21/07/2026
Been there..
Fully can relate with that!
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You just DON'T want to leave HOME... the real Home we all originated from 😭😭❤️
"For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God."
For born-again believers, as we walk in the spirit, living our lives in the spirit, your mind will be "set on things above."
With a life "hidden in Christ" and a "mind SET on things above," willfully sinning will no longer be a thing you do.
Putting the flesh to death will be a lifestyle you live, and holiness and righteousness will be your reflecting character.
Through prayer and earnestly seeking his face, you will abide IN JESUS, so that the flesh-man will die and the new spiritual man becomes like Jesus.
Your character will reflect Jesus in every way, but this only comes by being "hidden in Christ."
To be hidden in Jesus is to daily make him the life you WANT to live. This will not be obtained by merely praying once in a while or reading here and there.
No, it's earnestly seeking him intimately through each day. What you sow in the spirit is what you get back as a harvest in return!
You have mediocre believers who believe and genuinely accepted him in their heart, but don't step out of thier comfort zone of just knowing him enough but never be radical in him.
Then you have those who, like Peter, just jump into the water without giving much thought to what will happen IN Jesus. They are in this thing with Jesus to explore all they can be in Christ. Like the song says, they go beyond the "comfort zone into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is."
The more you sow intimate seeds of your time and devotion to the Lord, the more of a harvest you'll reap of experiencing God spiritually.
Yes, spirituality I never forgetting hearing stories of people coming into the holy of holy presence of God as a new believer, about 4-5 years in my faith.
I read a book that spoke on how through prayer you can enter the divine presence of God, but it takes time.
So me, being what I felt was radical for Jesus at the time, I was willing to take his word for what it said and just leap out in faith and do things. Iv always took Jesus word literally.
I went into prayer for 30 minutes; nothing was happening. I kept saying over and over, "Lord, I want to come into your divine holy presence."
This ended up going on for about an hour, then suddenly I heard this voice that said, "FEAR NOT."
I was instantly taken out of my physical body and into the spirit. It was the absolute most intense, FRIGHTENING experience ever, but totally awesome at the same time.
I was traveling up throughout the stars at a rapid speed. It was tremendously fast. My heart raced within me, and I actually thought, "No one will believe me when I tell them this experience."
Suddenly, I began to slow down, and this light was TREMENDOUSLY bright. The light was so bright it was consuming. Then with the light came this peace and love that there are no words or language to describe it.
It's unlike any love we on Earth ever experience; it was beyond TREMENDOUS, it was beyond any human ability to give out that kind of love.
With the peace I felt, I was able to regain my composure to realize that the Lord of glory was standing right in front of me.
I literally tried to say Lord, but the power that came from him was so tremendous and great that my tongue actually stuck to the top of my mouth.
I was not able to utter words or think anything but think how awesome it is to be in his presence.
My heart raced so fast that I remember thinking, "Can anyone's heart beat this fast and survive?" Nevertheless, I became lifeless; all my strength left me as though I were completely dead.
I was in complete and overwhelming awe of God's glory and the powerful light coming from him.
I was able to think in my head, "Oh God, how awesome it is to be in your presence." I could only think that for a moment because the intensity of God's power was literally consuming me like I was dying, but it felt so wonderful at the same time; I can't explain it.
Finally, the Lord sent me back, and I cried, "No, I don't want to leave." Now understand, I love my wife and my children, but trust me, when you are in his actual presence, you don't care about any earthly relationship or thing.
They simply cannot come to heart or mind because God's presence and holistic absolutely tremendous and consuming. He becomes a consuming desire where earthly matters just can not come to mind.
It simply does not matter; the love of Jesus and his glory is beyond understanding. You want nothing but to be with him and that glorious feeling forever.
I could have left my wife and children behind without giving a single thought to it if Jesus had said, "Do you want to stay?" I would have instantly, without thinking, said yes with all my heart and soul.
In Christ, as scripture says, "He is your life." Take that literally. Nothing else matters, nor does anything compare to him.
When you live your life hidden in Jesus, the things of this world become obsolete, and sin becomes so undesirable.
This is how you conquer sin and live holy, putting the flesh to death, by ABIDING in Jesus and being HIDDEN in Jesus.
Your flesh will weaken, and your spirit will strengthen, all because you are living your life hidden in him, by seeking him INTIMATELY and SERIOUSLY.
"A man reaps what he sows." If you sow to gratify the flesh, then expect a life of being defeated by sin and Satan. If you sow to gratify the Holy Spirit, expect a life of living victoriously over sin's powers.
Start living in the Holy Spirit like never before; get serious and intimate with him. Spend meaningful time in prayer, fast, seek his face, and he will do what he promised.
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3).