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theanointedsinner

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Well first you have to understand the nature of Spiritual Mastery; we are no god. Thus, it is one of the two Spirits that rule us - You are right that your desires; by way of spirit - which are of the flesh and world that you delight in is running the ship or soul as it were. But you have said you have given your life to God now about a year ago - thus, now it is time to allow God to change and transform your mind and your character in Him through obedience. How do we make a determination to do that? (Matthew 6:21) says "...where your heart is; there your treasure will be also." So, by your will you can place your trust and life in God and He will begin the transformation process through righteousness. When we willfully start Praising God - God will produce in us humility. Ok, great speech Dan - but now what right?

Well, Decide to make a choice and go with it! - "Meditate upon these things..." (1 Timothy 4:15) Meditation means getting to the middle of a thing, pinning yourself down to a certain thing and concentratedly brooding upon it. The majority of us attend only to the "muddle" of things, consequently we get spiritual indigestion, the counterpart of physical indigestion, a desperately gloomy state of affairs. We cannot see anything rightly, and all we do see is stars. "Faith is...the evidence of things not seen." Suppose Jesus suddenly lifted the veil from our eyes and let us see angels ministering to us, His Own Presence with us, the Holy Spirit in us, and the Father around us, how amazed we should be! We have lived in the "muddle" of things instead of in the middle of things. Faith gets us into the middle, which is God and God’s purpose. Elisha prayed for his servant, "LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that he may see," and when his eyes were opened he saw the host of God and nothing else.

We have to learn to pay attention to reality; one soul attending to reality is an emancipation to hundreds more. We are impertinently inquisitive about everything saving that one thing. Through inattention to our own true (John 12:24-26) experience:

"I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."

As we respond in obedience to God, He promises to lead and guide us through life with a sense of victory and hope. The times of trial, distress, and isolation are times God accomplishes His greatest work, when He molds us into the likeness of Christ (Himself).

"The one great need for the one who has given their lives completely to Christ is to be ready for Jesus Christ, and we cannot be ready unless we have seen Him." The way we come to see Jesus is through surrender. The blessing of living life abandoned to Him is to witness His daily power and grace alive and flowing through our lives into the lives of others.

In abandonment and surrender we find the capacity we live as in a dream, when all around us and in us are the eternal realities. "Attend to these duties, let them absorb you, so that all men may note your progress." We are apt to be busy about everything but that which concerns our spiritual progress, and at the end of a profitless day we snatch up a Bible or Daily Devotional and read a few verses, and it does us good for precisely three-quarters of a second. We have to take time to be diligent. Meditation is not being like a pebble in a brook, allowing the waters of thought to flow over us; that is daydreaming.

Meditation is the most intense spiritual act, it brings every part of body and mind into harness. To be spiritual by effort is a sure sign of a false relationship to God; to be obedient by effort in the initial stage is a sure sign that we are determined to obey God at all costs.

Take time. Remember we have all the time there is. The majority of us waste time and want to impose ourself on eternity. "Oh well, I will think about these things when I have time." The only time you will have is the day after you are dead, and that will be eternity. An hour, or half an hour, of daily attention to and meditation on our own spiritual life is the secret of progress.
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I see that meditation is the biggest theme in the post that I'm referencing too
so, how do we properly meditate?
 
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theanointedsinner

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what does it mean that some members here are senior members?
 
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becc said:
goodnight everyone... see you later.
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Good night, little one. I will pray your family doesn't get sick in this wet weather. Sleep well, we will ketchup later. theanointedsinner, the member status has to do with the post count. Once it gets so high, you go to the next level.

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Good night, little one. I will pray your family doesn't get sick in this wet weather. Sleep well, we will ketchup later. theanointedsinner, the member status has to do with the post count. Once it gets so high, you go to the next level.

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that means if there's a thread that talks about if you flush the toilet will it go clockwise and counterclockwise, if we are willing to post vainly on that, then there's no problem for post count to be high and we'd be seniors lol:ROFL:
 
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theanointedsinner said:
I see that meditation is the biggest theme in the post that I'm referencing too
so, how do we properly meditate?
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What do you think of meditation? Can it be done improperly? Once you read God's word, you then think of the ways it can be interpreted. It may have a plain literal meaning or it may be something deeper. It can also minister to you differently at different times. God's word inspire truths that are spiritually discerned and is considered spiritual food.


 
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theanointedsinner said:
that means if there's a thread that talks about if you flush the toilet will it go clockwise and counterclockwise, if we are willing to post vainly on that, then there's no problem for post count to be high and we'd be seniors lol:ROFL:
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I think that is kind of a cynical attitude. Sure, is your status is super important to you it is vain indeed. Wouldn't we do better to concentrate on edifying one another and not worry about our status?

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I think that is kind of a cynical attitude. Sure, is your status is super important to you it is vain indeed. Wouldn't we do better to concentrate on edifying one another and not worry about our status?

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your right Mr. Deade, the path to spiritual maturity is realizing our shortcomings, usually disguised as self-righteousness

spirituality is not just about going from point A to point B, it's about ... well, if God is trying to tell me something, any help on completing the message?
 
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theanointedsinner said:
step 1, check


step 2, check

it works, thank you @slave
may slave continue to be a good instructor, mentor, and a teacher that God made him to be, regardless of whatever spiritual difficulties that may happen in all walks of life
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It was actually the lower right icon button "reply" but who is counting my weaknesses when God's glory is soooo bright - right? LOL :oops: You are very welcome - I pray all your questions are as easy for me....LOL.:):geek: LOL
 
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slave said:
I want to go camping! But I don't want to get all the stuff ready! How do I solve my dilemma? I know suck it up and do it straight away and get it over with - the hard part that is! You are right - I am glad we had this moment together - Thx... But first Church and then the realization I must work come Monday - yikes I think my camping trip just got booted - I wanted to go too! :oops::cry::cry::unsure::whistle: ... Oh well whatever God would have for me - at least he knows I want to go camping now - LOL - I await His reply - :p:censored:(y);):):geek:.
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theanointedsinner

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If there is such a thing as @slave 's commentary for the bible, I'd be honored to refer to those commentaries
 
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theanointedsinner

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by the way, when you prayed the prayer of salvation, most evangelist would put in your mind "you might not have tomorrow" or "you can even die by the next hour!", so, when we pray the prayer of salvation ignoring the possibility of how long we might actually live on this earth, or even if you are still somehow aware of that possibility and placed your faith in the belief that OSAS,

your saved! as in, at that awareness, "I will die by the next 15 minutes, mind as well give my life to Jesus if all I have is my next 15 minutes on this earth"
 
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theanointedsinner

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I wonder what would it be like to be ministered by God himself

even @slave is just a small glimpse of the things to come

John 1:50 Jesus said, “You believe[a] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[b] you[c] will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’[d] the Son of Man.”

or "do not be amazed at this" in the gospel of John

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theanointedsinner

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hooray a bible verse

do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (Matt. 6:34)
 
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