I keep bringing up (actually God just is not letting me go beyond what He has given me in this new curriculum–Every Man a Pure Warrior) the changes God wants me to make. In the small group yesterday morning I spoke of the phone call I had with the author of this material. This is the group I’ve worked with the longest on the material. They are fully invested in wanting to be thorough in their obedience to God’s changes in their lives.

As we talked it became very clear: The Holy Spirit speaks to us when temptation hits; we have the choice to obey Him or allow the temptation to manifest itself. If we choose to allow the temptation to continue, whether we know it or not, we have opened the door for the evil oppression to enter. The Armor of God and its protection is removed. We get to choose which way we are going to go. Allowing the temptation entrance is giving our flesh the voice and disallowing The Holy Spirit to have His.

As I was journaling this morning and asked Jesus what He wanted me to know from Him for today, His first response was to reread what He had said to me yesterday. In so doing I was brought face to face with the message in the previous paragraph. He wants this anchored in me just as God wants it anchored in each of His believers. The still small voice of His Holy Spirit is to be sought, listened to and then obeyed. This allows His Armor to work for us and it allows The Sword of the Spirit to penetrate the evil/darkness that wants to enter us–God’s temple He made us to be when we accepted Christ into our lives. We have the choice. Lets keep our temple holy.