✗ Your spirit, Your responsibility | Brian Houston ✗

• Proverbs 25:28 - "Whoever has no rule over his own spirit, is like a city broken down without walls..." (Defenseless and vulnerable)
• If we don't look after our own spirit, we are like a city whose walls are broken down - Open to every kind of attack: Poor choices, Lack of wisdom, Being an emotional roller coaster, Holding on to bitterness and unforgiveness
• You got to take responsibility for your own spirit, because your spirit makes a way for you
• Daniel 6:3 
• Daniel's way forward in life was brought through an excellent spirit
• Psalm 51:10
• What rules your spirit? 
• We can if we are not careful, find justification in our lives no longer going forward because of what has holding out spirit hasn't sunken down
• If you look after your own spirit, keep it free from offence, free from becoming jaded or cynical because prayers didn't get answered, if you allow it to take hold of you it will stop you where you are at now
• Sometimes we have something to pin out mediocrity to because of what's going on in our own spirit
• If you look after your owns spirit, that it will open doors for you that otherwise that may stay closed
• It is amazing how we leak our spirit - It is contagious, good or bad
• 1 Cor 14:4
• When someone has a poor or bad spirit, it comes out from their gift whatever it is 
• Whatever station you are in life, your spirit will come out 
• We leak our spirit
• There is something in your spirit that gets on people
• What God wants to do in your life is far too important to be sabotaged by a poor spirit


1. A right spirit and obedience


• Obedience is better than sacrifice
• The big question is, can you be told what to do?
• You cannot teach an arrogant, know it all, defensive, proud spirit
• A humble spirit cannot be unteachable
• The condition of our spirit is critical
• Who do you give permission to speak into your life?
• You don't want to listen to every opinion because it will send you crazy/confused
• A good spirit is humble enough to remain teachable
• Who do you allow, who love you enough, to look into the eye, and tell you what you need to hear and not want to hear
• How teachable is your spirit?
• Exodus 18:24
• We can allow ourselves to try to interpret things to suit ourselves
• All of us need people who can save us from ourselves and speak into our lives 

2. A right spirit and position

• Psalm 75 - Promotion comes from the Lord...
• Trusting God means we keep the kind of spirit that we believe God will open doors for us
• 2 Cor 10:12 - We dare not class ourselves...
• Class yourself: Start living about what you deserve
• Comparison is a deadly game that you never win 
• You always come second when you compare yourself
• Don't get all your esteem out of title
• If God's given authority and credibility no matter what you are titled
• We honor because of us but don't get your esteem of that as it will always leave you flat

3. A right spirit and failure


• Failure is apart of life
• The person who never made a mistake, never made anything
• Sometimes we win, sometimes we learn
• Every mistake and failure is a chance to grow and learn, then you never lose 
• You either win or learn, and both are worthwhile
• If you can't afford to lose it, you shouldn't lend it
• You are better of to give and be generous
• Live your life where you take accountability
• Is one thing making mistakes, but another of making it over and over again without learning


4. A right spirit and success

• When blessing comes someone's life, is not that is changed them, but it brings out something that is already in them
• Success represents blessings which shows what's really in you
• Joshua 1:8
• Bad success is when someone takes short cuts and it always will not be blessed in the end - You can get by what is not right as you will reap what you sow
• When it comes to authenticity, being real, those are the areas that you don't want to change
• God always get the glory and you don't change and become arrogant
• You don't forget from once you came

5. A right spirit and partnership

• There are people we're called to do life with 
• Sometimes there's people God put in our world where we are better together
• Membership is not signing a form, but a heart and spirit which is equal contribution
• God puts us with people with His kingdom purpose and we'll always be better together
• Everyone looks better than they are really are
• It is not so much about you as you thought that is was
• "The work to which I have called THEM..."
• Who are your them?
• 2 Cor 6:14
• The right spirit towards partnership is that we are all in this together

6. A right spirit and sabotage

• Your spirit can be sabotage if you allow someone else negative and offense
• Don't allow your spirit to be ruled and robbed
• Psalm 101:3 - "I hate the works of those who fall away, it shall not cling to me"
• If you don't guard your spirit, stuff will cling to you
• Psalm 101:4 "A perverse heart will not get to me"
• You look through the lens of someone's offense and cynicism, suddenly it starts to become your spirit
• Sometimes love makes tough decisions
• 2 Thess 3 
• You got to look after your own spirit
• What God has you ahead, is far too important

7. A right spirit and opposition

• Opposition is apart of life - Come from people/spiritual
• Whichever way it comes, don't make it about people
• Don't try to fight things here when the battle is about the heavenlies
• Refuse to be ruled someone else in a negative way
• Who is ruling your spirit? Who's taking far too much time in your 
• No matured Christian, who is seasoned in the word, to live life offended
• In this world you will have tribulation, but I have overcomed the world
• If Jesus gives us a spirit as an overcomer, we should not live our lives as victims
• Rule your spirit well
• God has so many good things for you
• Your future is dependent on your spirit