HOW TO CONTEND SPIRITUAL OBESITY
To be a world class athlete,one must frequently engage in physical exercise to keep fit.Overweight or obese athlete will soon loose relevance and that may lead to an ailment or death eventually if some thing is not done about it. For a good Athlete to maintain relevance and be top notch,he must deliberately and rigorously engage in physical exercise.They do all these so as to be their best and also to receive worldly prize.
If this can be said of the physical, how about the spiritual Athletes who are running to receive glorious and heavenly prize?
It is very easy to slip into spiritual obesity and loose focus on heavenly destination,goal and the ultimate price.Most especially when affluence set in.
One of the recommended spiritual excercises to keep a spiritual athlete fit for heavenly race is
SCRIPTURAL FASTING.
Scriptural fasting accomplishes a good number of things in the life of a spiritual Athlete, they are:
* It chastens and humbles your soul before God - Psalm 35:13; 69:10.
* It crucify the appetite and strengthens the soul to long more for the Lord. 2Samuel 12:16-23.
* Keeps you focus on God to the exclusion of all else. 1Corinthians 7:5.
* It abased the flesh and strengthens the soul against temptation. Matthew 4:1-11.
* Fasting help you in exercising Authority over demons. Matthew 17:14-21.
* It make your prayer powerful and effective.
* Fasting keep your flesh under check and subjection.
* It help to strengthen your focus on heavenly Goals.Etc.
WITHDRAW AND KEEP FIT FOR HEAVENLY RACE BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. Ephesians 5:16-17.
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