does not want to see the good, acceptable and perfect WILL of God to be seen in our lives in Christ in this World. However, spiritually minded Christians knows the World is not a PLAYGROUND, but a BATTLEGROUND. True! (1 Peter 5:7-10; 1 John 5:18-21; 1 John 4:1-4).
Are you one of them?
Today's Focus from Scripture:
For they that are AFTER the FLESH do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are AFTER the SPIRIT the things of the Spirit. For to be CARNALLY minded is death; but to be SPIRITUALLY minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh CANNOT please God. Likewise the Spirit also HELPS our infirmities: for we know NOT what we should PRAY for as we ought: but the Spirit Himself MAKES intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And He that searches the hearts knows what is the MIND of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints ACCORDING to the Will of God. (Romans 8:5-8,26,27; Colossians 3; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16).
Take note, take heed!
Prayer Direction: According to today's revealed truth, pray as you are led by the Spirit of God.
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
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