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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
Faith Journey Thread
Welcome to the Sanctuary: Where Unity Meets Conversation
In a digital age often defined by noise, division, and the "fleshly" impulse to react rather than respond, finding a space that mirrors the heart of the Kingdom is a rare treasure. We are thrilled to welcome you to this micro-blogging platform a digital tabernacle designed specifically for the household of faith.

The Beauty of Dwelling Together
The cornerstone of this community is found in Psalm 133:1: "Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"
True unity is more than just a lack of conflict; it is a divine fragrance. The Psalmist likens it to the precious oil running down the beard of Aaron. When we gather here to share our lives, our insights, and our struggles, we aren’t just "posting" we are participating in a God-ordained fellowship that commands a blessing.

Friendship as God Ordained It
We believe that friendship is not a human invention but a divine gift. According to the pattern God has set, friendship is a covenant of mutual sharpening.

  • Love Toward the Saints: We are called to a "labor of love" toward one another, prioritizing the well-being of our brothers and sisters in every interaction.

  • Faith in the Lord Jesus: Our common ground is not our opinions, but our shared devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ. He is the center of every thread and the focus of every feed.
Conversations as "Becometh Saints"

The Apostle Paul exhorted the church in Ephesians 5:3 that certain behaviors should not even be named among us, "as becometh saints." On this platform, we strive for a higher standard of digital discourse:

  • Sanity of the Gospel: In a world of theological chaos, we remain anchored in the "sound doctrine" that preserves the soul.

  • Godly, Fun Interactions: Being a saint doesn't mean being somber. We celebrate the joy of the Lord! This is a place for laughter, creativity, and vibrant connection all filtered through a heart that honors God.

  • A Safe Haven: Consider this your digital "Peniel"  a place where you can be real without being ridiculed, and where the atmosphere is charged with grace rather than judgment.

Preserving the Sacred
This platform is more than a tool; it is a garden. Our goal is to ensure that the environment remains "pleasant" so that the Spirit of God feels at home in our interactions. Whether you are sharing a quick word of encouragement, a deep scriptural insight, or a moment from your daily walk, do it with the awareness that you are building up the Body of Christ.

Welcome home. Let us dwell together in unity, speak with grace seasoned with salt, and show the world what it looks like when the saints truly connect.
Welcome to the Sanctuary: Where Unity Meets Conversation
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Abbie @Abbie · 6 months ago
Faith Journey Thread
The Sincere Milk of the Word
Dearly Beloved Brethen of the Age of the Reign of Life.

You know it's easy to hear so many revelations and get used to them and truly understand them as the spirit giveth understanding and feel good about hearing the truth and bask in the Euphoria of it. 

And then when you hear about milk of the word, you can easily feel like Oh... I must have passed this level! (I didn't say you haven't 🙃)
It seems mere... Basic... Ordinary 

But have you ever been in that position where something that was like a tall commandment for you which you're still trusting God to keep, and then you hear during a teaching and see proofs in Scripture where that particular thing was wrought in men by pure milk of the Word???
And you're like... Really???
God abeg 🤲😩
With all my revelation...

I stand to acknowledge the power and potency in the sincere milk of the Word!
In Matt. 5:18 Jesus affirms that no jot nor tittle of the Word of God would pass away before coming to fulfillment!

The Milk of the Word is a proceeding out of the mouth of the Lord which when it is sourced from everlasting light, is able to make much power available!!!
Pst Dimeji Elugbadebo made a striking statement during singles rendezvous and I quote: "Faith in milk is supposed to separate a man from confidence in the natural". You'd agree with me that it takes lot of power to do that. 
So until we begin to rightly discern the allocation of the milk we might not be able to access the power it is supposed to deliver to us. So while we would not tabernacle with the milk of the Word, we would also not overlook it! 
While we would pay attention to the path to Eternal life that God is revealing and hear all the tall revelations, we would also discern rightly and not despise what God has put in the Milk of the Word to do in us.
It is an important part of the gospel on which the whole building would rest. Our ability to journey well in meat and even strong meat is by how much  of milk of the Word we have used (not just the one we've heard).

I bless God for the restoration of the content of the pure milk of the word to the church again🙌. I'm still waiting and expectant for the Lord to once again open up the details of what the early church were taught as the apostles doctrine.

