For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
these are sons of God.
(Romans 8:14)
Like me, by now, after all of your stumbling and bumbling in life, have you determined
to be led by God's Spirit? Imagine the head-and-heartaches we could have avoided along the way, and the quality of life we could have enjoyed, if only this we had prioritized.
For anyone who may still be struggling with this critical concept and wondering just how to actually do it, here are a few tips I have learned, and endeavor to practice regularly. Though I’m still learning, thus far, these have made important differences in my life. May you be richly blessed and encouraged as you ponder them.
1. Regularly fill your twins heart and soul on The Bible, The Word of The Lord God. By this, you will learn to distinguish, hear, and purposely listen for and to The Lord’s distinct voice within your heart and soul.
2. Continually perceive the Heart of Father God and Jesus Christ concerning:
a. Sin, especially the mother sin of pride and also unforgiveness. An increasing awareness of what They deem to be sin is your best guard against slipping into, and staying in it. This awareness will also quickly facilitate your escape route out of it, as you sincerely repent.
b. Israel in this current age, in the tribulation period, and in The Millennial Reign respectively, the 3rd, 4th and 5th ages of history. Remnants of this nation are destined to serve as King Jesus’ as priests, in His Millennial Reign, and then forever (Exodus 19:6). By no means does keeping Israel in mind signify supporting everything the nation or its people groups do. As carnal, sinful people, The Lord ‘dismissed’ their ancestors from the promised land, and now, their descendants have returned with the same or similar sinful attitudes. This is poised to change with the remnant group that will survive the great tribulation, and transition into the 5th age of history, The Lord’s Millennial Reign, when they, with great tears and repentance, will embrace Him as their Messiah, per Bible prophecies.
c. The Church, the body of true born-again believers in this current 3rd age, in the tribulation period, and in The Millennial Reign. Be aware of the unfolding, ‘great falling away’ from the faith that Paul predicted at the end of this current (3rd) age, per 2 Thessalonians 2, so you won’t be among this group. (See: Audacious Christians (Series))
d. The unsaved world in this current age, in the tribulation period, then in The Millennial Reign age. As this 3rd age closes, there will likely be fewer and fewer souls who will be saved, as sinful darkness grows across the world, and The Church increasingly loses more of its preserving spiritual saltiness before it is raptured out of the world so the anti-Christ can be revealed, per 2 Thessalonians 2. But know that this situation will flip in the pending great tribulation as the anti-Christ persecutes both Jews and Gentiles who embrace Jesus as Lord.
e. satan and his forces, in this current age, during the tribulation period, then during and following the promised Millennial Reign. They well know their time to deceive humans is running out; that they will ALL be locked away in a bottomless pit during the 5th age; and that they will only have a little time to deceive the nations during the 6th age, the short post-Millennial Reign age. After that, they, along with all sinful people who will have ever lived, will appear before Jesus to be judged, and then cast into the lake of fire, in sentient, immortal bodies on the new, eternal Earth The Lord promised to create.
f. The Holy Spirit and His angels. Learn to perceive their presence, patterns and tactics in your life, and learn to ‘go with their flow’. This takes diligent practice, so don’t quickly give up and give in.
g. God’s Word promises to those He calls ‘righteous and faithful in Christ’. Study and rehearse them. Memorize your top favorites. Practice expecting fruits of these promises to manifest in your life in various ways. Recognize and fervently resist the spirit of discouragement when the fruits do not appear as or when you want them. Recognize and fervently resist the spirit of pride when they do appear.
3. Continually recognize all your thoughts are before and, therefore, are ‘unto Him’ (Colossians 3:23) This is the only way to fulfill Scripture that says, ‘Men/women should ALWAYS pray’.
4. Continually practice perceiving His voice, knowing He uses your inner voice to convey His messages across the volume or body of Word built-up in your twins heart and soul. (John 10)
5. Practice obeying what you perceive, and assess the results, then adjust as you learn.
6. Quickly repent when you sin and miss the mark. In this life, we all miss The Lord’s mark often. He expects us to mature and gradually …miss it less and less.
7. Practice patience, meekness, generosity, forgiveness, and recognizing/resisting pride, the mother of all sinfulness.
Sharing these tips can help
anchor these tips in your soul.
anchor these tips in your soul.
We tend to ‘keep’ (learn deeper)
that which we give away~
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See: Walk With Me
