You can destroy yourself by what you think. If you don’t think right, you won’t do what is right. “As a man thinks in his heart so he is” (Prov 23:7). Change the way you think to a divine viewpoint by staying filled with the Holy Spirit and studying under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor as he teaches you the Word of God. You are in full-time Christian service. “Put on the armor of God” (Eph 6:11). Have you ever wondered why the Bible tells us very little about the first 30 years of the life of Jesus Christ? Perhaps it’s because He was studying His Father’s Word preparing Himself for the battles ahead to be victorious on the cross. You might be surprised by the way your life would go if you quit following your desires and submit yourself to what God desires for you. “Nevertheless, not My will but Thy will be done” (Matt 26:39).

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If you allow the world, your sin nature, or Satan to control your life you will end up with a sick soul. You make choices. When you use your volition to decide to allow the lures of the world or any of the other enemies to capture your thoughts then your sin nature takes control. You have a simple, wonderful, grace provision called rebound and you can refresh your sick soul with this. God promises “I will never leave you, I will never forsake you” (Heb 13:5). Once you’ve confessed your sin put it out of your mind and move on in your spiritual life. Name your sin to God (1 John 1:9). Isolate your sin (Heb 12:15). Forget your sin (Phil 3:13). Move on in your spiritual life (Phil 3:14). God never gets tired of forgiving the sins you acknowledge to Him. “Where sin increases, grace increases all that much more” (Rom 5:20).

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Your conscience stores norms and standards you use to recognize right from wrong. Learning God’s Word is how you change your thinking from a human viewpoint to a divine viewpoint. You live by what’s in your conscience. “For as he thinks within himself, so he is” (Prov 23:7). Does your conscience honor God? “For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you” (2 Cor 1:12). Divine norms and standards developed from learning Scripture will protect you and guide you through the wonderful life God designed for you.

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The Holy Spirit takes the Word of God we learn and uses it to lead in representing the lifestyle of Christ to others. If “we will walk in the Spirit” (Gal 5:16). You need to be filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit to acquire the mind of Christ. As you begin to think like Christ thought you will develop discernment. An enemy of the soul is a lack of discernment. If your soul is not firmly grounded in God’s Word, you will be tempted by the lures of Satan’s world. “I have a lot of things I want to teach you, but you are dull of hearing” (Heb 5:11). It’s time you get serious about studying the Word of God daily under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor. To know the Word of God and apply it is wisdom. “The soul of the discerning person seeks knowledge and wise men seek understanding” (Prov 18:15).

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Emotions cannot produce muscle in your soul. The Bible very clearly teaches that when we allow emotions to control our thoughts, we are allowing the sin nature to control our souls. Satan wants you to rely on your emotions because they’ll take you away from God’s plan. If you think, you’re going to be thinking about God’s plan. “Stop becoming non-thinkers, but continue to become spiritually intelligent about God’s will” (Eph 5:17). You have to make a conscious effort to put distance between your soul and emotions. Transfer your trust from yourself to trusting God. Trust the One who gave His life for you. “The Lord is my portion of my inheritance says my soul. I will put my hope in Him” (Lam 3:21-26).

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“Let every soul be in subjection to the governing authorities” (Rom 13:1-2). This includes tyrannical and unjust authorities. God has allowed the authority and you are to be subject to it. God puts us under the authority and we are to obey it. God will judge abusive authority. God demands you leave judgment to Him (Deut 32:35, Matt 7:1-2). Arrogance makes you want to take justice into your own hands. Momentum is hearing and keeping God’s Word. You can’t build a divine viewpoint unless you’re being taught and learning the Word of God. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by means of the Word of God” (Rom 10:17).

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Your soul has four enemies: sin, arrogance, evil and emotion. With sin, you have three enemies: the world, the devil and the flesh. The world will distract you from advancing spiritually. The world is a distractor. Satan is a deceiver. Your flesh, the sin nature, is a destroyer. “If we walk in the Spirit [stay filled with the Holy Spirit] we won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Gal 5:16). Sin is any thought, any word or any action that violates the character or standards of God. Failure to grow spiritually is a sin. The lack of knowledge of God’s Word in your soul prevents you from recognizing sin. "Keep away from the desires of the flesh which wage war against your soul” (1 Pet 2:11).

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Developing a FLOT Line in your soul by learning and using the 10 problem-solving devices will keep stress out of your soul. The thoughts that fill your soul are what make the difference. “So that you may be blameless and pure children of God even though you live in the middle of a crooked and perverse society among whom you shall shine as lights in the world” (Phil 2:15). Your spiritual life is lived in your soul. God approves the soul focused on the His Word.

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Your soul is the invisible, immortal you and without it there is no life. Your soul has a conscience, self-consciousness, volition and mentality. When you come to God-consciousness if you think “Yes, I want to know God” God will ensure you hear the gospel in your own language. If you want to know, He will reveal it. Grace and the truth of God’s Words are God’s standards of thinking for you. Only by thinking with divine viewpoint and acting with faith can you have an understanding of God’s plan for your life. “Stop thinking of self in terms of arrogance but think in terms of sanity as God has assigned to each one of us the standard of thinking from His Word” (Rom 12:3). Volition is your decision-maker and guards the entrance to your soul. The conscience is the protector of the soul. It houses your norms and standards, what your thoughts and actions are based on. Study, learn and grow - this is the process of the Christian life. Keep your eyes on the objective. “Looking to Jesus Christ, the author and the finisher of our faith” (Heb 12:2).

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God instructs us to be learners because learning is how you grow to spiritual maturity. “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed accurately handling the Word of Truth” (2 Tim 2:15). If you’re going to live God’s excellent plan for your life, you must learn His Word from a well-qualified pastor while filled with Holy Spirit. Staying filled with the Holy Spirit is essential to learning spiritual matters. Learning and obeying God’s mandates will give you a wonderful life. “My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandant; for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you” (Prov 3:1-2). Respect Scripture. The only way you’ll get the Word of God in your soul is to learn it.

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