09/01/2023
°Monday fasting devotion with Apostle Nathaniel_The Buffalo°
will of the flesh must die for the Spirit to completely reign.
1 Peter 4
1. SO, SINCE Christ suffered in the flesh for us, for you, arm yourselves with the same thought and purpose [patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God]. For whoever has suffered in the flesh [having the mind of Christ] is done with [intentional] sin [has stopped pleasing himself and the world, and pleases God],
2. So that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living by [his] human appetites and desires, but [he lives] for what God wills.
If permanent death was possible, there was no need for Apostle Paul to die daily, for this is a race. Last year June our Father Prophet Penuel taught us how to fight with our bodies like a boxer. He said if you fight today and get defeated that doesn't mean it is the end. Tomorrow you come again with new strength to conquer. Your body is not your enemy, God still need it to carry the gospel to the world. But it is important that it dies and be risen to the level of your spirit so that it doesn't become hindrance to the will of God in your spirit. Flesh is your earthly mind, it is hostile to God and cannot submit to God's will, that's why it's important for it die so that you receive the new mind of spirit. The reason there's still a war within some believers its because death didn't take place, it's your spirit and your flesh against each other because the will is different. One must die and be raised to the level of another. The lust is the will of the flesh, powers that governs your earthly mind[flesh], which is hunger, thirst, s*x, sleep, disobedience etc.
The will of God will always lead to the decaying of your flesh. Once those kingdom that governs your flesh dies, you are extra free because you don't eat because hunger rules you, anything that masters you has become your idol[god]. This is where your stomach becomes your God. You don't have s*x because it rules you, you don't drink because thirst masters you. If you do them because you master them they cant affect you, this is freedom. You have only one master, which is Jesus Christ our Father. As this is our first day of 21 days fasting and Prayer keep this in your heart that this a victory over our flesh. Our spirit don't need fasting because they are already perfected. If you ate today, don't condemn yourself you are not disqualified. Rise up let's continue to the end, it's not all about abstaining from food but the powers that governs our flesh, it's not about power and prosperity. You don't need to fast for that, God has already given you.
Let's meet on Friday for another teaching as we continue in our prayer and fasting.
Year of Shiloh, The peaceful one.