My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. Psalms 84:2 (NASB)
I am in the process of rereading John Bunyan’s Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. I need the perspective change at times so that I quit listening to the wrangling nature of my flesh and, instead, crucify it, take up my own cross and follow my Lord. That means, I follow His example (1 Peter 2:18-23) instead. Also, this past Sunday, our pastor, Brian Mills, in his sermon, spent some time on the Summer Camp that our Church sends our youth to every Summer here in Oklahoma, which is called Falls Creek. He said something I will will never forget about the importance of the camp experience in the Spiritual growth of these youth….
He said it is vital for all of us, in order to grow spiritually, that we starve our flesh and feed our spirit and that is what happens at camp. I thought about that and realized that my own spiritual development has been along those very lines. I have got alone, denied myself, prayed as much as possible and fed myself from the Word through much Bible Study or Doctrinal studies or Bible translations from the NA28 Greek text to English. I also spend time in the Word every morning before breakfast as well as reading devotionals and spending time in prayer. This is where God has me. What He has you doing may be different, but this what He has me doing. I also listen to sermons in the evening from several good pastors that I follow like Voddie Baucham and John MacArthur and I listen to lectures or teachings by friends like Alan Kurschner. When you do that, you feed your spirit not your flesh.