The Backwards Walking Christian
Scripture: “But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:20-24
For many of us the Gentile lifestyle is the life we came from. So how do you now sacrifice your life backwards to the things that you left? The only way that happens is that we allow the infiltration of demon thinking and we justify backstepping to where we came from, and we justify it as 'liberty'. There are some things you say you have liberty to do, but they are things that came from your past, and yet those things have an equal or dominating place of influence in your present. They represented the old Gentile sacrifices. They represented practices for the life you used to have. What has convinced you to incorporate the ‘was’ into the ‘now’? What spirit is it? You say, “Well, I came up with the idea.” I say that you took ownership of a thought!
Prayer: Father, it is in Your name that we come beseeching You to forgive us for when we bring carnality into our worship of and service to You. Lord Jesus, help us to remember our first love. Those first moments when we made our profession of faith, our intense fervor for Your Word, our passion for Your presence, and our exuberance and love for doing what was right. Remind us Lord and revive in our hearts that desire to walk forward and to be well pleasing to You. It is in Your name we pray, Amen!
By Pastor Wayne Cockrell
Taken from “Casting Down Strongholds”
Prayer: Father, it is in Your name that we come beseeching You to forgive us for when we bring carnality into our worship of and service to You. Lord Jesus, help us to remember our first love. Those first moments when we made our profession of faith, our intense fervor for Your Word, our passion for Your presence, and our exuberance and love for doing what was right. Remind us Lord and revive in our hearts that desire to walk forward and to be well pleasing to You. It is in Your name we pray, Amen!
By Pastor Wayne Cockrell
Taken from “Casting Down Strongholds”
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2024
January
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February
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March
LOVE x LOVELove is CommitmentSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor CockrellTHE HIGHEST DEBT OF LOVEPREVAILING IN LOVE, AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROMISEReturn Your Love to METhe Loveless ChurchWhat Do You Want First: the Good News or the Bad News?POSITIVE FRICTION THAT MAKES US BETTERSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne CockrellHis Love Versus My FearsJESUS LOVES YOUBe Surrendered to 'Love'Victory Over Fear: Life’s Small LessonsJesus, Our VictoryTRUST CHRIST, BANISH FEARSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne CockrellHarmony and Discord Aren’t FriendsHOLY PARAMETERSBlinded by HateACT or REACTRESISTING ANGER AND HATE IN CONFLICTPeculiar PeopleSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne CockrellONWARD & UPWARDHow To Fall ForwardThe Front Windshield is Much Bigger than the Rearview MirrorONE THING TO DOLooking Back Will Have You SaltyGreat Cloud of WitnessesSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne Cockrell
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Amen!
The ol' man lets no fingers slip, having such a practiced grip
But God Himself has made a way, that we walk holy ere day!
Put on the new man friend. Put on the new man friend.
Sound it out with a big 'Amen' and put on the new man friend!
Thank You Holy Spirit for helping me to fight a good fight!!
Amen