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Wednesday PM
John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
God = Peace World = Tribulation
Tribulation – pressure, oppression, stress, anguish, adversity, affliction, crushing, distress.
When tribulation is happening around you, you will find peace in God, and only God. There are no neutral positions. You are either in or out. Light or darkness. Heaven or Hell. Life is short and the choices you make affect your eternity. You have this choice to make every single day.
Mark 1:35 Now in the morning having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
Why early in the morning? BECAUSE IT IS PRIORITY!
We are all built for connection. We are all hooked up to something whether we realize it or not. Whatever you are connected to is what is clothing/ covering you. If God is not covering you, you will seek to cover yourself. And we always seek that covering in the world system. Connecting to the world system only pushes you further away from God’s covering! The devil is all about disconnecting you from what you NEED to be connected to. When you wake up and the first thing you do is grab your phone and start scrolling social media or email, etc. your soul becomes engaged. It becomes active. Then you’ll start thinking about your day and planning your day, and God is nowhere in your mind. When you wake up early and connect with God FIRST, He will clothe and cover you so that when you face your day, you are the over comer! If you do it the other way around, it will take much longer! Don’t engage your soul before you engage your spirit! The highest importance in your life is your engagement and connection with God!Hook up with Him every single morning and let Him feed you!
God connects to us Spirit to spirit. The only way the enemy can get to you is through the soul. The devil is fighting to engage your soul before you can engage your spirit with God! This is why it is important to connect with God FIRST THING IN THE MORNING!
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
It is easy to love God with your spirit. It is another thing to love God with all your soul + mind. God does not want just one part of you. He wants ALL of you! He is a jealous God and He will tolerate no rivals!
Deuteronomy 4:4-7 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’7 “For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him?
If you want God to be near you, you must draw near to Him! Discipline your mind to draw near. Your soul has most likely controlled you for your whole life. It is like an unruly child that needs to be disciplined! He has redeemed us spirit, soul, and body! You can control your mind, It only takes development.
Deuteronomy 4:7-9 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
“ Keep your soul diligently!” The war is in the mind.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
This is backwards! Servants are not to ride the horses. That is reserved for the prince! Here is the picture: your body is the horse. Your soul/mind is the servant. Your spirit is the prince. Your spirit is supposed to be the one on the throne of your life, calling the shots and making the decisions. Because your spirit is hooked up to the Almighty God, the correct paths will be chosen.
When your soul reaches submission, you will experience something that MOST human beings never do. It is supernatural!
John 15:5 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Why would He clarify that He is the “true” vine? Because there are many other vines that you can connect your life to. The world system is a false vine. And any vine will feed you the life that is in it. You plug in to the world system, and you will be filled with tribulation, anxieties, fears, doubts. He is showing us that He is the Genuine Vine and He wants to feed us His life. We only need to plug in to Him and let Him! He will feed you peace, joy, wisdom, answers, love, or whatever you need! Turn on the tv and watch the news, they will feed you with fear, negativity and worry! See the comparison? If you want to bring forth much fruit, plug in to the True Vine. You can’t have that supernatural peace that passes human understanding without God. It’s available to all of us!