Live According to the Spirit by Barbie Breathitt

By Barbie Breathitt
God beckons us to love Him so the fear of the Lord will keep us clean, enduring forever. God is love but it is only one of His many attributes, so it doesn't limit or completely define Him. God is also holy, just, faithful, truthful, kind, immutable. God's love will cover a multitude of sin, until we are able to recognize it as sin and repent. God is infinite, sovereign, and self-existent, eternal and incomprehensible. His love for us disposes Him to desire our best. God's dominion empowers Him to secure the utmost and highest for us. If we keep God's pure commandments, our eyes will be enlightened. His statutes and true judgments enable us to walk in righteous, godly ways, even in our imagination.
 
 
 
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God beckons us to love Him so the fear of the Lord will keep us clean, enduring forever. God is love but it is only one of His many attributes, so it doesn't limit or completely define Him. God is also holy, just, faithful, truthful, kind, immutable. God's love will cover a multitude of sin, until we are able to recognize it as sin and repent. God is infinite, sovereign, and self-existent, eternal and incomprehensible. His love for us disposes Him to desire our best. God's dominion empowers Him to secure the utmost and highest for us. If we keep God's pure commandments, our eyes will be enlightened. His statutes and true judgments enable us to walk in righteous, godly ways, even in our imagination.
 
The principles of the Lord are right, producing a heart full of joy. The laws of God are perfect; so they have the power to restore the psyche. In keeping God's way, there is great reward. When we are obedient, we live in abundance and multiply in every direction. The blessings of God cause us to possess the promises. The authentication of the Lord is sure. By conducting one's life by His example, the simple are made wise. Jesus is the Living Word. He is our example. The Word was made flesh and came to walk and talk with man. Now the Living Word continues to dwell in the hearts of those who love Him. We can find God in the secret place and lean on our Beloved.
 
The Word of God is not mysterious or far off. It is not concealed in heaven so one has to ascend into the heights to bring it down, to hear or do it. Neither is the Word buried as a treasure, hidden in the depths of the sea. The Word of God is so near. It is in the mouths of earthen vessels, hidden in our hearts that we can perform it and prosper. The power of a prosperous life or the barrenness of death is within the words we speak. Our life is formed from the scenarios we paint in our imagination. When a seed of thought is conceived, it is impregnated with life. The more we water that thought, the more that thought grows. When that thought reaches maturity, it is birthed and becomes a reality. This is why it is paramount that our thoughts remain focused upon the pure, beautiful and positive.
 
Freedom in the Spirit
 
My prayer is, "Lord let the words of my mouth be few and the mediations of my heart be pure and acceptable in Your sight. Help me to discern my errors and exonerate me of hidden faults. Keep me from being presumptuous and do not let sin rule over me. Remove indiscretion far from me, so I am unblemished in Your sight. Rid me of impurities until I am holy and without contaminates. Remove my sin so their ink does not stain the fabric of my being. Then pour me out as a jar of pure refreshing water. Be my rock, my defender and my knight in shining armor." Amen.
 
Those who live by the rule of the Spirit of life, in Christ, are set free from the act of sin, which leads to death. If we think on earthly or sensual desires, we will walk according to the flesh and reap death. The flesh is carnal and unreceptive towards God's spiritual ways. The flesh cannot please God. Do not walk through life according to the desires of the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
 
Some boldly commit sin openly or with a blatant heart of intent while others think they are committing sin in secret, assuming their sin is hidden in darkness, away from the gaze or knowledge of others. However, there are always the spiritual eyes and ears of the angels, the great cloud of witnesses and our beloved family members who have gone on before us, that witness and record both our positive and negative behavior. When we are struggling with temptation, heaven dispatches reinforcements to strengthen our spiritual resolve to resist. They come to add their spiritual support to our failing determination. They rejoice when they witness us overcoming temptation. But, if we fail to overcome and indulge in our hidden sin, these same spiritual witnesses will be called to testify against us on judgment day if we do not repent.
 
When a person is given a chance to repent and they refuse, their spirit is dulled; the heart is hardened and their nature is distorted. The memory of their sin, guilt and shame is always present before them. To escape the reminder of their sinful state they turn to sex, drugs or alcohol to ease their pain. The sinner runs from the torment of God's loving light while plunging into more darkness, until they feel hopeless, buried in the depths of addiction. If a person dies in their sin, those sins are eternally imprinted upon their spirit as darkness, spots or blemishes.
 
The greatest power in the universe is love.
 
Dr. Barbie L. Breathitt