Where Do We Go From Here by Kenneth Hagin Jr

Author:Kenneth Hagin Jr.
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-03T16:45:24+00:00

Chapter 4

HOW TO WIN THE WAR BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT

I've been preaching since I was 18 years old. I've met many pastors. They're always trying to plan some program; they're always trying to put something together to make their church or Sunday School better—programs, programs, programs!

Pastors, it's not your programs that will put your church over. Forget your programs! Find out what God’s program is and use it.

The same holds true for individuals. Find out what God wants. Find out what the will of God is for you. Don't do something just because you want to do it. Find out what God's Word has to say about your situation.

Find out what God's Word has to say about some decisions you're going to make in business, too. If businessmen would learn to manage with their heads and their hearts, their businesses would be twice as large.

Learn how to walk with God. Ask God, "Where do I go from here?" Quit trying to put your plan into action. Put His plan into action.

Some will protest, "That's contrary to all the laws of nature and business."

If you know for sure that God told you to do something—even though it seems contrary to natural laws—and you do it, there is no way you can fail, because God never fails.

It comes back to the war between the natural and the spiritual. Anytime you ask yourself the question "Where do I go from here?"—anytime you face a crisis—there will be this war between the natural and the spiritual. You'd better be smart enough to do it the way the man on the inside (the inner man) wants it done, or you're doomed to failure.

You see, it's not what "I" want; it's not what "I" desire; it's what God wants.

Yes, I realize that we're talking all the time about the fact that we can have the desires of our heart. The problem with people today is that they are asking for everything and they're not receiving, and it's causing some confusion.

Many saved, Spirit-filled people have heard teaching about the things of faith, but all they know is what the natural man says. They know all the "formulas" and all the faith confessions in their heads, but they're not in their hearts (or spirits), so it's not doing them any good to make those faith confessions.

One reason they're not receiving is because they're not in line with John 15, where Jesus said, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (v. 7). The words are abiding, but they're not abiding in the spirit of man; they're abiding in the natural mind of man.

It's time we realized that we need to forget our desires for cars, money, and success. I believe in prosperity as strongly as anybody. I dress good; I drive good; I eat good; and I will continue to do so, because God's Word says so. (I don't want anybody to think I'm teaching against faith.

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