KEY SCRIPTURE:1Ti 4:8 KJV “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”

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Godly training is all about building up your Spirit man. Man is a spirit who has a soul and lives in a body. The spirit of man is the God-conscious part of him. It is where we have the new creation. It is the state of our Spirit that determines whether we will be victorious or not. Our Godly exercises are about training our spirit to take over our lives. The rule of the flesh is called carnality, and that is death, Rom 8:6, but the rule of our spirit is life and peace.

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We must do everything to make our spirit have dominance over our bodies or flesh.

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One of the means to let our spirit come alive is meditation. The Hebrew word is hagah, having the following meanings: growl, utter mutter, whisper, say, roar. During meditation, you keep nurturing a verse or statement of the scriptures  for a couple of minutes or for one or two hours. This act of speaking one word or a phrase in the bible for a long period actually establishes that word firmly in your mind and your spirit.

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This act must be repeated  over time. It could be done for two months or even three, repeating the same thing. In order to be successful, you have to be very disciplined, especially with your time, as well as repeating the same thing. You might start muttering, that is saying it under tone, but after some time, you may start speaking it louder, Joshua 1:8

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One great man of God who has been used in the area of healing said he had to meditate on Acts 10:38 over a very long time to find himself being very prolific in the healing ministry. Acts 10: 38 says,” How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him” He quoted it as it is in the Bible, and then he began to personalise  it. In place of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, he would say ‘me’ or his name and his location. As he diligently observed it over a period, he realised that great healing anointing was functioning in his life.

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Dear one, just as physical exercises take great discipline, a spiritual one also demands more discipline. In the spiritual exercises, demons would not want you  to attain higher heights in the spirit, and so would create conditions to distract or divert your attention. LET YOUR GOAL BE CONSISTENCY  LEADING TO PERFECTION.

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Think through this message and decide on an area to master in the spirit. WHAT YOU MAY NEED IS TO SET YOUR TIME, DURATION  AND YOUR LOCATION to observe your meditation.

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THOUGHT: JUST AS DISCIPLINED PHYSICAL EXERCISES MAKE GREAT MUSCLES, SO WOULD DISCIPLINED SPIRITUAL EXERCISES PRODUCE STRONG SPIRITUAL MUSCLES

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FURTHER STUDIES

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Jos 1:8 KJV This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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Rom 12:2 KJV “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”