22/11/2022
|| WISDOM FOR YOUNG MINISTERS || MY CONTEMPLATION || Day 21 || THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MINISTRY|| LADDER OF EXCELLENCE IN MINISTRY||
Philippians 2:12. Living the Christian life has to do with working out your salvation.
Point 1. You must present your body to God. Romans 12:1-2
Point 2. You must refuse to allow your body to do what it normally does
Point 3. You must discipline your body to obey God
1.You must refuse to conform to this world’s standard
Note: Your whole life is transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:1-2. According to Christian theology man is a tripeptide being, three in one
-When you were in sin, your spirit was totally dead, the flesh and your mind was totally in control of your life, whatever they felt like doing they did, now that you are saved your spirit is alive and immediately takes control, your mind and flesh will struggle initially with your spirit because it has been in control for a longtime, but now they have to be trained through prayers and the word
2.You must refuse to allow your body to do what it normally does.
Don’t allow your flesh to control you, don’t allow your flesh and mind to do what it wants but rather do what God wants
The flesh want to have s*x, Romance, food drink, smoke. Etc
Note: You will have to control your flesh to obey God. There are places you must not go again for example Boy friend and girl friends house, night clubs, bars. Romans 6:14, Romans 6:12
There are movies you must not watch, they are music you just not listen to
Avoid evil association (Amos 3:3, 1 Corinthians 15:33, 2 Corinthians 6:14.)
If your best friend is an unbeliever, something is wrong. Anyone who will not follow you to heaven you cannot afford to follow him to hell, you will give account of your own life. Romans 14:1
Note: You must break every link that will connect you back to sin
3. You must discipline your body to obey God
-Discipline your body wit prayer and fasting
-Discipline your body with the word, living and only act by the word.