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StartFragment13 Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats. 15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. 16 But do this in a gentle and respectful way.[a] Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ. 17 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!EndFragment
The biggest thing needed to move prophetically in worship is a relationship with God. I can not teach relationship but I can give tools to assist with building relationship. The word Christian means Christ like. This mean the person is like Christ. Christ died for the sins of the world. So, a person who wants to have a deep relationship with Christ must die to their flesh. This means push past the external and stay within the realm of the spirit to effectively hear God. The best way to practice hearing God is constant prayer. I noticed the biggest tool God uses to ensure we are hearing him correctly in prayer is to allow trial or suffering. In Peter 3 it states that it is better to suffer for good than to suffer for bad. The word simply indicates that trial will come while walking with God but in the trial you will build spiritual endurance. Next time you are faced with trial know that God allowed it not to hurt or tempt you but to build you in his image.
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