Gloria Copeland — Listen to the Spirit Part 1
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You cannot live in sin and expect the blessings of God. As you give your time and attention to spiritual things the Word of God, prayer and fellowship with the Lord you will hear the Holy Spirit. You’ll hear His promptings and He’ll show you how to walk in the spirit. But you have to dedicate yourself to God.
You have to think about Him. You have to sow to the spirit. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” (Galatians 6:7-8).
If you have been thinking, I need to spend more time in prayer or watching television all the time isn’t good for me spiritually or I shouldn’t talk about people the way I do, then the promptings of your spirit are being led by the Holy Spirit. He’s trying to pull you aside from the things of the world and lead you to give God control of your life.
Once you begin to respond to and obey those promptings, you’ll notice that direction from the Lord gets stronger and easier to discern. The voice of your flesh will get quieter.
The Holy Spirit in you bears witness with your spirit that you are a child of God and a joint heir with Jesus Christ (Romans 8:16-17). This means that as a born again believer, you have the life and nature of God in your spirit right now. Notice, this witness is in your spirit not your mind.
You have the ability to walk in the spirit in glorious liberty on this earth. You don’t have to wait until you get to heaven to live free from evil. Jesus prayed that the Father not take us out of the world, but keep us from the evil in the world (John 17:15).
Romans 8:21 says, “Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” That “glorious liberty” referred to is walking in the spirit! You must commit to that liberty. You can’t enter into it halfheartedly, but must sell out to God and give Him your whole heart.
