Friend, it's important to discipline the mind so that the thoughts are brought under subjection to the Will of God.

Certain ways of thinking that would not please God must be eliminated and for it to "stick' it's best we discipline ourselves. The Holy Spirit and Jesus are there to help us and we will be able to do it with them, but they will not take the thoughts away because it is best for us to overcome with their help.

This goes for all things; food, cigarette, alcohol, drug addictions and bad actions like anger, revenge, pride and boasting, selfishness, other belief systems and so on.

Walking just a minute at a time following Jesus and having the attitude of the Saviour, remembering how He went to the Cross sinless, but thinking of us, how He loves us and wants us to be children of the Kingdom of God.

Prayer or "communication" with our Lord will help as will practising turning deep within to God and meditation on who He is.

The goal should be that we form new habits; Godly ones, those pleasing to Him.

As we clean up our lives we need to fill those empty spaces with Love, praise, worship and the Word (Bible study).

Having "new words,"  Scripture Verses to use instead of our old filthy, demeaning, angry words is the Way to successful renewing of our mind, body and spirit.

It is not hard to do when you have the Son of God helping you! ( The Word of God = The Son of God.)

Friend, be truthful!

Are you struggling against God?

This is fear of change.

Why fear the one who knows everything about you, anyway?

Think about that for a moment.

There is nothing He has not seen or heard, even your thoughts are laid bare before Him.

Yet, He still allowed His Son to die so you could be called an adopted child of His.

His Son, a Pure and Holy Son, was sent to the slaughter for your sins, not His. God does not sin. No, Jesus paid the price for your sins.

What is there to fear?

Oh, your life might change!

Maybe you will change and He will keep you in the same circumstances so He can reach others through you.

Who knows, maybe everything will change.

But, wouldn't He be Trustworthy to have all your good as His intent?

Yes, He would!

It's simple, give up the struggle against Him, this very moment.

Be the clay and allow Him to mold you into His Son's likeness.

Friend, are you desiring a full spiritual life?

Withdrawing from the physical life whenever you have the chance is the answer.

We have to provide for ourselves and loved ones by going to work everyday, yes. But whenever we can, we need to be fully facing God with a heart full of reverence, a soul that's filled with humility and a spirit willing to be taught great knowledge.

When we have this attitude towards growing spiritually, God is drawn to that soul and cannot help Himself from filling us with all we need to grow in Kingdom Grace.

You will find answers to your problems and issues in this life. It will seemingly be by osmosis. The air around us changes, we seem to be on a different spiritual plane than unbelievers, yet we see that they too, can easily ascend to that plane.

Faith and belief is everything to God. That's what He requires for us to move fluidly through life with Him at the helm.

It doesn't matter where you are in your journey, age-wise, health-wise, belief-wise.

He will meet you where you are. Young or old, infirm or healthy, unbelieving or believing.

He has all you need and want and He is Willing to give to you according to His Will for your life.

He knows all the paths you have taken. He has heard all you have had to say about Him. He knows the Way forward.

Make the time to withdraw from the physical and allow your spirit to behold the Holy Spirit who waits for your acquiesence.

May God bless you as you make time for Him.  

Friend, many wonder what the Holy Spirit does.

Well, He does many things but they always have to do with the Will of God.

What is the Will of God for you?

It is for you to know God!

So you can be sure that the Holy Spirit is the One who is convicting you of sin. He is the one who confirms to your spirit that God exists. He leads you into the Truth so you can know God is Truth. He teaches you about Jesus. He reveals Jesus to you by using other people, the Bible, nature, the cosmos, the Cross, the Resurrection.

He is God and therefore He is everywhere and in all things.

He has come to be with us until Jesus comes again. He is tireless in His work to gather us to the Son. He is God in the form of the Holy Ghost. He is Beautiful and Trustworthy. Never will He lead you astray, in fact it is He who rescues us and shows us who Jesus is.

Romans 8:27

He who searches the heart knows what the mind of the Spirit is because He intercedes for the saints according to the Will of God.

Friend, search your heart and you will find the Holy Spirt waiting for you.

Friend, have you begun to pray?

God desires you speak to Him. It is called prayer.

The world snickers when Christians pray but don't be disturbed by that. The Lord has placed a knowledge in us - that says He hears our prayers and that things will change, when we pray.

The unbeliever is just biding his or her time. They are not ready for the changes that they inwardly know will come.They want to live life on their own terms and turn to God at the very last moment and grab the free Gift just in time to slide into Heaven.

I have actually been told, " Don't pray for me."

Why? I gave that much thought and realized with the help of the Holy Spirit, that this person knew that God would require changes in his attitudes and he just wasn't ready yet to make those committments to God.

In other words, He hadn't hit rock bottom yet. He was on drugs that were ruining his life but at the same time, he thought he was living the "life!" Praying would change that and He didn't think that what he was doing was all that bad even though those around him, especially his family saw the ravages of his drug dependency and the damage it was doing to the family as a whole. 

Basically unbelievers go about their lives with their back continualIy turned to God. As He moves trying to get them to face Him, they keep side-stepping and doing a two-step so they can keep their backs to Him.

It's quite funny, if it wasn't such a sad dance. The evil puppetmaster deceiving his puppet, who looks up to satan and his demonic forces through glazed eyes of adoration, not seeing through the haze of addiction. .

Maybe tonight their soul will be required to answer the call of death which cannot be avoided once God says "cooked." Our days are numbered and ordained by God and we know not when our last breath will be.

Immediately they are in the spiritual domain they will lament their choices. One, will be they will wish they had prayed for at the very least, forgiveness.

So friend, if this rings as a truth in your heart, please do not put off any longer, the spiritual aspect of prayer.

Prayer helps to change things in your life. It helps to change you into the person God intends. You will finally understand God's Will and see that it is reasonable and Good. 

Find some alone time when you will be uninterrupted and quietly tame your mind and focus on Who God Is. A place where your body will be comfortable. Laying on your bed is fine or in the pose for meditation. Sitting in your favourite chair...

Let your breath slow down the thought processes so they can focus on spiritual matters alone with no outside influences.

Call on Him by a favourite Name.

Jesus, Lord, Father, God, Saviour, Redeemer, Precious Lamb, Holy God.

Forgive my sins. Help my to be more like You.

Remind me Father before I sin and help me to contain myself to be sinless in the situations that come up.

Thank you for the Cross and I am grateful for Your Forgiveness and Sacrifice for my sinful behaviour.

Tell Him what you hope to learn and what you have learned. Ask for more clarity of spiritual meanings and matters.

Ask for the Holy Spirit and the angels of Heaven to help you so you do not stumble in your daily walk with Jesus.

Speak to Him of your past failures, foolishness and mayhem you caused and explain how mortified you are by it.

If you have recognized his Handiwork in your recent or past life thank Him profusely!

End by listening quietly for any small ideas or voices or feelings that come after praying in this way.

God will respond to a contrite and repentant heart.

Sing songs of love to Him.

End by saying, "In Jesus; Holy Name,"

When you have established with Him that you are a child of God, then you can ask aything according to His Will and you will have His answer,

Your life will be so much richer by having this daily prayer time alone with Jesus God,