Section 3
simplest way to switch on the current is to call on the name of the Lord Jesus.
EXERCISING OUR SPIRIT
In 1:9 Paul said, "For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of His Son." The place to serve God is not the mind; it is our spirit. People rarely say "my spirit." They speak of their heart, their soul, their mind, their emotion, and their will, but not of their spirit. However, Paul was a person who served God in his spirit. We need to develop the habit of saying "my spirit" or "our spirit." As 8:16 says, "The Spirit Himself wit nesses with our spirit that we are the children of God." We need to speak more about our spirit, turn to our spirit, and use our spirit in all things.
The reason certain ones do not pray or func tion in the meetings is that they do not exercise their spirit. Many seem to leave their spirit at home when they come to the meetings. How different they are from Paul, who could attend a church meeting in his spirit even when he was not phys ically present (1 Cor. 5:3). We do not function in the meetings because we do not exercise our spirit. Likewise, we have many failures in our daily liv ing because we fail to use our spirit. For example, we lose our temper or become depressed because