The Psalmist said in 
Psalms 19:13," Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression."

I now see that it is being presumptuous and a great transgression to despise the milk of the Word!
Hei... God😩🤲
We must not allow the privilege of hearing great revelations make us commit this great transgression.
Romans 12:3 says "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

God knows most perfectly what is lacking in the building of every man and that is why he wants to supply it by taking us back to milk from time to time. We must be humble enough to pay attention when the Lord is turning our attention to seemingly simple things . 

It is the same Mouth that is speaking when you're hearing the Servant and the Two Prophets and also when you hear about how you should be a student of scripture or how you should pray aloud until you can hear what you're saying. 
It is the same Lord!
Do not despise it!!!

Shalom Brethren ❤️
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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
How can a man add to faith, virtue, to virtue, knowledge, to knowledge temperance... then it means these entities are specific and must be recognized, how do you add them? How do you recognize them? How do you know you are lacking in one? 
"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."
— 2 Peter 1:5-7 (King James Version)
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Toluwase @Toluwase · 4 months ago
Just as we can misapply FAITH towards EVIL, let us redirect that same FAITH towards RIGHTEOUSNESS and GOODNESS.

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
— James 1:22 (King James Version)
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wintan @wintan · 2 days ago
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A new question: can God be pleased with your 9 to 5?


Let me start with an observation that rearranged something in me.

Moses met God while tending sheep. Exodus 3:1. Not in a tabernacle. There was no tabernacle yet. He was at work, on the back side of the desert, doing his father-in-law's job, when the bush caught fire.

Gideon was threshing wheat when the angel sat down under the oak. Judges 6:11. Mid-shift.

Elisha was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen when Elijah threw the mantle over him. 1 Kings 19:19. He was the twelfth man in a line of farmhands.

David was in the field with the sheep when Samuel came to anoint a king. His father didn't even think to call him in. 1 Samuel 16:11

Amos was a herdsman. Peter, Andrew, James and John were cleaning nets. Matthew was sitting at his tax booth, in the middle of a transaction, when Jesus said "follow me."

Go through the whole book and count. The burning bush is almost never in a sanctuary. It is in the workplace.

Now think about what we have done with that.

We built a wall. On one side, "ministry," where God lives and real spiritual work happens. On the other side, "secular," where we earn money and wait for Sunday. We taught ourselves that God is most present in the one place where, historically, He most rarely showed up for the first time.

The word secular is not in the Bible. It was never God's category. He made the dirt and called it good. He made man a gardener before He made him a worshipper, and the garden was the worship.

So when Paul wrote "whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord," Colossians 3:23, he was writing to slaves. Not ministers. People scrubbing floors and carrying water for masters who did not know God. And he told them that work was unto the Lord. Not a distraction from worship. The place of it.

Your spreadsheet is a field. Your codebase is a field. Your clinic, your classroom, your shop, your kitchen. The question was never whether God can be pleased there. The question is whether you expect Him there.

Because the men who met Him at work had one thing in common. They were faithful in the thing in front of them before the fire came. Moses kept the sheep. Gideon kept threshing. David kept watching. God does not interrupt idlers. He interrupts the diligent.

Tend what is in your hand. Keep your eyes open.

The bush could catch fire today, right where you're standing.

#InNotOf #Faith #Work #Kingdom
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Ambassador_Adebambo @Ambassador_Adebambo · 1 day ago
My Simple Thought
While reading the book of 2 Chronicles, I came across something thought-provoking. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. Although Ahaz did not walk in the ways of the Lord, Hezekiah chose to walk faithfully with God.
This made me wonder: What kind of upbringing did Hezekiah have? Did his mother play a significant role in shaping his devotion to God? Was it the influence of the Book of the Law, or was the hand of the Lord specially upon him?
Whatever the case may have been, one thing stands out to me: Our family background does not have to determine the direction of our walk with God.
A person's upbringing, family history, or the spiritual choices of their parents should not become a limitation to their journey with the Lord.
We must come to the understanding that our walk with God is a personal responsibility. It is a matter of yielding ourselves to Him, submitting to His dealings, and keeping our gaze firmly fixed on Him.
You may come from a background that does not reflect the life of God, but that does not mean you cannot walk faithfully with Him. Your background does not have to define your spiritual journey.
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wintan @wintan · 1 day ago
The Whole Man. Day 1.


