HOW TO BECOME STRONGER IN SPIRITUAL STRENGTH – PART 2
BY JONAS CLARK

INNER STRENGTH FOR CONFLICT
When believers strengthen themselves through prayer they never ignore spiritual conflict. Anemic Christians fall into the trap of compromising their faith in God by trying to get along with everything and everybody. Whether it is sin or demon powers, we can never ignore what we are called to overcome. Strong believers understand that the anointing destroys the yoke. They never compromise or lower their standards by blending in to un scri ptural secular opinions. Strong believers know if the anointing destroys, then it must also confront. To develop spiritual capacity we must use the spiritual authority that Jesus gave us to pull down strong holds in our own lives and in the marketplace. Spiritual strength never comes without spiritual conflict. It is ‘in the conflict’ that spiritual strength is forged in the believer.

Another ingredient toward spiritual strength is found during times of inconvenience. “Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better,” wrote British theologian Richard Hooker in the 16th century. It always seems inconvenient to pray, to study scriptural truth, to give financially to God, to witness, to apply the Word daily, or to attend church services. Perhaps you have heard it said that nothing great comes easy. Avoiding inconvenient times and staying in comfort zones will kill spiritual vigor every time. The strong believer must be willing to be inconvenienced to grow in the things of God and develop spiritual strength. When you start feeling comfortable – you’re on the way to a backslidden condition and in danger of stepping off that cutting edge. Comfortable Christians get bored, and boredom is the breeding ground of sin. Sin quickly destroys our spiritual strength and separates us from the things of God.

AVOIDING AVERAGE TO BECOME STRONGER
Finally, when developing a strong spiritual life one must avoid average at all cost. Average is the killer of spiritual grit and maturity. ‘Typical’ is the friend of the carnal religious spirit that hears the Word of God but does not live it. God never called you to be average. Jesus went a little farther (Matthew 26:39) and so can you.

Meditating on the Word of God and applying His truth will strengthen you in your Christian walk. It is the truth of God that is your sword of strength. Firmly gripped in the hand of the skilled believer it pierces even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).

It is time to develop spiritual strength and capacity in your life by applying these truths and abiding in the reservoir of His Word. Stir up the gift of God within you by doing what is pleasing to Him and pursuing a greater relationship with the Lord Jesus. Moreover, study to show thyself approved, pray without ceasing and be faithful in all your ways. Determine today to press into more of Jesus through prayer with a resolute determination to be a doer of His Word.
(c) Jonas Clark
p.s. For more information check out my Spiritual Warfare Kit.

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