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Romans 8:5 (NKJV)

5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.



We can choose.  


We can set our minds on the flesh or on the Spirit.  



What makes you fleshy?  



You're only aware of how your feel, what you see, hear, smell, or taste.   You set your mind on these things. 



What makes you spiritual?   



You are aware of God's Holy Spirit within you if you've asked for Him to be.  



The key to becoming more aware of anything is by exercising it.   




If all you're doing is exercising the flesh, what are you going to be aware of?  


The flesh.  


You're not just flesh.   


If you're fleshy, you're only aware of the physical. 



Our minds can be focused 
on whichever direction we choose.  



If you focus your attention on God within you, you lose awareness of the physical. 



If you focus your mind inside, you'll become more aware of your born again spirit and God's Holy Spirit within you.


Romans 8:6  (NKJV)

6 For to be carnally (physically) minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.



Don't spend all your time on physical stuff.  


Ephesians 5:18 (NKJV)

18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,



You get drunk by surrendering to the alcohol in the wine. 



You get filled with the Holy Spirit by  surrendering yourself to Him.  



It is a bigger sin not to surrender to the Holy Spirit than to get drunk with wine. 



The more you follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit.  The more aware of Him you'll get.
  


To follow Him, it is to follow life, liberty, peace, and love.  


1 Corinthians 14:1,3  (NKJV)

Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.  

 

But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.





Prophesy is not foretelling.  


It is speaking in your known tongue by inspiration.  


Speaking tongues is like prophesy, but in an unknown tongue.  



1 Corinthians 12:1  (NKJV)

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:



1 Corinthians 14:5  (NKJV)

I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; 

for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues,

unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.




If a prophet is speaking something about the future, it is a word of wisdom.  


If it is about the present that no one else would know that is a word of knowledge. 






1 Corinthians 14  (NKJV)

14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.



15 What is the conclusion then? 

 

I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. 

 

I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.




We can speak in tongues and prophesy whenever we yield to the Holy Spirit.

He is always available.   



Proverbs 17:22 (NKJV)
22 A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.



We need to yield to the joy of the Lord.  


Job 8:21 (NKJV)

21 He (God) will yet fill your mouth with laughing,
And your lips with rejoicing.


Job 5:22 (NKJV)

22 You shall laugh at destruction and famine,
And you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.





We need to yield to the Lord and dance for joy.





Exodus 15:20  (NKJV)

20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; 


and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.  






2 Samuel 6:14  (NKJV)

14 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might...



Psalm 149:3  (NKJV)

3 Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.






Psalm 150:4 (NKJV)

4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!






We need to sing for joy in the Lord.  



1 Corinthians 14  (NKJV)

15 ... I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.



Ephesians 5:18  (NKJV)

18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 

19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and 

spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 


20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,


When the disciples got baptized with the Holy Spirit, they were mistaken for being drunk.


They were so full of joy.  



Acts 2:15 

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.



When they got filled with the Holy Spirit, they were singing, dancing, and laughing.  






Receiving Jesus into your heart as your Lord and Savior brings great joy. 



Revelation 3:20  (NKJV)

20 Behold, I (Jesus) stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.



Keith Moore, Faith Life Church 

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