A new series, running alongside In, Not Of. This one is personal.

I know a lot of brilliant people in tech. Deep, serious, world-class in their domain. And I've watched too many of them be world-class in exactly one domain while everything else quietly fell apart. Body. Marriage. Friendships. Soul.

Nobody plans that. It happens because we only measure what we're good at.

So I went looking for a scorecard. I found one in a single sentence about Jesus.

"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man." Luke 2:52

That is the only verse we have about eighteen years of His life. Twelve to thirty. And it says He grew on four axes at once.

Wisdom. The mind. Knowledge, judgment, skill, understanding.

Stature. Primarily this is spiritual maturity, the measure of a man, the same word Paul uses for "the stature of the fulness of Christ." But it showed in the physical too. You cannot be a weakling and be a carpenter in Nazareth. He lifted beams, carried timber, worked stone. And years later that same body bore thirty-nine stripes and still carried a cross up a hill. The Lamb that was offered was a healthy Lamb. Inner stature produced outer strength, and both were part of His growth.

Favour with God. The spirit. Communion, obedience, intimacy with the Father.

Favour with man. Relationships. Family, friends, community, the people who actually knew Him.

Four dimensions. And the Son of God grew in all four at the same time, for eighteen years, before He ever preached a sermon.

Now hold that against the way most of us live.

We grow in wisdom, our craft, our stack, our domain, and call it growth. But stature is neglected, inside and out. God gets the leftovers. The people closest to us get the tired version. One axis at 95. Three in the red. And the one at 95 is what everyone congratulates us for.

Here is the uncomfortable truth. A man who is brilliant in one dimension and bankrupt in three is not a successful man with some weaknesses. He is an unbalanced man with one strength. Those are different things.

"What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Matthew 16:26. The gain is real. The loss is bigger.

Let me be clear about what this series is not. It's not a call to be mediocre at your work so you can be average everywhere. Jesus was not average. He was the finest carpenter in Nazareth, the finest Son in Israel, and the finest friend those twelve men ever had.

It is a call to stop grading yourself on one subject.

So here is the scorecard. Four lines. Be honest.

Mind: am I growing, or just busy?
Stature: am I maturing inside, and would my body say I've been faithful with it?
God: is He getting my first hour or my last?
People: do the people closest to me get the best of me, or what's left?

Over the coming weeks I'll take each one apart, with Scripture and with men who got it right and men who didn't.

Jesus increased in all four. So can you.

Wholeness is not a luxury for people with time. It is the shape of a life God can trust.

#TheWholeMan #Faith #Wellbeing #Leadership
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wintan @wintan · 1 day ago
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱


There is a quiet danger that follows gifted people everywhere they go.

Not pride. Not greed. Something subtler.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

When a man is brilliant at one thing, people stop checking the rest. The exceptional engineer is assumed to be an exceptional husband. The founder who closed the round is assumed to have his soul in order. The one with scriptural utterance, who can open the Word until a room weeps, is assumed to be whole in private. The wealthy are assumed to be wise.

Nobody decides this. It just happens. The gift builds a fence, and the fence says: this one is fine.

And here is the tragedy. The gifted man eventually believes the fence too.

Scripture is honest about this in a way we rarely are.

Samson had strength no man alive could match. Everyone saw the lion torn, the gates carried, the thousand slain. Nobody asked about his appetite. The fence held until a woman found the gap, and the strongest man in Israel woke up blind and grinding grain.

Uzziah reigned fifty-two years. Built towers, raised an army, prospered until "he was strong." Then the text says, "when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction." 2 Chronicles 26:16. He walked into the Temple to burn incense, a thing no king was permitted, and walked out a leper. His strength was the fence. The surprise came from inside it.

Even Peter. Walked on water. Caught the revelation "thou art the Christ." Jesus looked at him and said, "Satan hath desired to have you." The disciple with the boldest gift had the least guarded heart, and he did not know it until a rooster crowed.

The natural world says the same thing.

Every few years a company that could not fail, fails. The engineering was flawless. The balance sheet was celebrated. And underneath, a culture nobody audited because the numbers were too good. The strength bought silence. The silence bought the collapse.

