Huh, interesting = "For human beings are never our enemies according to Ephesians 6:12) but rather the dark principalities in this world. Let’s get rid of stupid, ignorant thoughts that certain foods or drinks or substances can make a man The Devil" - https://www.redletterchristians.org/jesus-drunkard/

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 NASB

How to Experience Spiritual Transformation

I want spiritual transformation! Like Paul, I fight against the sinful desires of my flesh (Rom. 7), sickness in my body and lack in my life. I agree with Paul's conclusion: I cannot overcome the flesh using the power of the flesh. ONLY the power of the Spirit can work a miracle of transformation (Rom. 8). To access this power, I need to surrender self-effort, as that stands in the way of divine enabling. Wow! I need to stop striving if I am going to make it in life! That's just a bit counter-intuitive!
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The flesh cannot overcome the flesh - only the Spirit can!
I shift my faith from depending on self to depending on God.
Surrendering to God’s power allows transformation to occur.
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Journaling on the flesh versus the Spirit

Mark, that which is of the flesh is of the flesh and will not overcome that which is of the Spirit.

Heart issues are interwoven with spirit issues, as the spirit resides within the heart. So you will not overcome issues of your heart or the meditations of your heart with the will of your mind or mental self-control.

Your mind does not have the power necessary to overcome the power of the spirit world. Only the Spirit of God can overcome the damages wrought by satan’s kingdom. He is the adversary. He and his cohorts: principalities, powers and evil spirits. These will NOT be overcome by the mind or the setting of man’s will. These will only be overcome by the power of My Spirit.

So as you come into My presence, you experience My mercy and My manifest power. You are enabled to operate in the power of My Spirit. This is when the “law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus” enters in. It is the energizing that your spirit feels when in My presence, the presence of the King, the most powerful One in the universe. His rays, My rays, penetrate and transform you and the deceitfulness in your soul. That is where the victory is won. That is where the victory is won. That is where the victory is won.

So come to Me. Enter into My presence, and ask of Me and draw upon Me and you shall receive life, My life, My power, My Spirit. That is what overcomes the flesh. NOTHING ELSE accomplishes this. So teach people to come into My presence.
Lord, how do we come into Your presence?

By beholding Me, by seeing Me. By coming before Me and honoring Me and worshipping Me as your life and your source of all. I am your Lord and your Savior. Those who recognize that and who enter before Me, into My courts, receive from Me. Those who don’t, struggle on their own, looking to their own flesh and their own strength to accomplish, and they do not receive from Me.
So come before Me, receive of Me and your joy will be full. Come, stand and worship in My presence, for there your triumph is made complete. It is perfected praise which brings forth My victory.

More detail and resources: https://www.cwgministries.org/blogs/how-experience-spiritual-transformation

God of Order
NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Colossians 1:16

Recommended Reading: Genesis 1:1-5
In the world of physics, entropy is a measure of disorder or randomness. For example, if we fail to apply purposeful energy in our life or to our property, disorder and decay—entropy—increases. The opposite of entropy is purpose and design, sustained by the application of energy and power.

When God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1), He did so ex nihilo—“out of nothing.” From chaos and darkness (Genesis 1:2), He brought forth order by His own design—the order we observe at all levels of creation. Paul summarizes God’s approach to everything by saying, “God is not the author of confusion but of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:33). God’s purpose is also reflected in His creation of angelic beings: angels, archangels, seraphim, cherubim, angels of the Lord, mighty ones, hosts of heaven, and more.

Take comfort today that you serve a God of order and purpose and that includes the hierarchy of His angelic servants.

I meditate on the blessed obedience and order of angels, without which no peace could be in heaven, and oh that it might be so on earth!
Richard Hooker

Powers and Principalities -
Worldwide wickedness afoot should beg the question "What must we do to be saved?"
https://cyberspacelinkdock.com/ppp.html