Substitutes for the Spirit 10/6 Friday Faith

The exterior shell of every movement with which it loads itself and in which it later becomes buried, falls to lusting for "flesh". One can usually judge the progress of this process by the things the movement comes to demand. Instead of delight in the pure Word, prayer and worship, a love for souls, and zeal for good works, there come entertainment, programs, musicals, sensationalism, and oratory. These things have no place in essential, true Christianity, but are professionalism -- flesh! O God, deliver us from fleshly substitutes for the Spirit. -- Frank Bartleman