The apostle Paul says:
I Corinthians 9:24-27 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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Jesus says:
Revelation 3:5 He
that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will
not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his
name before my Father, and before his angels.
We keep our flesh under the control of the Spirit.
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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This
is a recent report from Barbara Preston a member of the body of Christ
and it gives an example of keeping your own flesh under control of the
Spirit of God.
“Do all things without murmurings and disputings:” Phil 2:14
In other words, do everything without complaining and without strife and quarreling.
A while back this scripture stood out to me and I have been paying extra attention to it … thinking about what it is telling me, asking God to help me with this, and putting it into practice in my personal life when the need is there to do this.
In other words, do everything without complaining and without strife and quarreling.
A while back this scripture stood out to me and I have been paying extra attention to it … thinking about what it is telling me, asking God to help me with this, and putting it into practice in my personal life when the need is there to do this.
I see this so much with my
husband because I mostly talk to and with him. But now, when something
is said to me that causes a sudden spark of anger to rise up inside me,
this scripture will rise up on the heels of the fleshly anger and I find
myself being able to overcome my flesh by obeying this scripture.
Earlier today I said something to my husband and he answered me in an irritated way. I didn’t say anything to him (because of this scripture) even though my flesh wanted to respond in kind.
Then I was reminded that, at the time this happened, he was trying to do something on his laptop and it wasn’t going well so he was annoyed and responded the way he did.
So I then prayed that God would help him and it helped me so much to do this. Joan Boney sent an exhortation the other day about how we, as Christians, don’t have to respond in a fleshly way to someone who may say something to us in an unexpected way because they are upset about something.
And most of all, I am so grateful to belong to God, to believe His Word and to have His Holy Spirit.
Earlier today I said something to my husband and he answered me in an irritated way. I didn’t say anything to him (because of this scripture) even though my flesh wanted to respond in kind.
Then I was reminded that, at the time this happened, he was trying to do something on his laptop and it wasn’t going well so he was annoyed and responded the way he did.
So I then prayed that God would help him and it helped me so much to do this. Joan Boney sent an exhortation the other day about how we, as Christians, don’t have to respond in a fleshly way to someone who may say something to us in an unexpected way because they are upset about something.
And most of all, I am so grateful to belong to God, to believe His Word and to have His Holy Spirit.
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