Unless we realize
That our feelings,
Thoughts, and desires
Contain real lies
We’ll be misled
By their false disguise.

No matter how much
We’ve been taught
Until we’ve sought
And bravely fought
To make every thought
Obedient to Christ
We’ll be caught
In deception.

To be led by the Spirit
Is to do what God inspires
By obeying His desires
Instead of your own
And continually resisting
Whatever conspires
To try to compel
You to rebel
Against what God requires.

Christianity is a fight
To live in God’s light,
A life-long race
To run
Empowered by His grace,
A determination
To always seek HIs face
And to ever be in pace
With His Spirit.

The most important spiritual warfare is to continually resist and overcome every thought, feeling, and desire within you that contends against the will of God. It takes a lifetime of courageous ongoing mental, emotional, and spiritual warfare to fight to bring every thought, feeling, and desire within you into obedience to Christ. Never ignore that fight even for a moment. To seek first the kingdom of God (the literal rule, control, and Lordship of the risen Jesus over every moment of your life) you must refute, rebuke, and refuse every thought, feeling, and desire that tries to override Christ’s control within you and attempts to replace His grace with bondage.

Fight to open your heart and keep it wide open to the living Jesus as He speaks in and through your conscience and through the words of the Bible. Resist everything that tries to get you to ignore or disobey Him. Grace doesn’t eliminate your calling and need to resist every tempting thought, tormenting feeling, and demonic desire, but it does offer you free access to Jesus and to His power to help you win your inner battles.

The Bible never presents Christianity as effortless. It challenges Christ-followers to: “seek first the kingdom of God,” “fight the good fight of faith,” “earnestly contend for the faith,” “press toward the mark of the high calling of God,” “draw near to God,” “resist the devil,” “cast out demons,” “run in such a way as to take the prize,” “rejoice in the Lord always,” “repent,” “put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires,” “deny yourself,” “humble yourself,” “consider others better than yourself,” etc.