You need SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION

God is spirit and the kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom. In order to be part of the kingdom of God we have to be spiritual people with SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION, and that is why you cannot SEE the Kingdom of God if you are not SPIRITUALLY REBORN through the Spirit of God. Those who are born again by the Spirit of God they have spiritual perception, they are the SONS OF GOD. As Paul wrote in Romans 8:15 “Those who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”

If you are not born again and if you are not led by the Spirit of God YOU ARE NOT A CHILD OF GOD. You need SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION. Most believers do not have SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION they are spiritually dead, they are not born again. Those who are involved in the occult know that demons are real, the netherworld is real, and they are controlled by demons. Many believers are controlled by demons and they don't even know it, they are addicted, they are in the power of satan and they don't even know it. That which happens in the spiritual plays out in the physical.

God is spirit and if we want to serve Him we have to be spiritually PERCEPTIVE, SPIRITUALLY ALIVE and we will be led by the Spirit of God. We need to be SPIRITUALLY REBORN. Those who are led by the Spirit of God, they are the CHILDREN OF GOD. Jesus said:”My sheep LISTEN to My VOICE and they FOLLOW Me.” They are spiritually PERCEPTIVE. They listen to the Holy Spirit. If you are not listening to the Holy Spirit you cannot follow Jesus. If you are not spiritually reborn you cannot perceive, understand, the Kingdom of God, it doesn't make sense to you because you are spiritually dead, unreceptive, closed. You need to be spiritually reborn.

The physical and the spiritual are in competition (opposed) with each other. Our physical mind and our body overrides (blots out, suppresses) the Spirit of God and that is why we fast, we weaken the physical and then the spiritual can come alive (surface). Most people just fast to loose weight. But you have to fast and pray to weaken your physical so that your spiritual can become acute, alive, and then you perceive the spiritual, both good and bad, both demons and the Spirit of God. If you weaken your body through fasting then your spirit becomes acute, alive (sharp) and in your spirit you perceive God and demons, that is why we fast.

You need to be spiritually alive, acute, (sharp) and you need to be led by the Spirit of God to be a child of God. If you are not a SPIRITUAL PERSON who is SPIRITUALLY ALIVE you cannot follow Jesus Christ. You need spiritual perception because God is spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in SPIRIT and in TRUTH. Paul said:”Jesus Christ whom I SERVE IN MY SPIRIT...” Do you serve Jesus Christ in your spirit or is your faith and your religion all just on the basis of your mind and your intellect? Because then you cannot be following Jesus. You need to be led by the Spirit of God.

Pray and seek Jesus. Ask Him for the Holy Spirit and then the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth.

May Jesus bless you.

The purpose of fasting

God is Spirit and those who worship Him must do so in spirit and in truth. We are flesh and we have soul and spirit. Our soul (mind) and flesh dominates most of the time. Fasting weakens our flesh and allows our spirit(conscience) to “surface”.

When we first invite Jesus into our lives and repent of sin, the Holy Spirit cleans our heart, (conscience) and makes us new. The Holy Spirit then also lives in us, with our spirit. God made us to be a temple of the Holy Spirit. We get involved with the cares of life and chase after the desires of the flesh, ignoring the soft voice of the Holy Spirit, who together with our conscience warns us and wishes to guide us into the will of God.

Fasting is a good way to deprive the flesh and focus on the spirit together with the Holy Spirit in us. As the body weakens through the fast, the spirit becomes stronger and we “hear” the voice of the spirit louder and clearer.

The objective of fasting is to get closer to Jesus. Jesus is always close to us but we are not tuned in. We ignore His Holy Spirit in us. So we need to deprive the flesh and force ourselves to focus on Jesus. A fast is useful for spiritual awakening and restoration.

Fasting without praying is a waste of time. You need to remove other distractions as well. The things that please the flesh must be put aside for the duration of the fast. No TV, no food, no reading, avoid friends and other distractions. Spend time praying. Your spirit must come alive as your flesh weakens. You can drink some water, but not too much, just to keep the fluid levels up.

Take time to pray. Spend time being quiet with Jesus. There are certain levels of isolation. It is sometimes not possible to eliminate all normal activities. You can go about necessary chores, looking after the family etc. The important thing is to remember, you are fasting to get closer to Jesus. If you don’t pray and spend time with Him you are wasting your time.

Fasting is a time to examine yourself and draw closer to Jesus. Ask Him to reveal to you wrong things, hindrances in your life. Repent of those things. Write the things down that come to mind when you pray and make sure to fix it up. You will find that your spirit (conscience) becomes “alive” and the Spirit of God speaks to you, that soft inner voice. Take note of everything, take it seriously, seek God with all your heart. Draw closer to him and He will draw closer to you.