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else might be doing it, but I sense in my spirit it is not what God desires for me. I have learned to trust that “inward witness” even more than I trust my own thoughts, feelings, or will. It took a long time to make the transition, but life is much better now that I have.
    The third function of the spirit is conscience. Your conscience is the best preacher you’ll ever hear, and it preaches to you all day long. Many people have no personal relationship with God, no real fellowship with Him, because they have a seared or hardened conscience. They have ignored their conscience for so long it is no longer soft and tender. They are able to do wrong things and not sense much conviction. Pray that God will soften your conscience and learn to listen to it because it is God trying to speak to you.
    There are also people who have an overactive conscience. They tend to feel guilty about everything. The only remedy for this is a thorough study of God’s Word in order to learn what God’s will really is. He wants us to enjoy a life of freedom, yet not use that freedom as an excuse to sin.
    Walking in the Spirit means listening to the advice your friend Jesus is giving you through learning the Word and listening to God’s Spirit living in you. It means following your enlightened conscience and not doing something if you don’t have peace about it; basically, doing what God tells you to do. If you are not accustomed to walking in the Spirit, it will take time to learn how to do it. But God is patient and will continue to teach and change you.
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    Walking in the Spirit means listening to the advice our friend Jesus is giving you through learning the Word and listening to God’s Spirit living in you.
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    Over the last few years, I’ve developed a habit of occasionally stopping for a minute to see what I sense in my spirit about something. When the devil is putting wrong thoughts into your head, accusing you of being incapable or unable to succeed, it is amazing how taking a minute to hear from God will set you back on track.
    In the early years of my ministry, my mind would start telling me, You’re not going to make it. This is not going to work—it’s stupid. Nobody cares what you’re doing. You’re not even hearing from God, anyway. You have no business trying to teach people anything. The enemy, the devil, was using those kinds of thoughts to accuse me and keep me from working for God. You may have times in your life when your thoughts are saying, Give up and your feelings are right in line. You want to give up; you feel like giving up, perhaps other people even tell you to give up, then you get quiet somewhere for a minute and say, “Now, Lord, what do You have to say about this?” You will hear Him say, “Keep on pressing forward and never give up.” No wonder the Bible says in Psalm 46:10 ( KJV ), “Be still, and know that I am God.”
    The closer you grow to God, the easier it is to develop a lifestyle of making the right choices. Philippians 2:12 says to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. This means after your salvation at the new birth, you build your relationship with God by studying, learning, praying, and fellowshipping with God. You let your relationship with Him affect every area of your life. God is not willing to live in what I call a “Sunday morning box.” He wants to invade every day of your life and be involved in everything you do. I encourage you to turn your will over to God and let the Holy Spirit work that salvation through your soul—let Him think through your mind, teach you to love what He loves, and use your emotions and your will to serve Him. Many people would be comfortable using all their emotions at a football game, but they feel uncomfortable displaying emotions in their worship of God. We need to realize that He wants us to use everything He has given us in serving Him. Make all of your resources available to God. Be willing to use your energy, talents, and