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Our prayer life is the life-blood of the Christian walk,
The life-line to Him with Whom we’re to always talk. 1
He facilitates prayer with access to His Mind and Will.
Then He places us on His life-long, heart-mind …testing treadmill. 2
Yes, access to The Mind of Christ is our right.
As born-again sons of God, it’s our birthright.
But much more than ‘access’, The Lord greatly desires,
His Mind be developed in us, as He requires.
Perhaps you’ve heard folks thanking Him …’for saving their soul.’
I’ve heard that as a boy, and hear it now when I’m old.
Yet a pivotal insight that Hebrews provided,
Is that from our spirit, the soul can be divided! 3
Both Paul and James accent this division,
As they highlight and draw our attention,
To our crucial role in our soul’s salvation.
No soul is saved when for sins we’re forgiven.
Paul admonishes us, once saved, to renew our mind.
The object of renewal, James would later define:
The Lord’s implanted Word, The Mind of Christ is revealed,
And is then developed within us through ‘daily Word meals’. 4
Shirking responsibility for saving our soul,
Indicates His Mind within us will not become whole.
How do you think, by this, our prayer life could be affected?
And potentially by devils’ viruses, be infected?
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1 Advice Jesus gives in Luke 18:1. See: Two Prayer Challenges (Poem) to understand how to achieve this goal.
2 In Psalm 7:9, Jeremiah 17:10 and Revelation 2:23, Jesus (pre- and post-incarnate) affirms and thrice confirms, ‘I am The Lord Who tests/searches minds and hearts, to give to each one according to what is in these hidden parts.’ (paraphrased)
3 See: Hebrews 4:12
4 See: Romans 12:2 and James 1:21. Our mind is a key part of our soul (mind, will, emotions, intellect, imagination). Though our spirit and soul may mirror each other, and are both eternal parts of our tripartite (trinity) being, because they can be divided, they are indeed separate, otherwise The Lord would not have inspired the writer of Hebrews to write the above verse. See also: Tale of Two Saviors.
