December 21 2014 3 John 12 Dear friend I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you even as your soul is getting along well NIV Beloved I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health just as your soul prospers NKJV ID: 279763
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A Prospering Soul
December 21, 2014Slide2
3 John 1:2
Dear
friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. (NIV)
Beloved
, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. (NKJV
)
Beloved
, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. (NASB)Slide3
Introduction
God
desires our soul to prosper
Spirit
has been
saved–Justification
2
Cor
5:17,
21
Soul
is being saved – Sanctification
Conformed
to the image of His Son.
Rom 8:29
Body
will be saved – Glorification
Rom 8:30
Soul:
mind, will, & emotions, personality,
Where
you decide how to think & react
Does not change instantly, but progressively
Soulish
realm determines which way we will go
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What Makes A Poor Soul?
Lack
of knowledge of Word of God
Hos 4:6
Controlled
by desires of the flesh
Rom 8:5-8
Undisciplined
thoughts, fantasy
Matt 5:28
Refusing
to change, defending self
Jer
5:23
More
concerned w/ worldly things
Col 3:2
Emotions
decide actions
2 Tim 3:6-7
Worry
, fear, anxiety
Phil 4:6-7Slide5
What Makes A Prospering Soul?
Mind
ready to repent and change
Rom 12:2
Following
after the Spirit
Rom 8:5-6
Mind
meditates on God's Word
Ps 1:1-3
Disciplined
mind, not negative
Phil 4:8
Will
resolved to obey God
Josh 24:15
Not
controlled by emotion
2
Cor
5:7Slide6
Choose Right Thinking
Carnal
mind is death, spiritual mind is
life
Body
is in contact with natural
world
Flesh led decisions are not
kingdom minded
When
the Word of God comes to you, act on it,
don't
try and figure it all out
“Body
receives input from world, spirit receives input from God, soul stands between
them
."Slide7
Will Listen to What’s in Your Mind
"The mind is the fulcrum between a positive spiritual life and a negative carnal life"
Many have
been conformed to this world
Transformed
means
complete & total
change
Happens via the renewing
of your minds
Must
accept
Word,
believe it, work with itSlide8
Intentional Proactive Behavior to Renew Mind
God
constantly calling us to
growth
Right
living begins with right thinking
Put
off the old mind with its dirty thoughts,
wrong
beliefs, strongholds
Eph
4:22
Choose
to accept what God
says
Utilize
prayer, word, books, you tube videos,
discipline
, confession, conversation
Exercise
the muscle of the
mindSlide9
Conclusion
Choose Right Thinking
Will
listen to what’s in your mind
Intentional
proactive
behavior to change