Everyday Presents Spiritual Exercises

     These specific muscles are exercised everyday: our spirits.  With our every interaction with each

other, our spirits are being exercised.  Some people fail in this ambition, give into their emotions.  Hatred

is felt and expressed by those individuals who don't exercise their spirits to elevate their standings.  Jealousy

needs to be exercised, because if it's left idle it will diminish down  to levels where we can't rise up again.

Sexual harassment is a spiritual exercise, because our strengths to restrain ourselves are being exercised.

Arguments are spiritual exercises because whatever it is, is aiming to see if we'll agree to disagree.

Whether we know it or not, our spirits are exercising to be like Jesus Christ, (who is the image of God.

Some people are kind to other people because they are exercising their spirits.  We run to win the race

of developing Christ's spirit within us.  The biggest muscle we have is our hearts and we must them daily.

When some people love other people, they're exercising their hearts.  When some people hate other people,

they're exercising their spirits.

     All around the world, there are many different exercises we experience everyday.  When some people go

to church, they've exercised their spirits.  But what Changes does that bring?  Some people go to school,

but is intelligence gained?  Exercises are good for the physical, but there's one thing that desperately needs

exercising that will benefit us all: our spirits.  In the end of life, we will be judged by God Almighty on how

much we've grown our spirits and that's determined on our spiritual growth.

     Galations 5:15-26

     If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.  So I say, walk by

spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  For the flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit,

and the spirit what is contrary to the flesh.  They are in conflict with each other: so that you are not to do

whatever you want.  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.  The acts of the flesh are

obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry, and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy,

fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions,  factions, and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like.  I warn

you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.  But the fruit of

the spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance,  kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,  and self-control.

Against such things there is now law.  Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions

and desires.  Since we live by the spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.  Let us not become conceited,

provoking and envying each other.

                                                        Ki Radiance
                                                        Monday April 22, 2013