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CHOOSING JOY!
(Training Your Soul To Engage In The Activities Of Your Spirit)
Luke 1:46 And Mary said, MY SOUL DOTH magnify the Lord, 1:47 And MY SPIRIT HATH rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Here, Mary makes a very CLEAR DISTINCTION between her SOUL magnifying the LORD and her SPIRIT rejoicing.
OUR SOUL is the part of us that is considered to be our personality. It is our INTELLECT, EMOTIONS and WILL.
OUR SPIRIT is the part that gets changed at salvation and it is ALWAYS OPERATING in "love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance"
( 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 5:22-23).
And that's true whether our souls (feelings and emotions) "FEEL" it or not. The things of the Spirit cannot be deciphered with or by feelings.
2 Cor 5:7 "For we walk by faith not by sight (sensory perception)"
Many believers wait until their emotions FEEL LIKE praising the Lord before they enter in to worship. They think it's hypocritical to ACT LIKE they are rejoicing in the Lord if they don't "feel" it. But our spirits are always rejoicing in the Lord.
Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I SERVE (worship) WITH MY SPIRIT in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers
It's actually HYPOCRITICAL to go by our feelings and not magnify the LORD with our souls when our born again spirits are already rejoicing.
Philippians 3:3 For WE are the circumcision, which WORSHIP God IN THE SPIRIT, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Our born again SPIRITS are always in tune with the Lord and walking in the joy of the Lord.
Our FLESH is often dominated by what it sees and feels.
Sometimes it doesn't feel like praising the Lord, but THE CHOICE rests with our souls.
IF WE CHOOSE to praise the Lord, OUR EMOTIONS WILL FOLLOW.
# BelieveTHAT
The DECISION is YOURS! ( Deut 30:19).
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Today, CHOOSE to walk in the joy of the Lord. It looks good on you & it's benefits are gloriously enormous.
Isaiah 12:3 Therefore WITH JOY shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
From: # TheAUTHORITY
# TheEMPEROR
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
# TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS
# BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
(Training Your Soul To Engage In The Activities Of Your Spirit)
Luke 1:46 And Mary said, MY SOUL DOTH magnify the Lord, 1:47 And MY SPIRIT HATH rejoiced in God my Saviour.
Here, Mary makes a very CLEAR DISTINCTION between her SOUL magnifying the LORD and her SPIRIT rejoicing.
OUR SOUL is the part of us that is considered to be our personality. It is our INTELLECT, EMOTIONS and WILL.
OUR SPIRIT is the part that gets changed at salvation and it is ALWAYS OPERATING in "love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance"
( 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 5:22-23).
And that's true whether our souls (feelings and emotions) "FEEL" it or not. The things of the Spirit cannot be deciphered with or by feelings.
2 Cor 5:7 "For we walk by faith not by sight (sensory perception)"
Many believers wait until their emotions FEEL LIKE praising the Lord before they enter in to worship. They think it's hypocritical to ACT LIKE they are rejoicing in the Lord if they don't "feel" it. But our spirits are always rejoicing in the Lord.
Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I SERVE (worship) WITH MY SPIRIT in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers
It's actually HYPOCRITICAL to go by our feelings and not magnify the LORD with our souls when our born again spirits are already rejoicing.
Philippians 3:3 For WE are the circumcision, which WORSHIP God IN THE SPIRIT, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Our born again SPIRITS are always in tune with the Lord and walking in the joy of the Lord.
Our FLESH is often dominated by what it sees and feels.
Sometimes it doesn't feel like praising the Lord, but THE CHOICE rests with our souls.
IF WE CHOOSE to praise the Lord, OUR EMOTIONS WILL FOLLOW.
# BelieveTHAT
The DECISION is YOURS! ( Deut 30:19).
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Today, CHOOSE to walk in the joy of the Lord. It looks good on you & it's benefits are gloriously enormous.
Isaiah 12:3 Therefore WITH JOY shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
GOD BLESS YOU BY ALL MEANS IN JESUS NAME!
From: # TheAUTHORITY
# TheEMPEROR
Apostle Dr. ROCKSON AWESOME STEPHENS
# TheSpecialMessengerOfJESUS
# BestInTheWorld
#inspirationalgospelquote
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