1) Many times God places things on our heart that are of little interest to others and we must bear the burden alone in full reliance on the Lord. This could involve our own personal struggles that we are not always free to share or the Lord for some reason forbids it. This may involve asking for forgiveness for others that have mistreated us as one example.
2) We must be alert to all methods of deception. This involves the world flesh and Devil.
a) The world. The world system and it's many forms of deception have been crafted by the enemy for many centuries.
There are vices which affect some and not others but no doubt there are one or two which we personally struggle with
in particular. Finding any comfort in the things of the world is something which we shouldn't do ( 1 John 2:15-16). Nor
should we rely on its riches or our own resourcefulness to supply our needs. This of course must be balanced by wisdom and hard work but ultimately we rest on the finished work of the Lord and trust Him to meet our needs. We focus on meeting needs of others whenever we can.
b) The flesh. It seems almost unnecessary to remind anyone of this issue in regard to distraction in our prayer life as it no doubt is painfully obvious to anyone trying to walk in the Spirit. Maybe I am assuming after almost a decade of not watching television; watching movies etc. that it is easy to simply not partake in some useless if not corrupted entertainment; although I am online and of course along with everyone else need to be vigilant to quickly bypass the scantily dressed and suggestive ads that pop up sadly quite often on Christian sites.
c) the Devil. I will conclude for today at leat on that third subject. BTW sorry can't seem to correct these margin issues.
Here are some summary points
1) Many times God places things on our heart that are of little interest to others and we must bear the burden alone in full reliance on the Lord. This could involve our own personal struggles that we are not always free to share or the Lord for some reason forbids it. This may involve asking for forgiveness for others that have mistreated us as one example.
2) We must be alert to all methods of deception. This involves the world flesh and Devil.
a) The world. The world system and it's many forms of deception have been crafted by the enemy for many centuries.
There are vices which affect some and not others but no doubt there are one or two which we personally struggle with
in particular. Finding any comfort in the things of the world is something which we shouldn't do ( 1 John 2:15-16). Nor
should we rely on its riches or our own resourcefulness to supply our needs. This of course must be balanced by wisdom and hard work but ultimately we rest on the finished work of the Lord and trust Him to meet our needs. We focus on meeting needs of others whenever we can.
b) The flesh. It seems almost unnecessary to remind anyone of this issue in regard to distraction in our prayer life as it no doubt is painfully obvious to anyone trying to walk in the Spirit. Maybe I am assuming after almost a decade of not watching television; watching movies etc. that it is easy to simply not partake in some useless if not corrupted entertainment; although I am online and of course along with everyone else need to be vigilant to quickly bypass the scantily dressed and suggestive ads that pop up sadly quite often on Christian sites.
c) the Devil. I will conclude for today at leat on that third subject. BTW sorry can't seem to correct these margin issues.
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