he essence of a healthy faith is to trust
God and oneself. To know oneself is worthy of God’s love completes my
need. My joy comes from knowing of God’s everlasting love, while my
happiness comes from living out my faith as God intended. Being free from
condemnation sets me free to live life passionately and this empowers my
spirit to respond to God’s desires for my life. And, I know my character
is divinely inspired by the fact that I know, ‘I am accepted in Christ and
belong to God!’
The power to live obediently comes from
actually living in obedience. When I make a conscious choice to serve
God, I think and reason scripturally, this reinforces my awareness of God
working in my life. When I behave appropriately and my life works, I am
more likely to obey God’s moral laws. As my faith in God grows in the
light of trials and tribulations I am more likely to persist (persevere
under trial). As I persevere and succeed more often, I reinforce my
belief system, which becomes self-perpetuating. Obedience brings
self-respect and attracts the same appropriate behavior from others.
Appropriate behavior allows us to feel
better and allows us to live better - to respond to challenges and
opportunities more resourcefully and appropriately. Now I can believe
with God in my life that, “We can do all things ‘in Christ!’” Humility is
God given and comes from knowing that God through Christ enables us to do
all things through Him, by Him and of Him. I am God’s handiwork prepared
to walk into good works with Him.
Our daily personal commitment to continual
growth in the knowledge and wisdom of God comes from His Spirit working in
you. By making a choice we began the journey to a deeper understanding of
the truth and this choice will lead to a more personal and intimate
relationship with God, our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
The course is designed to reveal
the nature of the flesh at war with His divinely created image and
likeness of Him in us. The steps to overcome the works of the flesh will
immediately begin to benefit your walk in the Spirit and life. In this
work, the keys to the Victorious Life come to light through Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
Now is the day and time. God’s
desire is to reveal Christ’s life being lived through us as sons and
daughters of the Most High God, Elohim. If our faith in God is to give
spiritual life it must be based on the truth. To live with passion we
must experience His life working through us on a daily basis. For our
life to be eternally affected by the Word of God we must come to the
banqueting table and dine. God will more than satisfy every need we
have. Truly, the Spirit of God is willing to manifest His presence with
those who have faith.
By a conscious decision we have acted in
faith toward God. Now all of creation is waiting for the manifestation of
the Sons and Daughters of God who were born, not by the will of man, but
by the power and wisdom of God. For we have been called out to be a
chosen generation of Kings and Priests to manifest the riches and goodness
of His grace through the life of Christ within you. The truth
is plain to see for those who are born of the Spirit. For we have
received the Spirit of love, power, and a sound mind so that we are not
tossed about by every wind of doctrine. Scripture declares that we are
the children of God who are led by His Spirit. We have been quickened,
born again of His Spirit to proclaim the Good News that there is no
condemnation in Christ Jesus.
We have been changed; we have received a
renewed heart and spirit. We can do all things in Christ to accommodate
God’s will. We have received eternal life. We choose each day to serve
God – His calling is His enabling. We see the fruit of the Spirit working
in our lives. We have been called out of darkness
and into the marvelous light of His life in us. We reflect Christ life in
us, and yet, there are reasons we do not serve God with our total being,
and embrace the Cross. We serve half-heartedly until the old way is
severed.
Through the old
gates of memories Satan places obstacles to the Cross. The enemy opposes
the Holy Spirit’s desire for us to embrace Christ’s substitutionary death
and attacks the work of Jesus. Satan does not want us to believe that
Jesus’ sacrifice is less than adequate for our total redemption.
There is no way or need to improve on the
work of the Cross. The more dependent we become on Jesus work, the deeper
our understanding is of the sufficiency of His work accomplished on
Golgotha. The only thing that stands in our way of victory is unbelief.
Here are some obstacles to the Cross we need ‘self’ to die too and begin
to live ‘in Christ’:
1. Fear of humiliation, failure, and
rejection - 1 Pe. 5:5,6
2. Bitterness - from past hurts, blanket
forgiveness just covers up pain
3. Unforgiveness – we may need to stop
dragging around the ‘ball and chain’
4. Seeking benefits of Christ instead of
Christ Himself
5. Unbelief or spiritual deterioration -
He. 3:19; 4:2
6. No conviction of Flesh (self).
Therefore, there is no need for death
7. Demonic interference; accepting the
fact that we may need to be set free
8. Trying to live the principle or concept
of the exchanged life - just let Christ live it
Once the believer has entered
into identification the presenting problems should be much easier to deal
with. Having given up all their rights will free them to look at previous
problems from a different perspective. They are now opportunities for the
life of Christ to be manifested. The following issues can now be seen
through Christ’s life in us:
Emotions Righteousness
Victory Self-worth Indwelling sin/power of sin Behavior Marriage roles Forgiveness Child-rearing Identification
Sexual relationships
Personal Responsibility
Trusting Jesus as my Life means that
moment by moment I am free to choose to cooperate with the Holy
Spirit to give up the need to be in control.
EVIDENCE OF SURRENDER — A BROKEN HEART AND
CONTRITE SPIRIT
1. All rights surrendered
2. Willing to be rejected
3. Transparent - willing to share
weakness
4. Vulnerable - willing to share
failures
5. A sense of total inadequacy in self
strength - 2 Co. 3:5
6. A sense of adequacy in Christ through
His strength - Phil. 4:12; 2 Co. 3:6
7. Trusting God in everything - resting
even with external turmoil
8. Obedience out of love motive because
I want to, not because I have to
9. Recognizing power in weakness - 2 Co.
12:10
10. Willing to be weak
11. Willing to fail
12. A readiness to let others receive
credit
13. Genuine humility; understanding who we
are ‘In Christ’
14. Placing value upon those who have
little or no value to yourself, loving the unlovely
15. A readiness to affirm (build-up)
others
16. Teachable, willing to change our point
of view for God’s viewpoint from others
17. Willing to be out of control - willing
to allow Christ to take control
18. Willing to be misunderstood - motives
do not need to be vindicated
19. Willing to be broken again - willing
to fellowship with His sufferings
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