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Mapping Your Inside Out: The 3-Part Roadmap to Understanding Who You Are

Posted in Human Body, Feelings, My Body, tagged , on May 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Before GPS, an outdated paper map meant getting hopelessly lost.

Life works the same way. If you do not understand how you are built, navigating daily life feels chaotic. Reading the Bible feels like decoding a foreign language.

To find your way, you must understand your three internal layers.

The Triune Design: Body, Soul, and Spirit

You are a three-part being:

  • The Body: Your physical shell. It drives your physical senses, energy, and urges.
  • The Soul: Your command center. This houses your mind, emotions, and decisions. It chooses how to react to your body.
  • The Spirit: Your deepest core. This is your intuition, conscience, and direct line to God.

Learning the Languages

We easily understand physical cues. When a kid’s stomach growls, they learn it means hunger.

But reading your spirit does not come naturally. Without Christ, the human spirit sits dormant, quiet, and unlearned.

Once your spirit is activated, Scripture unlocks. You finally begin understand which part of you is screaming for attention, which can / should be ignored.

Hard Questions, Clear Answers

1. “What if I don’t feel saved?”

Salvation is not an emotional high or an analytical thought. Emotions fluctuate constantly. True assurance originates in your spirit.

“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” – Romans 8:16

2. “Why do I still have a bad temper?”

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” – 2 Corinthians 5:18

If you are a new creation in Christ, why do you still struggle? Because your body and old mental habits did not magically change. Your spirit did.

“Receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” – James 1:21

Your core is brand new and wants to please God. Now, you must train your soul (your mind and emotions) to catch up by consuming Scripture and staying connected to Christ.

The Takeaway

If you have not surrendered to Jesus, do that now. Ask him to come into your life and be your boss. Let him birth your spirit and place God’s Spirit there.

If you have surrendered to Jesus, stop letting physical urges and emotional mood swings run your life. You are a soul, living in a body, powered by a spirit. Quiet the external noise, lock into your spirit, and let God guide your roadmap.

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Two Beneficial Decisions

Posted in Decisions, Prayer, Talk, tagged on October 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »

I recently made two decisions which have helped me a lot:

  1. Twice a day stop what I’m doing and pray for 15 minutes.

    The world will not fall apart if I don’t answer the phone or return a e-mail for 15 minutes

  2. Stop talking.

    My faith project is to say nothing I don’t have to say. Apart from a friendly, “Hello”, or to answer (succinctly) a question asked directly to me, I purpose to be quiet. Oh! It’s difficult for someone so loquacious but I’m getting better and it’s been such a blessing, especially with my kids!

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath — James 1:19

Sound Bite: Pray more, talk less
Also see: “Learning To Pray” – June 25, 2011

— fritz

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Not Tempted to Eat Worms

Posted in Temptation, tagged , on March 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“[E]very man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” – James 1:13b-14

I’ve never been tempted to eat a worm, they just don’t appeal to me – but there’s something in a fish that calls when they see one. It’s not the worm, it’s the fish.

It’s the same way with us.

Example: We have a handicapped child always drawn to the donut/coffee table at church; he can’t keep his hands off and can’t stop with one. We can’t blame the church, they’re not tempting him, he has the problem.

It’s the same with any temptation. God and society are not doing it to us, we are. We have the responsibility put down our pride, recognize our problem areas, and avoid situations that allow us to be corrupted.

God will help by providing an escape route but he doesn’t make us take it.

“God is faithful … When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” – 1st Corinthians 10:13b-14 (New Living Translation)

The devil doesn’t make me do things, I move my own body and always have a choice.

– fritz

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