Spiritual Progress

                                                                   spirit ---soul---body

          
 soul --- body --- spirit

         
spirit --- soul --- body

In which direction is your TRAIN heading?

What is the engine that pulls and dictates the direction of your life?

Is your body ruling and controlling your life?

Well and good if your soul, that is your mind is controlling your body. You desire to be disciplined to live a good life and do the right thing. In this instance, your soul is the engine that navigates your life. You are doing well, but there is still a better way.

GOD'S plan is for every child of His to live a life that is empowered and led by the Holy Spirit.

 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 1:8

 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:16-22


There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

..For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Romans 8:1-2, 6

If your life is not producing the fruit of the Spirit, TRAIN yourself to yield to the Holy Spirit. Ask GOD to fill you and anoint you with His Spirit of love, wisdom and power. Train your mind to focus on the LORD JESUS Who gained the victory for you on the cross and is now seated at the right hand of the Almighty GOD. Ask for the gift of tongues and constantly speak in tongues to yield your mind and speech to the Spirit of GOD. Learn to listen to the voice and gentle promptings of the Holy Spirit and be quick to obey. Thus you will train yourself to live a life that is victorious and joyous. Your life will bring glory to the LORD and you will be a blessing to people. You will find great fulfilment living such a life of freedom and liberty in CHRIST! 

Such is a life of faith, filled with love, without fear!

 But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness. For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy 4:7-8

Let us acquaint ourselves with the Holy Spirit Who is within us and allow Him to lead our lives.

The first and greatest victory is not to overcome the enemy who is outside of us, but to overcome the fleshly and worldly carnal nature within. As we allow the Holy Spirit to rule over our mind and take over every aspect of our life, the following promise will be fulfilled in our lives.

We will then live a life that is spiritually powerful and victorious!

So David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?" And He answered him, "Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all."
1 Samuel 30:8

 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24