Winning the War Within – Part 1

Two major points I want to make this week:

• Before you cam make a difference in others you must with the WAR for YOURSELF!
•  You won’t ever WIN the WAR WITHIN if you don’t understand the way God made you (your composition).

(Gen 2:7 KJV)  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

(1 Thes 5:23 NIV)  May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

There are three parts of you:

• You are a Spirit.
• You possess a Soul.
• You live in a Body.

Your Focus right now should be on Your Soul:

• Your Spirit was saved (instantly) when you gave your life to Christ.
• Your Body will be saved (eventually) when you receive a glorified body.
• Your Soul is being saved (progressively) through the Word of God.

Your Soul is comprised of:

• Your mind (your thinker).
• Your emotions (your feeler).
• Your will (your chooser).

(Rom 12:2 NLT)  Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Closing thoughts:

• What you allow through your eye and ear gates gets down into your soul.
• Whatever gets down into your soul will affect the way you think, feel, and make decisions.
• If you get the Word down in your soul it will change the content and quality of your heart.
• Once you change what’s on the inside you will change the way you think, feel, and make decisions.
• Once you have changed the way you think, feel, and make decisions, YOU HAVE CHANGED!