The Curse on the Serpent (ii)
Because the devil feeds on the carnal nature of man, when we fall into carnality we are feeding and strengthening his domain in our lives. We must learn to feed our spirits, not our carnal nature. We feed our spirits by keeping what we read, watch, or even think about pure. Our spirits will grow stronger by fellowship, sharing the gospel, and exercising the spiritual gifts that we have been given. We are told in 1 John 3:7-8, 10-11:
We cannot partake of Christ and go on living in the ways of the evil one. If we are Christ\’s, we will pursue righteousness by love. The whole law is fulfilled in the two great commandments, loving God and loving one another. If we pursue the course of love in all we do, we will grow in the nature of the Lord, because God is love. This is where families miss it. They keep allowing satan to feed off of them and refuse to grow in the fruit of love even after living together for 20 years they are still talking about divorce. Are you a wife that is authoritarian and self-willed? Are you a man that is mean and will never feed your family?
- God has said that there will be unprecedented levels of harvest into the kingdom of God. Starting with yourself, pray that God will raise laborers to bring the harvest of souls into His kingdom.
- When the Holy Spirit shows you how many are so lost and heading for eternal destruction in hell, you will not rest while your family, friends, co-workers, school mates, even fellow church goers remain unsaved. Pray for a burden for those lost souls.
- Ask God to show you the target group of people you should pray for and even witness Jesus to, and give you grace and boldness to obey. (2 Cor 9:8;Prov 28:1)