Where are you today, yesterday, and tomorrow? In the flesh or in the spirit?

 Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

I listened to a preacher that said if you read the Bible it is only printed words on a piece of paper.  At first I thought what are you talking about?  Then, as he goes on he explains that so often we just "read the words on a sheet of paper" and then later cannot recall what we read.

   This is what he is talking about.  The Bible is not a holy word of God if you only "read it" and do not absorb it.  When we read the Bible we need to look at each word, think about what the author is saying, and be aware that this is the Holy Word of God.

   Often I equate it to the Lord's prayer.  So often it is recited with no concern of what it is really saying.  We just do it out of memory with no true thought.

   To really understand God's Word we need to live in the spirit and not in the flesh. Don't just "read" the Bible, but study it.  Well, I don't really understand what it is saying, I could not remember the chapter I just read.  Then don't read a chapter. Just do a few verses and let the spirit give you the meaning.  Let the spirit lead you.  You don't have to read the whole Bible in a year because so many others brag about doing so.  Read what God intends for you to know and absorb.  Whether it be 1, 2 verses or a chapter.  Just let the spirit lead.  Don't let others interpret the Bible for you, check their words against the Bible and see if what they are saying is true.  Again, let the spirit lead you.

   Romans 8: 5Those 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.  6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the spirit is life and peace.

    There are plenty of "scammers" out there.  To take your money, and if you are led by the flesh you will let the "Christian scammers" clean you out as well.  You know the routine, just send in $1000 for this prayer cloth and your troubles will go away. You will be blessed and prosper greatly.  Beware of the false teachers, the antichrists.

   Take time to pray, be faithful to the LORD and trust the Holy Spirit to guide you. Love y'all.  Thanks for reading my little rant today.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny