Psalm 19:1-4 (NIV)
1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
3They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.
4Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

In our modern, scientific, technologically advanced world we have become so dependent on the principles of empirical, scientific evidence that we have discounted the relevance and importance of emotional and spiritual truths to the point that we view them as anecdotal at best and childish and foolish at worst.

I. Restore the

of Spirit in your life.
A. What was it that made Adam a man in the beginning? It wasn’t the physical form of
his body, it wasn’t his reasoning mind, it was the

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spirit

of God

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breathed

into him.

Gen 2:7 (NIV)
…and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

B. The order of authority in our hearts should be Spirit

, Body and when we live
outside of this order things get complicated and chaotic.

C. Alongside all of the other tools this book series provided over the summer I want to
give you this one as well. If you want lasting, positive change in your soul and body, feed your

. Far too often we toss a crust of bread and glass of water in to our spirit once a week and wonder why it’s weak, anemic and unable to withstand the attacks of the enemy.

II.

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Spiritual

food for

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spiritual

nourishment.

A. What does spiritual food

like?

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   Worship
   (more than just church services).
2. Intimate
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   reading
   of the word (dwell with the words and the meaning of the stories if you want them to settle in your spirit).
3. Awe in the
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   wonders
   of His creation.
4. Joy in the people he has put you in
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   relationship
   with.
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   Surrender
   to the scope and scale of His story and your part in it
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   Denying
   your soul and body to focus on your spirit

B. If you take stock of your daily life and realize you have very little of this type of

in it is it any wonder that you struggle to have spiritual power and emotional control.

James 4:8 (NIV)
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

III. Give us

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eyes

to see and

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ears

to hear.
A. The

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works

and wonders of God are all around us at all times, it’s our eyes and ears that have become

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deaf

and blind to them.

B. When you begin to

feed your spirit and it grows stronger by the day you will find your eyes and ears opening back up to these

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testaments

of His goodness.

Romans 1:20 (NKJV)
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead.

C. Here is a powerful truth,

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worship

can best be defined as our response to revelation about God.

D. Worship is our reaction to the revelation of God’s continuous gifts to us, the ones we have a hard time seeing because we’ve hidden them behind the

and discouragements of

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life

. When we clear our vision and see who He is to us and what He is doing for us we respond with adoration and gratitude and that is the purest form of worship. Do that often enough and it changes the way you see everything.

Psalm 19:1 (NIV)
1The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

How do cancel the enemies invitation to your table and kick him out of your house? Fill the house up with a strong spiritual life, surrounded by worshipful gratitude and awe at the goodness of God. That is a toxic environment for your enemy, and he cannot stand in its presence.