Feeling the Spirit

Boys,

I want to remind you briefly about what we discussed on Sunday.

Times have changed dramatically in the last 100 years. The challenges you face are completely different than they were for a boy growing up 100 years ago. The iron rod no longer runs somewhere along side the great and spacious building. Today, it seems to run right through the middle of it. We are constantly pummeled with temptation.

My concern is that your strongest ally in the fight against sin (the Spirit) is being subdued, and often suffocated. When we have our ipods on, our Xbox's, our computers (YouTube etc.), the TV, our cell phones, or when we put ourselves in a shady environment, the Spirit has no chance to communicate with us. Let me remind you that we pray when we want to talk with God. When he wants to talk with us, he sends his Spirit. But how in the world are you going to feel the spirit if the door is constantly closed to him? You need to be creating time and opportunities to feel the spirit. I want you to take an inventory of all the things that are keeping you from feeling the spirit. Then cut them out (or cut them back at least). Ask yourself when the last time you felt the spirit was. Ask yourself what things help you to feel the spirit. And make a goal to do more of those things on a DAILY basis. Just as your body needs to eat to stay alive - so does your spirit. As surely as you would die without food, your spirit will die without being nourished. So please take time to feel the spirit, and cut out the crap that is keeping you from feeling it.

Sincerely,

Brother Tycksen