In medicine they call it the halo effect: competence in one area makes observers assume competence in all. In aviation they learned the hard way that senior pilots were crashing planes because junior officers wouldn't question them. Crew Resource Management exists because experience had become a fence.

𝗦𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼?

It removes the questions. Nobody asks the gifted man how he is actually doing. They ask what he is building next.

It removes the correction. Who corrects the one everyone learns from?

It removes the mirror. Praise is a poor mirror. It shows you the gift and hides the man.

And then, years later, the surprise. The resignation. The affair. The breakdown. The quiet exit from the faith. Everyone says, "I never saw it coming." Nobody saw it because the fence was built precisely to stop people looking.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵.

Paul, with more revelation than any man alive, said of himself: "lest I should be exalted above measure, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh." 2 Corinthians 12:7. God built a gap in Paul's fence on purpose. A weakness he could not hide, so that he would never be assumed perfect, least of all by himself.

If you are gifted, you need a gap in the fence.

Someone who is not impressed by you. Someone with permission to ask about your marriage, your body, your prayer life, your money, and to be told the truth. David had Nathan. The king who could do no wrong had one man who could say, "Thou art the man."

Because your gift will never protect your heart. It will only hide it.

"Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." 1 Corinthians 10:12

The surprise down the line is never really a surprise. It is a fence, finally giving way.

Build the gap now, while you still choose where it goes.

#TheWholeMan #Faith #Leadership #Humility
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wintan @wintan · about 19 hours ago
𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯?

Somewhere along the line we absorbed a quiet ranking. Full-time ministry at the top. Everything else a lesser calling you do until God "really" calls you.
So the moment a believer gets serious, the first question is: should I resign?
Let me put that against the record.
Nehemiah was cupbearer to the king of Persia. When the burden for Jerusalem came, he did not quit. He asked for leave, letters and timber, rebuilt a wall in fifty-two days, and went back to his post. Nehemiah 2:5-6. The civil servant stayed a civil servant.
Joseph never built a temple. He ran Egypt's agriculture and treasury, and the phrase "the Lord was with Joseph" appears more about him than almost anyone in Genesis. His office was his altar.
Daniel served four kings in two empires and died in government.
Luke stayed a physician. Lydia kept selling purple. Paul kept making tents, and he was an apostle.
Amos said it plainly when the priest told him to go prophesy elsewhere: "I was no prophet… but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit." Amos 7:14. God took a farmer and spoke through him without ever changing his trade.
Now the balance, because some were called out. Elisha left the plough. Peter left the nets. Matthew left the booth. Those calls are real, specific and unmistakable. If He calls you out, go.
But notice two things.
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. God interrupted men in the middle of faithful work.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. For every Peter there were thousands of believers in Acts who stayed merchants, soldiers, jailers, tentmakers, and turned the world upside down from inside their trades.
Paul's rule for the rest of us: "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." 1 Corinthians 7:20. Wherein he was called. The place you were standing when He found you is not an accident. It is the assignment.
Walking with God is not a career change. It is a change of Master inside the same career. Same desk, new Lord. Same code, new purpose. Same clients, new witness.
If He moves you, move. Until then, the holiest thing you can do is the job in front of you, with Him.
#InNotOf #Faith #Work #Calling
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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
TECH AND MY FAITH: SURVIVING IN BABYLON

