The flesh and Spirit are contrary. The flesh and Spirit are contrary to one another.  In Gal 5:16-17, Paul was not just talking about the flesh.  Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.  Our flesh needs...

Prov 18:14 says, “The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?”  According to this verse, your spirit affects your health.  Your spirit will sustain your infirmity unless it’s wounded.  If you are wounding your spirit, you’re making yourself sicker. There are many...

A Wounded Spirit Prov. 18:14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO According to Prov 18:14 a wounded spirit is unbearable.  Often, the one who has wounded your spirit is your child.  Notice what the Bible says.  A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bare him [Prov...

There are more people harboring bitterness than you and I are aware of.  The reason that we’re not usually aware of their bitterness is that if you suggest to bitter people that they are bitter, they will deny it.  Yet, when an incident arises that deeply affects them emotionally, their...

In the Bible we find that there are several things that are perverted.  Today, we are going to study seven of these.   To pervert means to turn aside or away from what is viewed as good or true or morally right; to corrupt.  Perverse is turned away from what...

Maintaining our Spirit Lesson 1: What is the spirit of Man? (Proverbs 20:27) It does not take long to realize after being saved that you are in a new battle. The flesh still has the same lust that it had before you were saved but now you have the Holy...

So Shall My Word Be Is 55: 8-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Is 55:8-13, the Lord describes what happens when his word is sent out.  And notice, he is not just talking about what people say that God said, he’s talking about “my word… that goeth forth out of...

The Lord Weigheth the Spirits, Part 2 Last Sunday night we began a two-part message entitled, “The Lord Weigheth the Spirits”.  Tonight, we will conclude the message.  Let’s first recall what we studied in Part 1. When the Lord weighs our spirits, in all of us, he is looking for:...

Breath and Spirit Job 34: 14-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are two things given to us by God, without which we would not be alive.  They are our breath and our spirit [Is 42:5].  Job 34:14-15 shows us that without spirit and breath we perish.  Ps 104:29 says, “thou takest...

Her Adversary Also Provoked Her 1 Sam. 1:4-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Hannah’s Adversary We know that the devil is our adversary.  As such he opposes us in our relationship with the Lord.  In 1 Sam 1, we see that he used Peninah as an adversary to Hannah, because Hannah was...