The truth about what you are (Part 2)

Do you remember what happened with Mary, the mother of Jesus?

The angel Gabriel came to her and gave her this message, "You will give birth to the son of God."

Mary asked, "How can this happen?  It is physically impossible because I have never had sex with a man?"

Gabriel told her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her, and by His power the son of God would be placed in her womb.

What could Mary do at this point?
She couldn't bring it about by her own efforts. 
She could either accept what Gabriel said, or reject it.

Mary accepted the word of God.  She yielded her body to the will of God, and Jesus was born, in her and from her.

"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May your word to me be fulfilled." Then the angel left her.  Luke 1:38

The same is true for you and me as Christians.
God promises us that if we accept Jesus, we will be reborn, and the Spirit of Jesus will be in us, filling us just as Jesus filled Mary. 

We can't bring this about by our efforts any more than Mary could.
But we can accept Jesus and His Spirit, yielding our bodies to God just as Mary did.

When we do this, we are reborn by the word, will, and Spirit of God.

After this, we thank God, and we do what children naturally do when they are born. 

If you are born again, a child of God, you naturally want to cling to God just as you naturally wanted to cling to your mother and father when you were a child. 

What is making you read my words?  Where does your interest in the knowledge and likeness of God come from?  If you were not born again, you wouldn't want to read my words or think these thoughts.  Keep doing what you're doing right now.  Keep seeking God.  Keep being who you are and what you are:  a child of God.  Know that when people see you, they are in fact seeing Jesus.

Say to God what Mary said to Him:

"Lord, I am your servant.  May your word to me be fulfilled"

The truth about what you are (Part 1)

"You see, the Lord Jesus is not only the truth about God, he is the truth about man.  He was the truth about God because he was the truth about man--because...man was (supposed) to be the truth about God."  Major Ian W. Thomas

To see Jesus is to see God.  But to see Adam before he sinned would also have been to see God.  In fact, before Adam sinned, every man and woman would have been a picture of God, a portrait of what God is like.  He wanted each man and woman to be the earth creatures that look and act like him.  Because of this, the very definition of sin is for the creature to not be like the creator.  But Jesus came so we could all be reborn, so we all could look and act like God.  In the same way that Jesus could say, "If you have seen me, you have seen the father," we should be able to confidently say, "If you have seen us, you have seen the Lord Jesus."  The Lord said, "As the Father sent me, so I send you."  We are now in this world as Jesus was when He was here. 

How do we experience this?
The same way Jesus did.

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I am writing to the ones who seek to connect with God's Spirit. 

Hear me.

When you listen to the Spirit of God for the sake of knowing Christ, you will tell others what you have seen in heaven.

Where is heaven?

God's presence.

In you.
By Faith.
In Christ.

What does this mean?
It means that God gave you the ability to manifest his glory. 
He is where you are. 
In your body. 
Amen.

A conversation between The Trinity

The Father and the Spirit watch the Son as John baptizes Him.

"What are you feeling?"
"I am a Love Dove, Winged Peace, wanting to light upon the shoulder of Your Son."
"I feel You feeling Me."
"Father God, what are You feeling?"
"The creature baptizes his Creator.  I am in awe.  I love my Son.  I am pleased with Him."
"You want to tell Him."
"Very much."
"I will go with You as You do."
"And I will speak to Jesus with You."

As Jesus comes out of the water, He sees the Spirit of His Father in the form of a radiant transparent Dove, and hears His Father's voice:

"You are my Beloved Son.  I am very pleased with You."
"Thank you Father.  This is all I want in life; this is My life."
"Hello Immanuel.  From now on, as I gave You life, I will guide and empower Your Life."
"Hello My Dearest Friend and Companion.  Permeate Me, empower Me, lead me, control Me.  I give Myself to You freely."
"And We give ourselves to You completely."

