Bob Hodgdon's Blog

This Blog is long but I believe this will be a blessing to you. If there are any questions then, please ask them. I would be more than happy to answer them for you. I would be neglecting God if I didn't have something posted on our spiritual man. The Apostle Paul put it, "The New Man"( the Spiritual Man) in contrast to the "Old Man" (our fleshly way of doing things). We must come into a place, in our prayer time where we seek Jesus and nothing else. Read my Blog on “A Call to Prayer”. We don’t seek or ask for anything from Jesus but we come seeking Him, nothing else. When we seek Jesus in this way He has free access to reveal Himself to us and to reveal the hidden things or the mysteries that He would have to learn. There may be times where He reveals something in your life that may need to be corrected or He may just fellowship with you and may only give you a word that will refresh you and raise you up (exhortation).

There are several thing Jesus will do for you when you come into His presence with nothing on your heart but to seek your Lord and Savior. I have included some scripture that when studied out will help you with this.

John 4:23, 24 - 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

We are called to worship our Heavenly Father in Spirit and truth. You will see in

John 17:17 -17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth

- that the Word of God is truth, so there has to be a balance. You must understand or at the very least have some knowledge of the Word, the truth. How will we know what truth is spoke if we ourselves don’t know what the truth is? Spiritual Advisors (2 to 3, 3 is preferable) are very important in these matters to assist in discernment of what is revealed. Never assume you know anything and always go in and come away with the thought and understanding that you know nothing. Being in this humble state will keep you from the dangers of pride and self-righteousness. We must have an understanding of Spirit, Soul and Body.

Spirit: That which is of God. Our spirits will return to God. The spirit cannot get sick but can be influenced by the soul. This is the battle which Paul fought against. Holy Spirit came to dwell with our spirits. The spirit of man is referred to as the Heart of the Man.

Matt 15:18 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

We are called to live in the spirit and not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

Soul: Our souls can be very strong, especially in the western civilization in which we live. The soul includes our thoughts, our emotions and our desires. These can be very strong in our lives and hinder the spirit which lives in us. The soul is so strong that we can believe we are praising God in spirit but in reality we are praising God with our soul (emotions). We can believe we are in the will of God because we think this is the best thing to do and it makes the most sense. Remember, God’s wisdom is higher than ours. Our reasoning and rational thinking have no place in the spiritual realm. God is not interested in our reasoning or rational thinking. Can we impress God with our emotions, our wisdom, our intelligence? I don’t think we can even compare to the wisdom of our Heavenly Father who created all things. Our emotions get us into trouble because they are “now” oriented and are easier to display. We must be careful to discern whether our soul has taken over. Out of the soul comes the feeding of the flesh, what feels good and what we want. We must crucify the flesh and the desires thereof.

Body/Flesh: The part that we see with our physical eyes, that which is controlled by the soul (for the unsaved). This is also the part that gets sick and needs to be hampered. The “new man” is led by the spirit but the “old man” is being led by the soul. This is the carrier of the spirit and the soul. When we lose the body, we lose our purpose on earth, in that we die. Yes, we must crucify our flesh. Just know that if we are in Christ Jesus, then our flesh has already been crucified, we need only to subject our Soul (MIND) to the realization that we are a new creation in Christ Jesus. The body has many cravings that must be taken care of. The body must come under subjection of the spirit in you and must live for the glory of God. Needless to say, the battle between the spirit and the soul and body can become quite a battle. God revealed to me through this revelation, that we need only to align our spirits with His Holy Spirit and bring our spirit under subjection of the Holy Spirit and the rest of the body has to come into alignment with God. The more closer and intimate we become with God our Father, then know, that the flesh and the soul must decrease and Christ Jesus must increase.

Study out the following verses of scripture. I pray that you will be enlightened by the Holy Spirit and you will receive revelation knowledge of this. God has a purpose for us all and we need to come into His presence to understand what His will is for us, each individual.

Habakkuk 2:1 - 3 - I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. 2 Then the Lord answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

Psalms 46: 10 - 10 Be still (cease striving, be quiet), and know that I am God.

Matthew 7:7- 7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 - However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For "who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ. Jesus Christ, when He died on the cross has given us access to the Heavenly Places

Ephesians 2:4-7 - 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:17 - 23 – 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Notice how Jesus always took time out of his busy day to spend intimate time with His Father. Jesus said that He could do nothing on His own, but what He saw His Father in Heaven doing. He was looking and expecting from His Heavenly Father, daily, and walked in this truth.

Read the Book of Daniel and notice how he was always looking into the spiritual realm to see what God had for him. Daniel sought understanding and revelation for what God was doing.

We should be doing the same.

John in the book of Revelation (Rev. 4:1), was looking and then God revealed himself to John. Notice how John was looking in verse 1. You will never know what God will give you when you are seeking him.

I’m not saying that everyone will have these types of visions and revelations, but we have to understand that God is still talking. If God is still talking then why not have the ears to hear and the eyes to see what the Lord may be speaking to you.

God is no respecter of persons and will reveal Himself to those who diligently seek Him. Let us be found knocking, seeking and opening doors in the heavenly realm. God’s waiting for you.

In talking with a friend about this subject, the main objective is CHOICE. We must CHOOSE, how intimate we want to be with our Heavenly Father. How close do you want to be to and with Him? Service comes from knowing your leader and understanding his ways. We have to choose to want to know. Phariseeism is still in the world today. I will explain this some other time. Just know that they could not discern the times because they were full of themselves instead of being full of God. They had every opportunity, as did everyone in that day and time, to receive the message that Christ gave. They choose not to believe.

Are we believing that this is all God has for us today or are we expecting more from our God and our Lord Jesus Christ. As for me, I expect every promise in His Word, to come to pass in this age and every age, past, present and future. Amen.

Bob, great post! you're doing a great job with your blog..


i especially liked the part about how we CHOOSE how intimate we want to be with our creator.

that's the thing..

he made us, he called us, he wooed us, but it comes down to whether or not we want to be in His presence.. whether or not we want to do what he asks of us..

whether or not we choose to see Him working all around us, or focus on our selves..