Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

examine the text to identify if it is the spirit of a man or the Spirit of God. Usually when the verse refers to the Spirit of God, the S in Spirit will be capitalized in the English translation. In this verse Christ reveals that the spirit within us is willing to watch and pray, but our flesh is weak. It is the flesh that wants to eat when your spirit desires to fast. The flesh would rather sleep than get up early and pray. Your flesh would prefer to sit in your pajamas watching Christian television on Sunday than getting dressed and “not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (Heb. 10:25). Your flesh wants to be fed carnal and fleshly images and talk, but your spirit desires that you control your imaginations and your conversation (1 Pet. 1:15–16). It is the redeemed spirit of a believer that needs to be fed the spiritual energy of the Word of God and be sharpened by the Holy Spirit on a daily basis. When your flesh is strong, your spirit is weak, and when your spirit is strong, your flesh will lose control. The following verse sums up how to defeat the numerous temptations of the enemy: Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. —2 C ORINTHIANS 10:5–6