the origin being either the Spirit or the
our flesh still loves to invade our lives.
flesh.
Our flesh produces thoughts of
Doubt creeps in when we least expect it.
doubt and our Spirit produces thoughts
It can overtake us if we are not careful.
of faith. We must realize that the Spirit
The boy’s father knew the answer to his
is strengthened by our intake of the
doubt; the answer was to call out for
Word
is
help. Do we call out for help or do we
strengthened by all that disagrees with
try to “man up” and handle the doubt
the Word.
ourselves? Do we feel as if we are not
of
God
and
our
flesh
We must appreciate the fact that
successful as a Christian because of the
we have two identities to live with: our
doubt and believe that we alone must
Spiritual identity and our identity in the
rectify
flesh – and each nature fights for power.
produce faith in our lives and we cannot
Our consistent use of the Word will bring
maintain it! The sooner we realize our
our Spiritual identity to the forefront and
need for help, the quicker we will go to
give it control in our lives. Even when
God for the help we need.
the
situation?
We cannot
our Spiritual identity is at the forefront,
Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and
ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth
fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He
may give it you. John 15:16
Jesus said that He ordained us to
go and bring forth fruit – Spiritual fruit.
Him work through us instead of yielding
to our flesh.
The word ordained is defined as: to
I cannot produce faith; faith has a
place or put in a horizontal position, to
Spiritual source. I need to let the Word
make passive.
This means that our
fill me and flow out of me. If I desire
flesh has to be inactive in order for us to
Spiritual fruit that will remain for eternity,
operate in the Spirit.
then I must understand my need to fill
A horizontal
position signifies sleep or death.
We
have to put our flesh in a horizontal
position by focusing on Christ and letting
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myself with the Word. My priority must
be my intake of the Word.