Have you ever felt like your thoughts are a tangled web of worry, negativity, and confusion?
In a world that constantly bombards us with stress, doubt, and overwhelming challenges, many of us find ourselves desperately searching for mental clarity and peace.
Today, we’re diving into a transformative journey of understanding “how do we renew our mind”—a powerful path to enjoying the riches of redemption Christ has purchased for us.
If you’re stuck understanding spirit, soul, and body and how to repel negative thought patterns, you’re not alone.
This bible study guide is your beacon of hope, offering a biblical roadmap to the power of a renewed mind, and how you can walk continually in God’s blessings and receive miracles.
Get ready to discover a breakthrough that can change everything.
UNDERSTANDING SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY
As a new believer, I found myself confused and struggling with my faith. I had many questions about who I was in Christ and what being a Christian really meant.
Then I discovered a book by Andrew Wommack called “Spirit, Soul and Body” that changed everything. It helped me understand something incredible: we are not just one-dimensional beings, but created with three parts – spirit, soul, and body.
Our spirit is the core of who we are as Christians. It’s the part that gets born again, saved, and made righteous. This is the real, authentic you that God sees.
Our soul is where our emotions, thoughts, and decisions live. It’s where we experience feelings like fear, guilt, and negative thoughts. The devil often tries to attack us in this area, creating confusion about our true identity.
You’ve probably heard: “When you win in your mind, you win in life!” This is so true.
Our body is simply the physical vessel that allows us to exist on Earth. When we die, the body passes away, but it will be resurrected when Christ returns.
After salvation, taking care of our soul and body becomes our responsibility, not God’s.
The Bible clearly shows us how the scriptures make a distinction between the spirit, soul, and body:
1 Thessalonians 5 vs 23: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Spirit has been sealed until our bodies and souls will be redeemed. See 2 Corinthians 1 vs 22: Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Ephesians 1 vs 13: In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.
Ephesians 4 vs 30: And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Here are scriptures that discuss the future redemption of our body and soul:
Romans 8 vs 23 (NIV): "Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies."
1 Corinthians 15 vs 42 – 44 (ESV):
“So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.”
James 1 vs 21: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
Philippians 3 vs 20 – 21 (NLT):
"But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control."
2 Corinthians 5vs 1 – 4 (NIV):
“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.”
These scriptures above highlight key points:
- Our current physical body is temporary and imperfect
- There will be a future complete redemption of our body and soul
- We will receive glorified, immortal bodies
- The full restoration is yet to come at Christ’s return
- Our spirit is already saved, but body and soul await final redemption
- God doesn’t see us in the flesh but in the Spirit.
HOW DO WE RENEW OUR MIND?
Our Bible text is taken from:
Romans 12 vs 2: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 5 vs 26: So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word of God.
A spiritually dead person is a man who has not received the life of Christ. We receive the life of Christ when we believe in the gospel of Christ.
Faith in the resurrection of Christ is life. This life is instantaneous, complete, and full at the moment we hear and believe the gospel.
We don’t grow in Christ to receive more or a better life. We don’t try to maintain this life. It is received once; it comes in its fullness and it is incorruptible.
Once we receive this life, it is eternal. This means it is everlasting and can never die.
However, to live well and enjoy the blessings of this life, one must align his thinking or reasoning pattern to the realities of life in Christ.
This is what is called renewing or reprogramming of the mind. Renewing the mind is simply aligning your mind to the realities of God’s word.
The renewing of the mind is not instantaneous but progressive. We must daily get our minds renewed.
Salvation is fully the responsibility of the savior. However, we have the responsibility to get our minds renewed by God’s word.
Now, that we have established what renewing the mind is, how do we renew our minds?
The first step taken in renewing the mind is by teaching or through knowledge. (Acts 20 vs 32).
As you are exposed to the realities of who you have become in Christ, what you have in Christ, and what Christ can do through you, your thinking pattern becomes fashioned in those realities and it then becomes your lifestyle.
The second step in renewing the mind is through meditating on God’s Word. The Word of God is “the seed” or “sperm” of God, it is incorruptible, when we meditate on God’s word, it’s like watering the seed with water and fertilizer, the Holy Spirit takes that seed and transforms our life.
The Holy Spirit uses the implanted word, drives out negative thoughts, and good fruits begin to spring forth showing you that there is power released with a renewed mind.
A person with an unrenewed mind though born again lives like an unbeliever in conduct.
An unrenewed mind thinks and does things as though not born again. Unrenewed mind does not destroy eternal life but it produces fruits contrary to the nature who he has become in Christ.
BENEFITS OF RENEWING YOUR MIND
Here are the benefits of renewing your mind with God’s Word:
- Spiritual Transformation
- Enables understanding of God’s perfect will
- Provides spiritual discernment
- Protection from Negative Thoughts (2Corinthians 10 vs 5): “Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ”
- Helps overcome negative thought patterns
- Provides mental and spiritual defense
- Spiritual Wisdom and Guidance (Psalms 119 vs 105)
- Inner Peace reduces anxiety (Isaiah 26 vs 3)
- Promotes emotional well-being and healing (Proverbs 4 vs 22)
- Builds faith and confidence in God’s promises
- Reduces mental stress (Philippians 4 vs 8)
- Equips believers for spiritual Warfare (Ephesians 6 vs 17)
My passion lies in reaching out to young adults in communities and schools, witnessing the transformative power of faith in their lives.
This blog extends my ministry, sharing insights, encouraging believers, and exploring Christ's teachings in daily life.
Welcome, Brother James.
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