When you practice a pattern of vitally important spiritual activity in your life, it will keep you solid, protect you from satan, and bring you to sure triumph.
You may not know what God has in store for your future. However, it is not hidden from you, it is hidden for you. What unfolds for your life is up to you and the decisions you make. Whatever you have and whatever happens in your life isn’t an accident, or necessarily always God’s will—it is in your hands more than you may realize.
Your daily activity will help you determine what your future holds. What are you doing regularly each day will determine what happens to you in this life. If you’re sowing to your flesh, the results will never be what you want. But if you sow to the spirit, you will become strong.
(Galatians 6:8). You will get to a place where you stand your ground no matter what comes your way, resist the enemy, and receive more from God regardless of what happens in your life. Is triumph important to you?
Proverbs 8:34-35 says, “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching DAILY at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord” (NKJV).
Plainly said, a daily routine of Holy Ghost led activity will yield glorious productivity in your life. Do you want to stop being crushed by the devil again and again? It’s time for you to take your faith to a higher level. When you implement specific spiritual routines in your life, it will make you durable, protect you from the attacks of the devil, and bring you to sure overcoming triumph.
First of all as a mature believer you must eat healthy spiritual food.
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” –Matthew 4:4, NKJV.
You can’t live on just nutrition for your body—you need healthy nutrition for your spirit, too. A healthy Christian realizes the severity of the works of the enemy and understands the importance of having a strong spirit to withstand the tricks of satan.
How do you feed your spirit? By reading the Bible every day.
Healthy believers know that one snack each week (Sunday Morning Only Church Goers) isn’t enough to keep us through the tribulations the Lord warned us would come our way (John 16:33). We need daily, nutritionally well balanced, hot meals to stand on top of every trial in a victorious position.
The Word of God has to be a priority in your life, not something you do in your spare time.
Rick Renner says, “No Word, no breakfast.” Pastor Rick doesn’t eat breakfast until he feeds his spirit with the Word of God every morning.
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Secondly, as a mature believer you must strengthen your faith level.
“David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” –1 Samuel 30:6, AMPC
Faith is your responsibility. It isn’t God’s, it isn’t your pastor’s, and it isn’t your spouse’s. The only one who can assure that you enjoy a durable faith level is you. God has given you everything you need to establish a strong faith—the kind of faith that moves mountains, shuts the mouths of lions, quenches the flames of fire, turns weakness to strength, and puts whole armies to flight (Hebrews 11:33-34).
You establish that kind of faith by hearing the Word of God over and over. (Romans 10:17) Feeding your faith is the seed; hearing it again and again is how you water the seed and build faith. Just as with natural muscles, repetition is the key to building strong faith. To build your faith, try implementing some of these ideas into your daily schedule:
–As you drive to and from work, listen to a faith building message from our ministry or another ministry that preaches the Word.
-Keep your MP3 player loaded with Bible-based podcasts. Then, when you work out, go on a walk, or take your lunch break, put in earbuds and feed your spirit.
-Turn on the Word of God in your home as you go about your daily chores.
As you nourish your spirit, remember that faith comes by hearing, but so does disbelief. So, what are you listening to? What is the news telling you? (Even Fox News!) What are your friends telling you? Protect the precious Word you’ve sown into your heart by refusing to take in anything that contradicts the Word.
When you strengthen your faith by listening to the Word everyday, truth comes, faith comes and then, triumph comes!
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As a mature believer you need to do regularly is Speak the Word.
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” –Proverbs 18:21, NKJV
You’ve heard the saying, You are what you eat. But the Bible says, in essence, You are what you say (Mark 11:23).
Healthy believers speak only the Word over their lives and the lives of those around them. Often it is a matter of life and death. Don’t waste the power and authority Jesus provided for you.
Bring yourself to a place where you speak the Word over every situation. By putting God’s Word in your heart every day, speaking His Word will become your normal reaction for everything you face, which means you will respond quickly with faith.
