I Have a Student...

Well, I have 12... and they all need prayer.

Everyone has baggage, problems they carry around with them. I am no different I have it to, stuff from my past and present that I use as a crutch or an explanation for why I behave a certain way. Today, as I was dealing with that one student I had a thought.... we all are born with a sin nature because of Adam's sin. We are fleshly and carnal, we just are there is no changing that. There is another factor that was exposed to the sin Adam committed, our DNA. Now, it is not an excuse either really, but having baggage of being bi-polar, autistic, dyslexic, or having another genetic "flaw" can also be a burden. Being tagged as a problem kid, or a nuisance adds to the baggage we carry.

If a person carries it long enough they can start believing they are "dumb", can't get anything right, always going to be bad, and all the other things they here people say about them.

So, how do we teach ourselves that the baggage we carry around doesn't need to be carried? How do we learn to drop it at the cross and move on with our lives?

One way is to have someone telling you different everyday, but that someone should be yourself! I can only do so much to encourage my 12 students to think better of themselves. I am one person in a sea of people, they need to learn to do it themselves.

That is where I believe the fruit of the spirit comes in. We have flesh to battle everyday, we need to fight it and if we are Christians (all my students say they are), we have been given all they need to live a successful life here on earth and in the kingdom to come, through the Holy Spirit. They just need to learn to bring those things and thoughts to their minds and stop quenching the spirit. We put the Spirit in a corner of our heart and don't let Him out till we "need" Him. Let's let the Spirit fight the daily battle and bring to our minds the things we need to remember about how to have the fruit of the Spirit.

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.  And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.  Galatians 5:16-26

I hope I can get this across to my students, teach them that we need to let the Spirit guide our daily lives. I know it is hard, because I don't do it all the time myself. I am trying though and I think that is what God wants, for us to try to be like Him.

Thanks for reading. Please pray for my students! God Bless You ALL!

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