Battle Ready Christians Part 2: Conditioning/Spiritual Readiness

Battle Ready Christians Part 2
Conditioning/Spiritual Readiness
(This series is attributed to my husband, James L. Stevens)

Any good soldier has gone through conditioning to prepare themselves for the physical aspects of battle.  Christians need to go through spiritual conditioning to be spiritually ready for the battle.

Flesh vs. Spirit  read Galatians 5:19-25

What aspects of the spirit do we need to be developing in our life?
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Like the old story told about the indian explaining that people good and evil is like two wolves fighting inside us.  The one we feed is the one that wins.  Feed the good spiritual man and the spirit will be stronger and ready to face the battles ahead.

Galatians 5:16-17

walk after the _________________

 We are needing to condition our spiritual man to make him stronger.  We must feed our spiritual man through
    -reading the word
    -consistent prayer
    -fasting
worship and praise
church and fellowship

Read 1John 1:1-10

Why does God want to make our joy full and want us to walk in the light.
Sin hinders that walk.  Feeding the spiritual man helps combat sin and helps us keep sin out of our hearts.   Take some time this evening to allow God to speak to your heart and confess to him any hindrances.  Ask him to forgive you and lead you in the light.