Spiritual Atmosphere

What a wonderful day... Finally, I've mustered up courage to gather the rest of the helpers to come and gather to pray for the entire cell. To pray for the brothers, especially...

God is GOOD. Not because of the good things He is doing in my life or for the cell group but because He is a good God. Amen?

Although Chang Chin and myself were late, however it was better late than never.[I need to get rid of the habit of being late] The prayer meeting was good... Before that, I've had great fellowship with the new members of the cell, who stays around my area... Rickson and Desmond...

Nevertheless, today is a wonderful time... Cause during service, when Pastor Aries shared the Word of God, I was blessed and touched. The message was on "Spiritual Atmosphere".

I do have a head-knowledge on what it means to be in the presence of God. Though I have experienced it, I took it for granted. Upon hearing what Pastor Aries shared, my perspective changed... for the better... Amen?

Let me review on "How to build a God filled Spiritual atmosphere":
1. Spirit of Holiness
Deuteronomy 23: 9- 10
Deuteronomy 23: 14

To have Spirit of Holiness, it does not mean to be sinlessly perfect. It means to say that I don't do things that greives God. So, in order to make our paths right with God, we ought to deal with these ares in our lives...

1 John 2: 15- 17
Three areas which we tend to fall into and MUST AVOID
a. Lust of the World
2 Kings5: 20- 22 and 2 Kings 5: 26
Gehazi - Gehazi was a man of God, who served Elijah. However, he never dealt with his life against "gold"/ money/ materialism.

So what happens? He did not succeed Elijah. Had Gehazi dealt with the area of his life which he knows is a problem, then he might have been the next Elijah, to get a double portion of anointing which Elijah had.

So, how can I be more anointed? How do I listen to God?
- By reading the word of Godand Spiritual books.

- Get rid of Worldliness. Get INTO Holiness. It is no longer I who lives, but Christ, lives in me...

Acts 8: 18- 21 [Our hearts got to be set right with God]

b. Lust of the Flesh
Numbers 26: 6- 8
What must we do to overcome temptation? It's all about FLEEING. That's what the bible says. Flee from temptation. Do not let it come to you... The moment it comes, FLEE. Go away from it as soon possible. Do not let it have the chance to "play" catching with you...

1 Corinthians 9:

c. Pride of Life
Luke 12: 16- 21
Reputation is also a form of pride. Our reputation does not matter. What others think about us does not matters. When we bow down our knees, cry before God, don't care what our neighbours says. What God says and thinks matters most.
Of course, we have to have a reputation. However, what I meant here is by ignoring what others say when we are in the presence of God and doing what the bible says. Don't stop even when others are saying things. So what if they call us Holy Joe? Hey, at least we are Holy. So what if we are in the world? We can be in the world but not of the world. Amen?
Psalms 51: 7
We got to be careful of what we say or do. Things that seems insignificant to us or habits which falls in the area of "grey" areas are to be dealt with. Not just leave it alone. God always CHASTIZE His beloved. The correction Rod is the best for those who are Child of God.

Insignificant experiences/ habits does grieves the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, when we want the Spirit of Holiness, we ought to GET RID of:
a. Lust of the World
b. Lust of the Flesh
c. Pride of Life

2. Spirit of Faith
2 Corinthians 4: 13
We can build a Strong Spiritual Atomsphere
Mark 6:5- 6
Hebrews 11: 33- 34
Through our confession and believing
Believing = Committed to the Word of God [ABSOLUTELY]
Confession = Confess the truth of God
Romans 10: 17
2 Corinthians 1: 20

Powerful right? Hehe.. Anyway, I thank God that I am able to learn these and be blessed by it all. The word of God WILL CHANGE my life~~~