Gloria Copeland — Overcoming the Flesh

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Gloria Copeland

Have you noticed that sometimes you are
aware of certain things before you even
know what the Word says about them? That’s because
the Holy Spirit is in you, teaching you the truth (John
16:13). You hear things in your spirit and they’ll float
up into your mind: You need to do this. You need to
do that. Sometimes you listen and other times you
don’t. Sometimes you hear it and let it go. Then, later
it comes back and you hear it all again. These are the
promptings of your spirit by the Holy Spirit.
As we become more aware of the Spirit of God in
our everyday affairs, we’ll be quicker to hear and
obey those promptings. That’s God’s desire for the
Body of Christ. The Holy Spirit is revealing the will
of God to us in our spirits.
I have been prompted by the Holy Spirit to spend
more time in prayer and fellowship with God and
have spoken with people from all over the world who
are hearing the same thing. Believers everywhere who
have determined to please God agree that He is calling
the Body of Christ into a more personal communion
with Him. He is calling us to spend time in prayer and
fellowship in His presence daily.
I get excited when I hear others repeat the same
things God has told me. That’s how we’re going to
come into the unity of the faith. The Spirit of God
speaks to believers all over the world. When you and
I are in agreement with God, we’ll automatically be in
agreement with each other.
A pastor in Detroit told me, “God said my
mornings belong to Him.” That is what God had
revealed to me. I realized it was His will for me to set
aside at least an hour or two every day to spend time
in His Word and in prayer. You may realize God has
told you the same thing.
God will not chase us down and demand our
attention. The Bible tells us if we’ll seek the Lord, we’ll
find Him. James 4:8 says, “Draw nigh to God, and he
will draw nigh to you.” God sent Jesus to the cross so
fellowship with God would be restored. The price has
now been paid. He has sent the Holy Spirit. It’s now
up to us to take what He has done for us and in us
and draw near to Him. We must seek Him.
It was through obeying the promptings of my
spirit that I began to pray in the spirit at least one
hour daily. Then God revealed it to me in His Word. I
am convinced of the absolute necessity of my spending
at least an hour a day in prayer.
In the beginning I didn’t do very well. I would
determine to get up early and pray for an hour, and
then I’d fall asleep while doing it. But when I failed, I
didn’t quit! I just got up the next day, began to pray,
and stuck with it until my mind and body came into
agreement with my spirit. The weakness of the flesh
says, “Don’t get up this morning to pray. Do it
tomorrow.” Procrastination is a real tool of the devil.
We have to learn to be as persistent to succeed as
Satan is to make us fail.

Gloria Copeland

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