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Your soul comes into agreement with your spirit, so you can wholeheartedly obey God. And when you do that, no matter what challenge you might be facing, you’re sure to overcome. Restoring the Divine Image Bible scholar W.E. Vine calls the renewing of the mind “the adjustment of the moral and spiritual vision and thinking to the mind of God.” Theologian R.C. Trench explains it as “the gradual conforming of the man more and more to that new spiritual world into which he has been introduced and in which he now lives and moves. “Renewing is the restoration of the divine image,” he says. The process of restoring the divine image brings us back to the place where Adam was in the very beginning. When he was in the Garden of Eden, Adam was as much like God as it is possible for any created being to be. He was as alive to the spirit realm as God is, lived in the light of God’s truth, and walked in unbroken fellowship with Him. When Adam sinned, though, the spiritual part of him died. The divine image within him was fatally marred. Separated from the life of God, darkness came over him and he lost the ability to see into and operate in the glory realm of the spirit. Suddenly, instead of being primarily a spirit man, Adam’s body and soul took preeminence in his life. He found himself confined to the natural realm where he had to live by what he could see with his physical eyes and perceive with his natural senses. No longer able to walk in God’s high life in the power of the Spirit, Adam had to adapt to a lower plane of existence. Now, the whole world lives on that lower plane of existence. In fact, the world considers it “normal” to live on that lower plane. But really, it’s not normal. It’s subnormal. Jesus came to return us to normal! He came so that by faith in Him, whosoever will can be born again in God’s image. He came not only to pay the price for us to receive forgiveness of sins but to give us access once again to the glory realm of God. He opened the way for us to fellowship with God in the spirit and in His Word. For us to renew our minds to the place where our spirit has dominion over us instead of our soul so that we can live, as Romans 7:6 says, “[under obedience to the promptings] of the Spirit in newness [of life]” ("Amplified Bible, Classic Edition"). “But Gloria, that doesn’t sound like a very practical way to live.” It’s extremely practical! Your inner Teacher, the Holy Spirit, can show you what to do in every situation. If you’re faced with a financial challenge, perhaps a big bill you don’t have the money to pay, He can not only show you scriptures to stand on in faith, He can show you what and where to give to position yourself to receive from God what you need. If you were to just go by what you can see in the natural, you’d miss those Holy Spirit promptings. You’d think, I can’t afford to give right now! I need all the money I have and more just to get by. But if you’re walking in the spirit and you’ve renewed your mind to think like God does about giving and receiving, and sowing and reaping, you’ll obey Him. By giving cheerfully in faith, you’ll open the door for the finances you need to come to you; God will meet all your needs according to His riches in glory (Philippians 4:19); and you’ll come out of that situation as a victor. There is nothing in this world that can prevail against you if you get your mind and soul in agreement with God’s Word and walk in the spirit! So, keep spending time in God’s Word and in fellowship with Him. Keep renewing your mind to what He says and obey the promptings of His Spirit. When you’re living the high life of the Spirit, even amid the sin-cursed darkness of this world, surrounded by hostile enemies, you can walk in victory, health, blessing and prosperity. You can walk in the glory of God and in His light. You can live as the overcomer you were born to be. V POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1) Because, as a believer, you have been born of God, you are already a world-overcomer. (1 Jn. 5:4) 2) The world encompasses everything on this earth that’s under the influence of the devil. (2 Cor. 4:3-4) 3) Jesus overcame sin, the world, Satan and all his cohorts, then made you a joint heir of His victory. (Col. 2:15) 4) As you feed on God’s Word you learn to operate like He does and escape the destruction that is in the world. (2 Pet. 1:4) 5) Renew your mind so that you think, talk and act like your heavenly Father. (Rom. 12:2) ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********* Implement Engage Press These three actions make all the difference in whether you walk out God’s plan and receive His promises or continually struggle through life. Don’t settle! Move forward in God’s plan for supernatural success. 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