The Kingdom Inside Us!

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.  (Philippians 4:8, ESV)

http://www.gty.org/resources/devotionals/drawing-near Very good devotional article.

MINDING THE SPIRIT AND THE SPIRITUAL MIND The more spiritual a believer is, the more he knows about the importance of walking according to the spirit and the danger of walking according to the flesh. But what does walking according to the spirit really mean? Romans 8 provides an answer; it is to simply mind the Spirit and have a spiritual mind. "For those who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace" (vv. 5-6). To have the mind searching the things of the Spirit and the spirit governing the mind is the meaning of walking according to the spirit. A man who walks "according to the spirit" is just one who minds "the things of the Spirit" and whose mind is "set on the spirit." If we desire to walk according to the spirit, there is no other way except to mind and search the thi...

But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. Very interesting saying: " then even though your body is subject to death because of sin" and then because Christ lives in us, we are able to understand this phrase ' the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.' Are you seeing the results of Christ being in you?, of righteousness in your life? if you are not, please go ahead ask God for discernment so that you can grow spiritually in Christ. Hint: observe your daily life and see how everything comes about and then you will realize where to start acknowledging God. Thanks

Introduction "Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21  With a thus says the lord, we are invited to search for our creator within us and to find him there when we are lonely and scared because of the struggles of this life. We can all come to see where he is awaiting our return, we have all gone out of this realm thinking that the outside world is better, but within our life time we recognize that this isn't so and we return humbly back inside for refuge and solace. Most our life we find ourselves searching for meaning and never finding it we go through life aimlessly until something big happens to us that wakes us up. Sometimes something very wrong happens to us because we aren't paying attention to what is going on within us and we let the outside environment influence us and allow outside circumstances to blind us to the point where we cannot longer see where we came from or whe...

The Kingdom of God " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.  24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.  26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other." Galatians 5:22-26 What does all of this mean? Does this have anything to do with the kingdom of God? How is this important to our spiritual life? Believe it or not but this is the key to entering the kingdom, when you ally yourself with these fruits(spirits) then you are able to see what the whole kingsom is about. When your eyes are open then you will see yourself for who you are and as well see God for who he is. Christ is the way and the life here.  Thoughts are very important as thr apostol paul says to think/meditate in everything that is true...