Episode 1: Understanding Babylon in Our Age
Babylon is not merely a location in ancient history. It is a system. A spiritual architecture. A pattern of thought, desire, influence, and control that has found expression across generations. From the tower in Genesis to the prophetic unveiling in Revelation, Babylon has always represented man organized without God, yet appearing powerful, intelligent, and desirable.
In our age, Babylon has evolved. It now breathes through systems of technology, media, innovation, and digital ecosystems. It is no longer confined to stone structures. It lives in code, platforms, algorithms, and the invisible architectures that shape how men think, desire, and behave.
This is why understanding Babylon is not optional for the believer. If you do not discern it, you will be discipled by it.
Babylon as a System of Influence
When you study Daniel, you realize something striking. Babylon did not first try to destroy Daniel. It tried to reshape him.
“They taught them the language and literature of the Chaldeans…”
This is the strategy of Babylon. Not immediate destruction, but gradual reformation. A re-education. A reprogramming.
In today’s world, this happens through:
  •  Content consumption 
  •  Social media patterns 
  •  Digital culture 
  •  Intellectual frameworks that subtly remove God from the center 
Babylon does not ask you to deny God loudly. It teaches you to forget Him quietly.
The War for Affection and Attention
1 John speaks with piercing clarity:
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world…”
This is not a call to hatred of creation, but a warning against a system that competes with God for your affection.
In the digital age, attention is currency. And Babylon is bidding aggressively for it.
Every scroll
 Every notification
 Every piece of content
is shaping your desires.
This is where the battle truly is. Not first in actions, but in affections.
Who has your heart?
Intelligence Without God
Babylon is not foolish. It is deeply intelligent.
In fact, one of its greatest strengths is its brilliance. Innovation. Advancement. Beauty. Order.
But all of it is centered on man, not God.
This is why it is dangerous.
Because it does not look evil.
It looks impressive.
It produces results.
It rewards participation.
Yet beneath it is a system that slowly removes dependence on God and replaces it with confidence in self, systems, and structures.
This is the same spirit that said, “Let us build…”
The Subtlety of Modern Babylon
In Revelation 17, Babylon is described not just as powerful, but as seductive.
This is important.
Babylon does not force. It attracts.
It uses:
  •  Beauty 
  •  Convenience 
  •  Speed 
  •  Influence 
  •  Validation 
And in our time, technology amplifies all of these.
You are not just using platforms. Platforms are forming you.
The Call to Discernment
This is why the believer must awaken.
The question is not:
 “Is technology bad?”
The question is:
 “What spirit is shaping how I engage it?”
Daniel was in Babylon, but Babylon was not in Daniel.
That is the difference.
And that difference begins with discernment.
Seeing beyond the surface.
Understanding the spirit behind systems.
Recognizing that not everything progressive is aligned with God’s purpose.
Christ at the Center
The answer is not withdrawal.
The answer is Christ.
Jesus Christ did not call us out of the world, but He prayed that we would be kept from its evil.
This means:
 presence without corruption
 engagement without compromise
 influence without assimilation
The goal is not escape.
It is formation.
Conclusion: A Generation That Sees
We are in a time where Babylon is advancing rapidly.
Through technology
 Through systems
 Through culture
But God is also raising a people who see.
Who discern.
Who refuse to be shaped unconsciously.
Who carry another life within them.
This is where the journey begins.
Not with fear.
But with sight.
TECH AND MY FAITH: SURVIVING IN BABYLON
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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
TECH AND MY FAITH: SURVIVING IN BABYLON
Episode 2: Separation Without Isolation
The tension of the believer has never been merely between sin and righteousness. It is deeper than that. It is the tension between presence and preservation.
How do you remain within a system without becoming a product of it?
This is the question Babylon asks every man who desires to walk with God.
The Error of Escape
When corruption becomes obvious, the natural instinct is withdrawal. To run. To disconnect. To build distance as a form of safety.
But that is not the pattern of God.
God did not remove Daniel from Babylon. He left him there deliberately. This alone corrects many assumptions about spiritual safety.
Christ Himself prayed, not that we should be taken out of the world, but that we should be kept from its evil. That means the design of God is not escape, but preservation within engagement.
God is not only interested in taking you to heaven. He is interested in expressing Himself through you on earth, even within hostile systems.
The Danger of Assimilation
If escape is one extreme, assimilation is the other.
This is the more dangerous path because it is subtle.
It happens slowly
 Quietly
 Unnoticed
You begin to adopt the values of the system
 You measure success the way Babylon measures it
 You pursue relevance the way Babylon defines it
Until there is no clear distinction between you and the system you are meant to shine within.
The issue is not where you are. It is what has entered you.
A man can be far from the world physically and still be ruled by it inwardly. Another can stand in the center of it and remain untouched.
The Mystery of True Separation
Separation in the kingdom is not first external. It is internal.
It is a condition of the heart that produces a pattern of life.
To be unspotted does not mean to avoid contact. It means to resist imprint.
It means you pass through systems, but systems do not pass into you.
You engage culture, but culture does not redefine you.
This is the mystery many miss.
True separation is not distance. It is distinction.
The Secret of Daniel
The strength of Daniel was not in what he avoided. It was in what he had already decided.
Daniel purposed in his heart.
Before the pressure
 Before the negotiation
 Before the expectations of Babylon
There was already a conclusion within him.
This is where most believers fail. They wait until they are in the moment of pressure before deciding. But survival in Babylon is not determined in public moments. It is determined in private resolutions.
If the heart is not settled, the system will settle it for you.
Formation Before Exposure
God does not send a man into Babylon without first working on his inner life.
There must be:
 conviction before confrontation
 alignment before assignment
 formation before exposure
If not, Babylon will not fight you, it will absorb you.
This is why inner work is not optional. It is survival.
Living in Two Realities
Every believer must come into the consciousness of two realities.
You are in the visible world, but you are sourced from the invisible.
You operate in time, but you are governed by eternity.
When this awareness becomes real:
