{"id":565,"date":"2023-11-22T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2023-11-26T02:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:31:45","slug":"how-to-abide-in-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/how-to-abide-in-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Abide in Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abiding signifies a permanent position \u2014 to remain, continue, endure Christians receive Jesus, disciples remain in Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To abide in Christ is choosing to prioritize our relationship with Him over anything else in our lives. Surrender and willingness to change is how we can remain and continue in our relationship with the Lord and let His word renew our minds.  As we continue in our relationship with God, there will be seasons of pruning that help us mature spiritually and bear more fruit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By taking that next step in continuing and remaining in our relationship with God helps us cultivate the gifts and talents He\u2019s given us. Each of us has a different assignment and calling on our life. God has given each one grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keys to abiding in Christ: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fasting &amp; prayer Fasting is an intentional &amp; willful desire to abstain from the pleasures of this world for a spiritual purpose. It helps us cut out the noise of the world to focus on the Lord and hear from Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer is simply talking with God, communing with Him and seeking His guidance and counsel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James 4:8; Isaiah 58; Ezra 8:21; Matthew 17:21; Eph 6:10-18; Galatians 2:20, 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditate on His word day &amp; night Prepare a scripture emergency kit to overcome thoughts\/feelings\/emotions contrary to God\u2019s word [anxiety, depression, discouragement, anger, etc] <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psalm 1, 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Philippians 4:8 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speak life over yourself &#8211; proclaim the truth &amp; God\u2019s promises Proverbs 18:21, Matthew 4:4, 7, 10; Hebrews 4:12 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellowship with equally yoked believers Healthy community in Christ is important to our spiritual growth. The enemy wants us to isolate but God has created us to have fellowship and community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ecc 4:9-10; Psalm 1 (godly vs ungodly counsel); 2 Corinthians 6:14; Proverbs 27:17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\ud83d\udcf9<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nmz8wSWBlD4\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the full podcast here<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/simplyuncagedgifts.com\/products\/holy-spirit-filled-hoodie?_pos=1&amp;_sid=6455b6b7c&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\">Grab the Holy Spirit Filled Merch<\/a><br>\ud83c\udf31<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/simplyuncagedgifts.com\/products\/21-day-sow-what-you-desire-soul-fast-pdf-downloadable-edition?_pos=1&amp;_sid=710b10eed&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\">Grab the 21 Day Sow What God Desires Soul Fast<\/a><br>\ud83c\udfa7<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/simplyuncagedgifts.com\/pages\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abiding signifies a permanent position \u2014 to remain, continue, endure Christians receive Jesus, disciples remain in Jesus. To abide in Christ is choosing to prioritize our relationship with Him over anything else in our lives. Surrender and willingness to change is how we can remain and continue in our relationship with the Lord and let&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/how-to-abide-in-christ\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Abide in Christ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":""},"categories":[1,10,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sowwhatyoudesire.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}