An Invisible Kingdom
So, we’ll be talking about the Holy Spirit Gift of Discernment this Sunday. Discernment is being able to sense that which is not detected by the 5 “standard” senses, and it comes as a direct result of a Gift of the Spirit.
It represents a communication link between your heart and the Word of God, by way of the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit.
There is a realm, or “world” outside of this one that is, believe it or not, more real than our own, after all, God is Present in it all the time, and wherever God is, True Reality is.
So here we are, blind, cut off, not able to see this realm, sense it in any natural way… and being cut off from God, we’re “dead” … no longer among the Living, spiritually.
Then God sends His Son, Jesus Christ, into our fallen world to exercise His power, and bring us back to life:
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions
Talking to God
So, I’ve opted to try, once again, to blog regularly. You’ll know by the list whether I succeed, but here we go.
So the topic of the day is Talking to God, also known as prayer.
Paul tells us:
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
This passage means that you need to be chattering away to God all the time, and that you should be praying for all the saints (that’s all Christians).
So, how do you pray all the time? Well, Paul explains that also, pray in the Spirit — meaning be in the Spirit and open your heart to God.
Some may experience this through their personal prayer language, while others may experience this at first as just chatting with God as if he were on speakerphone in your car or something.
Chat — there’s a time for Reverent Prayer, but God made you for a fellowship, for a relationship. He uses phrases like Father, Son, Child, to describe our relationship — family words. Do you go around submitting requests to your parents in a formalized tone? Nah … you just talk at them — they’re family.
God wants you to be His family.
Pray constantly — also known as “talk His ear off”, either out loud, or in your mind — just call the Holy Spirit to give you the words and go…
”…so anyway God, I finished my blog… for the day… now what?”