How to be a spiritual person (Part 1)

"The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."  The Lord Jesus

You can't be spiritual without The Spirit.  You can't flow with the wind without The Wind.  
God's Breath in you is your spirit.  This is the key to the beginning of being a spiritual person.  
Let's begin being a spiritual person.  If you agree, flow with me.

Breathe in.
Breathe out.

You heard it and felt it: your breath, your spirit, your life, your essence.
Your breath came from God's Breath--His Spirit, His Life, His Essence.

Before you think, speak, or act, breathe.
If you agree, flow with me.
Do it now.

Breathe in.
Breathe out.

When Moses asked God His name, God replied:  I am who I am.
When you breathe in and breathe out, you are like God:  You are who you are--God's creature.
Make no mistake.  You are not the Creator, nor the same as the Creator.  
You are a creature, made in the image and likeness and glory of our Creator.
When you breathe in and breathe out, you are who you are.

This is how to be a spiritual person: 

Breathe in, breathe out; be who you are where you are wherever you are.

Accept your Creator and yourself as His creature; accept that your breath is His Breath.
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How to be a spiritual person (Part 2)

"Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires." Paul, and ambassador of Jesus

You can't be spiritual without a Spirit focused mind.  
The Spirit's desires must be your own.  
Your mindset must be a Spirit led mindset.  

This is my favorite definition of mindset: 

A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations.

Apply this to a spiritual mindset, or a Spirit led mindset: 

Spiritual mindset is a fixed mental disposition that predetermines 

a spiritual interpretation and response to situations.  

It means when you have an encounter in any situation, you allow the Spirit to interpret the situation, and in that situation, you respond in obedience to the Spirit.

This is how to be a spiritual person:  Have a spiritual mindset.

Have a fixed mental focus that predetermines 

(before any situation) a spiritual interpretation and response to that situation.  

Here is an illustration.
I have a friend named Yusef who is discouraged.  I want to encourage him but I don't know how.  So, having a fixed spiritual focus, I ask the Spirit to interpret Yusef's discouragement, and to tell me how to respond to his discouragement. The Spirit tells me to take Yusef on a drive at night, in a neighborhood with big beautiful houses. while listening to jazz music.  I hesitate because I don't think Yusef will like doing this.  I have a choice:  Follow the Spirit, or follow my reasoning.  I choose to follow the Spirit, and I take Yusef on the drive as the Spirit led me to do.  Yusef asks, "Why are you doing this?"  Afraid, I say, "No reason."  Yusef says, "I used to do this all the time by myself:  I used to go driving at night in neighborhoods with big houses listening to jazz.  But I never thought anyone would want to do this with me."  I told Yusef that the Spirit led me to do this.

You can experience the Spirit's leading in your life just like I did.  You can be a spiritual person.

Practice having a spiritual mindset for an hour, and let me know how it went in the comments.

Using the Power of Order in Your Life

Whenever you encounter disorder you encounter the devil.  Satan is always behind disorder wherever it is, directly or indirectly.  But God is always the source of order.  God's children promote His order; Satan's children promote disorder.  As it is written,

"Blessed are the peace makers,

for they will be called the children of God."

As a child of God, you should establish and maintain order, wherever you go, and whatever you do, in specific contexts of authority:

• If you're a husband, your focus is submission to the will of the Spirit of Christ.
• If you're a wife, your focus is submission to your husband in submission to the Lord.
• If you're a parent, your mission is submission to the will of your heavenly Father.
• If you're an employer, your mission is submission to the will of your heavenly Employer. 
• If you're a teacher, your mission is submission to Jesus, your heavenly Teacher. 
• If you're a child, your mission is submission to the will of your father and mother. 
• If you're an employee, you mission is submission to the will of your employer. 
• If you're a student, your mission is submission to the lesson given by your teacher.

You're the difference in these situations between the presence of God and Satan.  As it is written, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 

Chaos and disorder destroy freedom. 

We are only free when there is order. 

God is not the author of disorder but of peace. 

You are a child of God.  

Wherever you are, there should be order.