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Session 12
Read Romans 8: 5-17.
The Scripture teaches that men
& women are tri-partite beings – spirit, soul & body (Gen.2:7; 1 Thess.5:23; Hebrews 4:12).
The spirit is that part of us that
is intuition, insight & conscience.
The soul is mind, will and emotions.
God’s will is that we learn to be controlled by our spirits (now controlled by the Holy Spirit) and not by our
souls. We have to learn to subject our souls & bodies (their thoughts, feelings and desires) to our spirits.
God speaks to our spirits (1 Cor.2:10-14) – that’s where we discern God’s
truth. Our minds respond to that truth and examine it, and our wills (volition) make the decision as to what we do with it.
That’s why the mind is such a
battlefield. Our minds and wills are the
two most powerful parts of our humanity.
The powers of darkness do not want us to think in Godly ways.
The devil attacks our minds like
nothing else (2 Cor.10:3-5; 4:4;
The attacks on our minds:
Ø thoughts that do not honour God ) ‘doing’ thoughts
Ø thoughts inconsistent with a
Christian lifestyle )
Ø thoughts that contradict God’s
word to us )
Ø thoughts that cause feelings of
inadequacy, inferiority )
‘being’ thoughts
& low self-worth )
Remember, all God’s thoughts to us are precious (Ps.139:17,18)
How are we to be victorious in our
thought life? The answer is found in
Romans 12:2,
“..be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
We’ll explore that in the next
session.
M.o.T. Check Points:
36 learn the difference between soul & spirit
37 is your mind under control?
38 are
there still thoughts in particular areas of your life which assail you all too
often?
38 how
do you deal with them?
Exercise
Ø each day write down 3 of God’s thoughts/promises to you
Ø find them in the Bible and meditate on
them