BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

B V O V : 2 9 it doesn't often have much to oœer. It can't provide solutions for every problem. It can't bring you out of trouble and into victory. It will let you down time and again. That's why the devil works so hard to keep you mired down in the things of the natural. It's the reason he's happy when you let your life get so busy and cluttered with worldly stuœ that when the Holy Spirit tries to talk to you, what He says goes right past you without you even hearing it. Satan has to pull you away from your communication with the Lord to make any headway in your life. He has to keep you carnal and stop you from becoming spiritual because, as Romans 8:6 says, "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." Satan has no defense against life and peace! He can't defeat believers who are spiritually minded because they won't believe his lies and get oœ into sin doing things they shouldn't do. When you're walking in the spirit, the devil can't even manipulate you with natural circumstances. He can't push you around with problems and pressures, because you're hearing from the Lord through His written Word and by His inward voice. As a result, the spiritual realm is more powerful in you than the natural. The unseen realities of God are bigger to you than what your physical eyes can see so you're able to walk by faith, which means you can overcome every natural challenge. For, as 1 John 5:4 says, "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." Someone's Knocking "But Gloria, what if I don't have the capacity to walk in that kind of fellowship with God?" You do! As a believer you're born again to walk and talk with God. You have Jesus' own word on it. He said plain as can be in the New Testament: "The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow me" (John 10:27, Amplified Bible, Classic Edition). "It is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor…) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [into close fellowship with you]…. When He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth" (John 16:7, 13, AMPC). "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20). Talk about being equipped to hear from the Lord! According to those verses, not only do you know and hear the voice of Jesus, He's knocking at the door of your spirit all the time, wanting to communicate with you. As if that's not enough, the Holy Spirit—the One who knows everything!—has come to live in you to teach you how to walk with God in every situation of life and serve as your personal Counselor. I think one reason pastors these days often have such heavy counseling loads in their Satan has no defense against life and peace! He can't defeat believers who are spiritually minded.

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