Your New Person – Healed, Hears God Easily & Ministers Powerfully

I’ve noticed several things that help me live out of my New Self, my New Person. So I make a list to help me remember and do this, especially when I am under pressure. (So read slowly & meditate, or even better, have a conversation with Jesus about these matters.)

Why is this important?

My Old Person has:

• been marked by sin,
• has wounds & is reactive (has trauma & PTSD) because of them,
• is carnal and fleshly, selfish and mean. Feels smaller than I am.
• does not please God.
• Does not hear God except for audible voice, which is rare and something I personally have not yet heard.
• Carries the curses of a broken world, including sin, sickness and disease. Feels bad.
• Cannot minister effectively.

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My New Person has:

• always been free of sin – and has no marks of sin.
• Has no wounds and so is not reactive to wounds (has no trauma or PTSD). Feels bigger than I am.
• Generosity, love and kindness.
• Is holy and pleasing to God.
• Hears God easily and well. See also The God Listener, I am Learning to Hear God Better, and especially Trouble Praying?
• Carries sozo. Wholeness, being healed, & salvation. Feels joyful.
• Ministers effectively with love, wisdom, and power.

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What can help you shift into to your New Person, your New Self? Explore these & add your own:

• Be more full of Holy Spirit; it’s easy, just ask and receive with faith.
• Put the Kingdom of God first, with righteousness.
• Love God with all your heart, strength and soul.
• Love others with the love that spills through you from Jesus.
• Worship God, easily experiencing more of the Presence of God.
• Awe. Set off by thoughts or observations of God. Stillness. Peace.
• Compassion, deep care.

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See especially –

• Romans 8,
• Galations 5,
• 1 Corinthians 13.