 pressure loses its weight
 systems lose their authority over your soul
 approval loses its grip
Because your life is no longer defined by what surrounds you, but by what sustains you.
Consecration in a Digital Age
Babylon today is not just ancient kingdoms. It is systems of influence powered by technology.
It is in what you scroll
 What you watch
 What you admire
 What you normalize
Separation now looks like discipline in unseen places.
Guarding your attention
 Filtering your intake
 Rejecting subtle compromises
 Choosing truth over convenience
This is not dramatic. It is consistent.
And consistency is what forms a man.
The Narrow Balance
The life God calls us to is precise.
Not isolation
 Not assimilation
But consecration
To be present, yet preserved
 Engaged, yet governed by truth
 Active, yet inwardly aligned
This is the narrow path.
Christ the Pattern
The measure of separation is not rules. It is likeness.
Christ walked among men, engaged systems, spoke into culture, yet remained perfectly aligned with the Father.
He was present without corruption
 Engaged without compromise
 Active without losing alignment
That is the pattern.
Conclusion: The Hidden Strength
The strength of a believer in Babylon is not loud resistance.
It is quiet alignment.
A life that has been settled before pressure arrives
 A heart that has chosen truth before compromise is presented
Such a man cannot be easily shaped, because he has already been formed.
This is how you survive Babylon.
Not by running from it
 Not by blending into it
But by carrying another life within it.
TECH AND MY FAITH: SURVIVING IN BABYLON
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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
TECH AND MY FAITH: SURVIVING IN BABYLON
Episode 3: The Diet of Babylon
The first victory of Babylon over a man is not in what he does.
It is in what he consumes.
Before identity is altered, appetite is trained. Before compromise becomes visible, it has already been digested in secret. This is why the dealings of God with men often begin, not with their actions, but with their intake.
The Strategy of the King’s Table
In the opening movements of the captivity, something very deliberate was arranged.
“They were appointed a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank…”
This was not generosity. It was strategy.
Babylon understood something many believers ignore: if you control a man’s diet, you can shape his nature.
Food in this context was not merely physical. It was cultural, intellectual, spiritual. It was an impartation system.
The king’s table was a curriculum.
Diet as Formation
Scripture consistently ties consumption to transformation.
“As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
“Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.”
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
These are not disconnected instructions. They reveal a law.
Man becomes what he consistently receives.
This is why the battle for your inputs is more serious than the battle for your outputs.
Outputs are fruits. Inputs are roots.
Daniel’s Refusal: A Spiritual Intelligence
“Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…”
This is one of the most powerful quiet decisions in scripture.
He refused before he was pressured.
He discerned before he was taught.
He separated before he was shaped.
This was not legalism. It was sight.
He understood that there was something in that table beyond food. Something that carried the essence of Babylon. Something that, if received continually, would weaken the inward formation of God.
This is the kind of discernment that men like Watchman Nee labored to bring the church into, the ability to recognize spiritual content within natural things.
The Modern Table: Digital Consumption
Babylon today does not primarily feed you with food.
It feeds you with content.
Endless streams of:
 images
 ideas
 opinions
 cultures
 desires
This is the new king’s table.
And it is more aggressive than ever.
Because it is:
 portable
 personal
 continuous
You carry Babylon in your pocket.
Algorithms as Priests of Formation
What makes this generation unique is not just access, but automation.
Systems now study you, learn you, and serve you accordingly.
This is not neutral.
The more you consume, the more you are shaped. The more you are shaped, the more your desires are refined. The more your desires are refined, the more Babylon knows how to feed you.
This is a cycle of formation.
What used to be a table is now an intelligent system.
The Subtlety of Defilement
Defilement is rarely sudden.
It is gradual.
A weakening of conviction
 A dulling of sensitivity
 A normalization of what once troubled you
Until eventually, what once resisted Babylon now agrees with it.
This is why the instruction is not merely to avoid evil, but to guard the heart.
Because by the time evil is visible outwardly, it has already been welcomed inwardly.
The Alternative Diet
Daniel did not just reject. He replaced.
“Let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.”
This is deeply symbolic.
God does not call men to emptiness. He calls them to a different source.
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
There is a diet that sustains divine life.
The Word
 Prayer
 Fellowship with the Spirit
 Truth meditated upon
These are not religious activities. They are sustenance.
Without them, a man will inevitably feed elsewhere.
Apostolic Insight: Formation is Organic
Paul labored with this burden:
“My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you…”
Formation is organic. It is slow. It is consistent. It is the result of what is continually received.
This is why you cannot claim to desire Christ and yet feed consistently on what contradicts Him.
The contradiction will resolve itself.
And it will not resolve in your favor.
The Discipline of Refusal
Spiritual growth requires refusal.
Not everything is permissible for a man who seeks formation.
This is where many fall.
They want depth without discipline.
Formation without restraint.
Christ without the cross.
But every true formation includes denial.
A saying no to what weakens
 A saying yes to what strengthens
Treasures in Darkness
There is something else.
When a man refuses Babylon, he often feels like he is missing out.
But scripture reveals another dimension:
“I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places…”
There are riches reserved for the consecrated.
Insights
 Depth
 Clarity
 Authority
Things Babylon cannot give.
Because they are not found in noise.
They are found in separation.
Conclusion: What Are You Feeding On?
This is the question that determines everything.
Not what you profess
 Not what you post
 Not what you appear to be
But what you consistently consume
Because that is what is forming you.
Babylon is feeding a generation.
God is also feeding a people.
One leads to mixture.
The other leads to manifestation.
Choose your table.
TECH AND MY FAITH: SURVIVING IN BABYLON
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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
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Abbie @Abbie · 6 months ago
The Heart of Flesh
The issue of the New Heart and the New Spirit has never been clearer!

