Mind, Body, and the Holy Spirit (Part II)

If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you. (John 15:7)

When a man and a woman are joined together in holy matrimony, they become one. The marriage bed is consummated by their physical expression of love for one another. To become one in this way is a spiritual act that is physicalized through the act of sexual intercourse. Similarly, when we abide in God’s words and God’s words abide in us, we experience this oneness. It is a fusion of our spirit with His. We are in Him as He is within us. Meditating on the word of God and repeating affirmations can help us in experiencing a deeper connection with the Holy Spirit of God. Too many times our knowledge of God remains at the head level never permeating the very fiber of our being. The Psalmist David said he blessed the Lord with everything that was within Him—every cell, artery, organ and breath were in harmony with God.

The Mind
The mind must be retrained to focus on whatever things are true, whatever things have honor, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, or virtue. Therefore, memorizing scriptures is one way to not only keep the brain fit but also one way to train it.
Memory Scripture: “If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you will receive it.” (John 15:7 International Version).

The Body
The body has the ability to hear. Because it hears, we need to guard our words with care. If the body hears an idea often enough, it sets out on a path to bring that thought into being. Dialoguing for the body can be spoken or unspoken. Affirmations are declarations usually spoken aloud.
Affirmation: I am in you; you are within me.

The Holy Spirit
In this place, there is no striving just being. It is here where we learn to rest in Him—to be still, allowing His spirit to refresh and change us from the inside-out.