Your Mind, Will, and Emotions PT. 1

We are starting a new, three-part series about the mind, will, and emotions. In this first part, we discuss the layers of your soul. Our souls are made up of three parts - our mind, will, and emotions.

The enemy uses our will and emotions against us and he has had thousands of years to perfect his craft. To fight these attacks of the enemy, we must start renewing our minds with the Word of God so our hearts can be healed.

Scripture References:

Luke 10:27 NIV
He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

HOSEA 6:6 NLT

6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

John 15:5 NKJV

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Hebrews 3:12 NKJV

12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

Hebrews 12:22 NKJV

15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

Luke 21:26 NKJV

26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

1 Corinthians 11:31 NKJV

31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

James 4:7 NKJV Humility Cures Worldliness

7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you

Song of Solomon 4:12, 15, 16 NKJV

12 A garden [a]enclosed, Is my sister, my spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed. 15 A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon. 16 Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden and eat its pleasant fruits.

Proverbs 4:23 NKJV

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.

Matthew 12:34 NKJV

34 Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Deuteronomy 4:29-30 NKJV

29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [a]distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice.

Luke 6:45 NKJV

45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil [a]treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Ezekiel 36:26 NKJV

26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

2 Cor 5:17 NKJV

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 

James 3:14-15 NKJV

14 But if you have bitter envy and [a]self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

Eph 4: 27 NKJV

27 nor give [a]place to the devil.

Matthew 5:8 NKJV

Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

Matthew 12:35 NKJV

35 A good man out of the good treasure [a]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Jeremiah 17:10 NKJV

I, the Lord, search the heart, test the [a]mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Luke 8:5-15

5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture.7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. 8 But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded [a]a crop a hundredfold.” When He had said these things He cried, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

The Purpose of Parables9 Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What does this parable mean?”10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the [b]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’ (The Parable of the Sower Explained) 11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of [c]temptation fall away. 14 Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.[d]

Psalms 33:6 NKJV

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.