{"id":644,"date":"2018-09-23T12:08:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=644"},"modified":"2018-10-03T18:32:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:32:27","slug":"our-identity-in-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2018\/09\/23\/our-identity-in-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Identity in Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-644-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-23-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-23-18.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/9-23-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Guest Speaker: Apostle William Epps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our challenge is our soul.\n<ul>\n<li>There is not a circumstance or situation in which our soul is not required to make a decision.<\/li>\n<li>The natural mind\n<ul>\n<li>Imagination<\/li>\n<li>Intellect<\/li>\n<li>Thought<\/li>\n<li>Logic<\/li>\n<li>Reasoning<\/li>\n<li>In the Kingdom, we need to operate by faith, not by the natural mind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our will\n<ul>\n<li>Decisions<\/li>\n<li>Choice<\/li>\n<li>Intent<\/li>\n<li>Purposes<\/li>\n<li>Desire\n<ul>\n<li>Not all desires are from the Lord<\/li>\n<li>He will give us His desires as we grow closer to Him.<\/li>\n<li>When we pray for our desire and it does not come to pass, it&#8217;s because our desire does not line up with His<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our will needs to be sanctified and brought into alignment with God&#8217;s will to operate in the Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our emotions\n<ul>\n<li>The Lord is not moved by our emotions.\n<ul>\n<li>We cannot invoke His mercy through tears.<\/li>\n<li>He is moved by agreement with His Word, in faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our Identity\n<ul>\n<li>Bloodline inheritance that we took on when we came to Christ\n<ul>\n<li>The Kingdom of God belongs to us by blood<\/li>\n<li>He put the DNA of Jesus in us through the blood\n<ul>\n<li>In order to allow this DNA to work in our lives, our souls must be in alignment with God\n<ul>\n<li>This just means our souls need to agree with God\n<ul>\n<li>This comes by having an ingrafted Word from the Spirit transplanted into the area of our lives where we are having trouble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our spirits are already in agreement with God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jesus gave us the right and power to become Sons\n<ul>\n<li>Our minds must be renewed. We are not to conform to the world.\n<ul>\n<li>This comes through the Word of God<\/li>\n<li>We are to appear as Jesus\n<ul>\n<li>The Word is the only thing that is strong enough to root out the parts of our soul that are not from God.<\/li>\n<li>When the Word becomes a living revelation, it will change circumstances.\n<ul>\n<li>This comes through meditation on the Word until it becomes part of us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We are born into and working in a mystery\n<ul>\n<li>God is trying to reconcile our spirits and our souls together to make one man<\/li>\n<li>This can only happen as our soul is renewed by the Word of God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Kingdom requires that we see, understand and walk in our inheritance\n<ul>\n<li>Our soul has to be enlightened &#8211; it needs revelation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We are always going to be in a process of change<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t touch anything that is contrary to God&#8217;s Word &amp; Will<\/li>\n<li>Let God make you into who you really are<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Scriptures:<\/strong>\u00a01 John 5:6-8, John 1:12, Luke 15:11-32, Romans 12:2, 3 John 2, Ephesians 1:3-4; 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Speaker: Apostle William Epps Our challenge is our soul. 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