Spirit and Flesh 4 – What Is a Spiritual Life?

We live carrying both the Spirit and the flesh within us. One side of our heart wants to pray and live for God, while the other side wants to enjoy the world. Even when we hear the command to love, feelings of misunderstanding and hatred can rise within our hearts. This is the reality of our daily lives.

That is why God does not leave our hearts as they are, but refines us. Refining is not meant to make us suffer; it is God’s way of transforming us.

Refining is like putting gold into the fire. Without fire, impurities cannot be removed. In the same way, if our hearts do not pass through refinement, the sinful nature remains. Through refinement, God desires to burn away hatred, anger, pride, and self-centeredness from our hearts.

This is why fasting and prayer, and burning these sinful desires with the fire of the Holy Spirit, is called the circumcision of the heart. It is not the outward person, but the inner person that is being changed.

The Bible tells us that there is a road of gold in Heaven. Who will be able to walk on that road? It is prepared for the children of God whose hearts have been refined and transformed like pure gold through trials in this world. It is not a road for everyone, but for those who have lived a spiritual life.

When we pass through this refining process, we become people who can always rejoice and give thanks in all circumstances. This is not because our situation has changed, but because our hearts have changed.

From that moment on, the place where we are begins to change. The home we live in, the workplace where we serve, and the family we belong to become Heaven. Heaven is not first a place, but a way relationships are lived.

Heaven is a place where people help one another, understand one another, forgive one another, and love one another. Therefore, when we choose to forgive, understand, sacrifice, and love first, that place becomes the realm of the Spirit—it becomes Heaven.

What Is a Spiritual Life?

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  1. Sabhiko jay masih ki iss vachan se maine sikha ki hamare andar har din pap aata hai par parmeshwar se prathna karne par upas rakne par hamare pap shama ho jate hai hame pachatap karke parmeshwar se mafi magni chyahiye hamare jivan me jab aag aate hai to hame samajna chaiye ki vo pavitr atma ki aag hoti hai AMEN 🙏❤️🌹

  2. sabhiko jay masih ki 🙏
    es vachan se maine yah sikha hai ki ham atma or sharir donokeliye jite hai atma jo hai prathna karna chahta hai vachan sunane ki lalasa rakhta hai jo shahad se bhi mithe vachan hai jo hamare prabhune diye hai par jo sharir hai sansar se pram karna chahta hai paisoka lalach vastuo ka lalach ghamnd sansar ka aanand lete hai ye sab chize hamari bhavnaome uttpann hote hai ham vachan sunaneke baad bhi galat fami me rehte hai esiliye pita parmeshwar hamari vrady ka khatna karna chahte hai jaise soneko shuddh karneke liye aag me daala jata hai tab wo sona saaf hota hai vaisehi hame vachan se khudke paapi swabhav ko nikal kar swarg ke rajya ke liye jina hai swarg ek achha sundar sthan hai jo parmeshwar ne apni santano ke liye banaya hai .jo dhartipar sansar me jikar bahot pidaoka samna karte hai or apne vraday ko badal te hai or parmeshwar se prem karte hai swarg ek aaisa sthan hai jyaha ham ek dusaroko samjhte hai prem karte hai dhanyawad dete hai or ek dusaroko kshma karte hai swarg me ek achha ananta kaal ka jiwan jite hai Amen ❤️

  3. Yamuna ramteke

    Name -shailly Ramteke
    Mene is sandesh me sikha ki humare sharir ka ek bhag parmeshwar me hota hai aur dusra bhag sansar me hota hai

  4. Sona Tayde 119

    मैंने यह संदेश से यह सीखा है कि शरीर और संसार में पाप करता है लेकिन आत्मा में खेती की सत्य के मार्ग पर चलो प्रार्थना करो सर के राज्यों को था में रहो

  5. Yamuna ramteke

    Jai mashshi ki patorji nd pooja sis ji dhanywad deti hu aj ke sandesh ke liye jo aj sandesh or vachan ke hume anugraha mila h atmik hriday or sharir ka hriday jb hum sharir se soch vichr krte h to hamare hriday me pap ata h jesse burai jaln papmay sabhav ata h har paristiti me hum nirash hote h or kisi na kisi bat pr gussa ata h bat hum atmik jivan gite h ho humarey jivan me chahe paristiti kesse kyo na ho us paristiti me hume dhanywad dena chahiye or andit rahna chahiye or humarey jivan me samsya atih h to vah hamare liye ashsh hoti h hum sampate pate h or hum hamari galti mahsus hoti h fir hum pita parmshar ko dhanywad dete h dhanyvad Pooja sis ji aj ke sandesh ke liy or hamare liye prayerkarne ke liy