Dearly Beloved Brethren in the Age of the Reign of Life.

In Ezekiel 36:26, the promise to every believer is: "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."
A man is identified or recognized in the spirit by the quality of his heart!

Jesus clearly states in  Mark 10:17-18 that no man (heart) is good. So when you see a believer with a beautiful life conversation which is an outflow of what is in his heart, it is only proof that the Gospel is potent to change a man. 
No man came with the ability to respond to the gospel from heaven!
A work was done also by the gospel to  make a heart good so that it can respond to God as it ought to.
The Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13:18-23 shows us 4 types of heart:
1. The Wayside heart
2. The Stony heart
3. The Thorny heart and;
4. The Good heart

So the other types of heart are supposed to journey to become "the Good heart". 
A good heart is a Heart of Flesh!
The New heart is gotten gradually from washings and cleansings by the water of the Word.(Ephesians 5:26)

The new spirit given at the end of the many cleansings is Charity as a nature!
Because yes a Charity man is a Spirit not just a spiritual man. And Charity is a seal on the Faith of Christ.
So Pastor Dimeji said and I quote, "New heart plus new spirit gives Heart of Flesh!"
Wow... I screamed!
Just Wow!!!
The Technology of Conversion hid in the Scripture of the prophets is mind blowing!!!

Thank God for gifts of Christ that are helping us excavate scripture and bring forth this treasures🙏🙏🙏

Thanks for reading 😊

Shalom Brethren ❤️
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wintan @wintan · 6 months ago
There are days we just want  to bottle up and keep mute and stay off radar, such days are mostly days when a whole lot of life and joy is waiting in the spirt, you can't use your feelings or emotions to judge or predict the emotion in the spirit because there is always life in the spirit "(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)" — 2 Corinthians 5:7 (King James Version)
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