Change Your Mind
‘For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders.’ Mark 7:21
Today’s Insight: Mark 7:17-23
These verses (21-23) further establish the fact that our heart includes more than just our spirit. Even Christians still struggle with things like pride and foolishness, which Jesus said comes out of our heart. It’s certain that our born again spirit is not the source of these sins; therefore, the heart encompasses more than our spirit.
The word ‘spirit’ is used in different ways in scripture. The most frequent usage refers to either the Spirit of God or the spirit of man. In that context, it denotes the person of the Holy Spirit or identifies a part of our three-part being (1 Th. 5:23). But the word ‘spirit’ can also describe a mental disposition (Strong).
In Ephesians 1:17, Paul is praying that what is already true in our spirit will become our ‘mental disposition.’ He’s praying for a release into the physical of what is already present in our spiritual being.
The Christian life is not an attempt to get more faith, or more anointing, or to get closer to the Lord. We already have these things in their fullness. We just need a revelation of what is already ours. Understanding this takes a lot of frustration and doubt away. It’s much easier to release something you already have than to try and get something that you don’t have. And why would anyone doubt whether or not he could receive what he already has? Through Christ, we are already blessed with all spiritual blessings. All we have to do is appropriate what is already ours, through the renewing of our mind. If you will change your thinking to believe what God says in His Word about who you are and what you have, then this agreement between your spirit and soul forms a majority, and your flesh will experience the life of God that has been deposited in your spirit.
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I believe I am blessed with all spiritual blessings according to God’s word amen!! May my spirit affect my mind, soul and body at all times with the help of the sweet Holy Spirit! ??
May the eyes of my understanding be opened to my true identity in Christ and why He has called me. Until this happens, like Gideon in Judges 6, “I will be threshing wheat , Instead of leading men to defeat God’s enemies.” Even as this happens, I must give thought and give in to the work of the Holy Spirit in my life, so that instead of fulfilling the lusts of the flesh, I will exhibit love, self control, kindness etc.
We are truly blessed as Christians! I pray for a revelation of What is already ours so that as Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:17, we will have a release into the physical that which is already present in the spiritual.
As I continue to renew my mind in God’s Word, I will begin to have a greater understanding of what God has promised me in His Word. This will result in the ‘rich and satisfying’ life Jesus describes in John 10:10 as my I begin to experience the life God has put in my spirit.
May the Holy Spirit Renew my mind and thinking pattern to what the word of God says in his word so l may enjoy the life of God that has been deposited in my spirit.
Wow, we just have to believe and come to terms with our spirit through Christ and change the way we think in the flesh and think and do things of the spirit or in the spirit to be able to tap into what is or are already ours.
I thank God for his word today and I pray for more of God’s spirit in my life to do my father’s will but not my own will in Jesus name Amen