When tribulations comes your way, don’t let the devil have the final word, talk back! When the devil tempted Jesus, He answered back (Matthew 4:1-11). He answered with the Word and the Word only. When He came across a fig tree that didn’t produce, He didn’t just accept it, He spoke to it (Mark 11:12-14). God uses words to “call those things which be not as though they were” (Romans 4:17, NKJV), and we need to do the same.
No matter what you’re faced with, speak healing, speak blessing, speak abundance, speak forgiveness, speak peace. Speak the Word again and again and again and again. Fire the Word of God like a machine gun. Speak God’s Word with faith, it will change your life.
As mature believer you will learn to take Control of your Thoughts.
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” –Joshua 1:8, NKJV
Is your thought life healthy or harmful? The mind, spirit and body are interconnected. Your thoughts influence your words, which influence your well-being, welfare, joy, peace and every other area of your life. So, it’s worth taking the time to perfect!
Thoughts are real and occupy space in your head. ‘Bring all thoughts into captivity.’ Your brain is created to do that. And when you do, your brain will operate correctly.
To bring every thought into captivity (2 Corinthians 10:5), begin focusing on what you’re thinking about. When your thoughts wander off to things like, you’re not going to get healed; you’re going to die; you’ll never get promoted; how do you capture thoughts like these and cast them down? You resist them. You answer them. Never let your thoughts go unanswered. Instead, say, “I’m not taking that thought.”
You can be victorious over your thought life by meditating on Gods Word. To meditate means you don’t just hear it, you focus on it, contemplate it and give it serious attention. That’s how you expand your capacity for faith, and that’s why the most spiritually mature people you will come in contact with are those who utilize their time meditating on the Word of God.
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Another important attribute of a mature believer is spending time praising and magnifying the Lord
“I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” –Psalm 34:1, NKJV
Praise is a language of faith and a language of receiving. A mature believer is fluent in praise. We are told to bless the Lord at all times (Psalm 34:1) because no matter what is happening in your life, we have endless reasons to thank Him for what He has done, what He is in the process of doing, and what we know He will do.
It’s easy to praise God when things are going good in your life. Praise is an act of faith. If you believe you receive what you’ve asked, you’ll thank God for it, even if it hasn’t happened yet. Praise says, “I know it’s coming.”
Mature believers realize there is a connection between praise and strength. They know a spirit of praise puts you in position and produces spiritual maturity.
Mature believers Pray in the Holy Ghost
“Build yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.”—Jude 20, NKJV
A mature believer knows the importance of keeping his spiritual gas tank filled with premium gasoline. That’s where praying in other tongues comes in. When you pray in the spirit, you edify yourself, which means to boost or enhance. It develops your spirit and builds you up in your faith.
The powerful part of praying in other tongues is that it allows you to pray above what you know in the natural. It takes you into the spiritual realm and opens the door to revelation, wisdom, instruction and encouragement.
And finally, as a mature believer you will do away with excess baggage.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up.” –Hebrews 12:1
Streamlining. It’s an extremely important concept in aerodynamics. To streamline is to reduce resistance, creating a faster and smoother journey. It is studied by NASA engineers, airline pilots, shipbuilders and even athletes. The concept is to do away with anything that would slow a craft, or person, down. The primary goal in streamlining is to accomplish the very best performance and achieve a triumphal outcome.
That’s what we are set apart to accomplish in our spiritual walk, too. When God told us to “strip off every weight that slows us down,” He was telling us to streamline our lives so we can enjoy spectacular victory.
Imagine watching a professional boxer wearing a suit of armor. You’d likely yell at him through the TV, saying, “Throw off the armor! It’s slowing you down!”
That’s what God is speaking to you today. What kind of baggage are you lugging around today? Worry, anxiety, stress or fear? Maybe it’s a sin habit you haven’t removed or unforgiveness that took root in your heart a long time ago. Whatever it is, make the decision to shake it off! It’s slowing you down. Shake off everything that is keeping you from being what God has created you to be!
When you put these important things in your life you will become the mature believer that God has called you to be. You will develop the kind of spirit that will cripple the devil and make certain the kind of victory you’ve always aspired to acquire. This is the life Jesus died to provide you with. This is the life you were meant to live.
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