The measure of a man is not what he does on Sunday, but rather who he is Monday through Saturday.
You don't have to come out of the Spirit realm. The same closeness, strength, joy, and direction you experience on Sunday, God intends for you to walk in the rest of the week.
The devil is waiting to ambush you as you leave church. He wants to bring to your mind thoughts of fear, doubt, unbelief, and destruction.
That's why we believers must guard our minds and hearts. As spiritual creatures, we walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7). We are commanded to live in the Spirit and not in the natural.
A person whose eyes, ears, and mind are directed toward the world finds it's difficult to hear God speaking to him.
The Lord wants to talk to you at work, at lunch, at play - everywhere you go. Some of my greatest revelations from God have come not in my prayer closet, but rather "out of the blue" in the midst of my normal, everyday life.
Our inner man is always willing, but our natural man resists. That's what Jesus meant when He said to His disciples, "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matt. 26:41).
The advantage of living and walking in the Spirit is that it keeps us on the right path. In Galatians 5 the Apostle Paul writes:
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.Thank God that our relationship with Him is not a "some-time affair," it's an "all-the-time union." In the words of the old hymn, "He leadeth me! O blessed thought!"
(Gal. 5:16,17 NIV)
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