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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Before GPS, an outdated paper map meant getting hopelessly lost.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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From Asking & Waiting to Thanking & Doing

Posted in Belief, Benefits, Christ, Experience, Feelings, Holy Spirit, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.” — Romans 8:8-9a

Being “in the Spirit” is not based on how close God feels but on the presence of God’s Holy Spirit. The two are not the same.

Believers don’t always agree on exactly when the Holy Spirit is received but they do agree he is found in Christ, a promised Gift for assurance and comfort.

“You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit because you believed in Christ. The Holy Spirit is the down payment on our inheritance” — Ephesians 1:13 (CEB)

In Christ the Holy Spirit no longer comes and goes but remains even as our feelings change.

It’s time for us to stop asking, singing, pleading for him to come and time start thanking him for being here, moving on to what he wants us to do now that he is.

— fritz

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Ancient Object Lessons — Ark’s Contents, Manna

Posted in Ark Of The Covenant, Explanations, Temple, tagged , , on February 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Ancient religious artifacts of the Old Testament are actually object lessons for us, today.

The Tabernacle is symbolical of the human body, soul, and spirit. The Ark of the Covenant symbolical of the believer’s “heart” — covered with Christ, sheltered under angelic protection, the place where we hear God’s voice.

The items inside the Ark of the Covenant are symbolical, too. A copy of the Law was put there representing the God’s law written in our hearts,  Aaron’s rod was placed inside symbolical of us being personally chosen by God for his service.

There was something else there, too — a jar of Manna.

The Israelites quickly ran out of food on their trek to the Promised Land so God sent what they called, “Manna”, meaning “What is it?”.   An important fact about Manna was its shelf life — one day.   Whatever wasn’t eaten that day went rancid with two exceptions — the manna gathered on Friday remained good through the Sabbath and the manna Moses put inside the Ark of the Covenant never went bad.

Jesus said his body was the true “Manna” from heaven. He said his followers would eat his flesh and drink his blood — well, that caused quite a stir!   They had a hard time with metaphors. That manna inside the Ark could represent Jesus in our hearts (we are all free to draw our own conclusions) but I think it primarily symbolizes God’s sustaining power through difficulties.

Anyone can make it through the easy stuff — but what about when life gets hard and lonely? Christ’s followers have some unique internal resources to sustain through trial and that sustaining presence of Jesus never goes rancid.

“Peace I leave with you,” Jesus said, “My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27)

When the natural resources of those around us play out and we continue to press into God’s grace with peace, that’s when opportunities arise to point to Jesus.

Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you — 1st Peter 3:15

— fritz

1 – Hebrews 9:4, Exodus 25:10-20, Numbers 17:10

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