Sensitize Your Spirit and Desensitize Your Flesh.

I heard this quote at a pastor meeting last week: "When you pray in the Spirit you sensitize your spirit and desensitize your flesh." (I wish I could remember the speaker's name, oops) The quote has grabbed my attention ever since I heard it, and it has both led me and guided my prayers ever since.

According to Scripture we are expected to participate in the process of spiritual transformation- we active participants and partakers in the divine nature so that we may escape the corruption of our flesh caused by evil desires (1 Pet 1:4). I substituted the word "world" with "flesh" because I wanted to be more personal. My main problem is not with the world, it's with my flesh.

In His mercy, God has given us his Spirit to help us pray. More specifically, in Jude 20: But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. When we pray in the Spirit, we build ourselves up. We have a hand in our own edification.

Praying in the Spirit sensitizes my spirit, and desensitizes my flesh. Dear God, I need that. Thank you for your help God. I take responsibility in the role that I play in Transformation.