Our soul (the outer man) houses our spirit (the inner man). Like a kernel of corn, the outer shell must be broken before the inner life of the corn can grow. Our inner man has been born again, or brought from death to life, or regenerated. The Holy Spirit now lives within our spirit and the two of them have been fused together. The Spirit wants to flow out of us like a river, but it is the hard outer shell of our soul that prevents this from happening. Our souls must be broken; our minds, will and emotions must be broken. Suffering is God’s way of breaking our carnal souls, like He broke Pharaohs soul in Egypt with the ten plagues.