Overcoming the Religious Spirit ebook - MorningStar Ministries

y God before the foundation of the world.
Yet the Scriptures also teach that “many are
called, but few are chosen”—going beyond
calling to commissioning (see Matthew 22:14).
The first generation of Israel left Egypt and
were called to go into the Promised Land, yet
spent their lives wandering in circles in the
wilderness—most people do the same thing.
They spend their lives wandering in circles.
God does not want you to live in the
perpetual frustration or boredom that comes
from not walking in the purpose for which
you were made. He wants you to live in a
land “flowing with milk and honey” (see
Exodus 3:8), which is a land with much
fruit. He wants you to have the indescribable
pleasure of knowing that you have done His
will—that you have accomplished all that
He put you on this earth to accomplish. The
first step to getting out of your wilderness
is believing that He has something better
for you and that He is able to bring you
into it.
Many of the principles that make one an
achiever in any field are the same that enable
us to achieve our purposes in Christ. Because
it is in the area of these general principles that
most fail, these are the ones that we will focus
on in this study.
There are five basic characteristics that
can be seen in the lives of those who have
accomplished notable achievements in
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