  6. Chanchal Tetwal

    Ye sandesh ke hamne ye likha ki kis tarah hum apne aatmik jivaan me aage badhna hai hum apne Mann ko sirf or sirf parmeshwar ke vachno me unki aagya ko manner me taaki hum aapne aap ko shudhikaran ke liye taiyar kar paye or apne Mann se sare sansarik vichar nikal de. Or bible ke anusaar apne heart ka khatna kar paye takki heaven ke marg ke liye khud ko taiyar kar sake

  7. RITIKA SONI 101

    Praise the Lord 🌈
    We have both spirit and flesh. We listen to God’s word’s and keep walking on it but sometimes we have felling of hatred, comparison, and misunderstanding in our heart but God never leaves our heart like this and never leave us ,he refined us . Through refinement, God desires to burn away hatred, anger, pride and misunderstanding from our hearts. Refinement doesn’t means suffering it’s means throwing away the impurities and sinful nature from within.
    When Father God refined us we become people who can always rejoice and give thanks in all the situations.
    Amen 🙏🌈🌻❤✨

  8. Is bachan ke dwara mai ye samjh pai ki permeshwar hume apne bachan ke dwara sudh karna chahte hai jo hamare undar soch bichar se sansarik gandagi hamare dil dimag me jama rahta h pita permeshwar . Jaise jalan gussa ber jhuth bolna ye sab ko apne bachon ke dwara nikal kar hume swarg ke raste le jana chahte h

  9. Sameeksha Singh 198

    Throught this message I have learnt that there are spirit and flesh within us, one side we want to pray and one side were want to enjoy in this world Good doesn’t want to leave in this world and our hearts as they are, he loves us therefore he refines our hearts everyday therefore when we pray or do fast then the fire of holy spirit burns our sinful desires…..

    Amen

  10. Anjali chauhan

    Hello everyone,
    जैसा की हम जानते है की हमारे अंदर आत्मा और शरीर दोनों है हमारे हृदय का एक भाग प्रभु कि में जीना चाहता है बल्की दूसरा भाग सांसारिक मोह माया में जीना चाहता है ।
    प्रभु से प्रेम करने की आज्ञा सुनने पर भी हमारे हृदय में पाप और घृण की भावना उत्पन होती है ।
    यही हमारे रोजमर्रा की जीवन की सचाई है । लेकिन परमेश्वर हमे जैसा को तैसा नहीं छोड़ता बल्की हमे शुद्ध करते है
    बाइबल बताती है की स्वर्ग में सोने का मार्ग है उस मार्ग पर केवल वही चल सकता है जिसका हृदय शुद्ध होता है
    आमीन 🙏

  11. Abhishek Raj 116

    आप सभी को जय मसीह की।
    इस वचन से हमें यह समझ आता है कि जब अशुद्धता होती है, तो उसे शुद्ध करने के लिए अग्नि में जाना पड़ता है।
    यहाँ अग्नि का अर्थ है आत्मिक जीवन जीना।
    इसलिए हमें प्रार्थना करना चाहिए कि हम आत्मिक रूप से शुद्ध हो जाएँ।
    आमीन।

  12. यह बात मुझे बहुत गहराई से समझ में आई। मैंने सीखा कि हमारे अंदर हर दिन शरीर (पापी स्वभाव) और आत्मा के बीच संघर्ष होता है, लेकिन परमेश्वर हमें ऐसे ही नहीं छोड़ देता—वह हमें शुद्ध करता है। कठिनाइयाँ, प्रार्थना और उपवास कोई सज़ा नहीं हैं, बल्कि वह आग हैं जो हमारे दिल को साफ करती हैं। जब दिल बदलता है, तो सब कुछ बदलने लगता है—हमारी सोच, हमारा व्यवहार और हमारे रिश्ते। स्वर्ग पहले हमारे अंदर शुरू होता है, और फिर क्षमा, प्रेम और त्याग के द्वारा हमारे घर, काम की जगह और रिश्तों में फैलता है।