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Your spirit must rule over your mind, and your mind must rule over your body. That way, the Holy Spirit will lead you, and your body will submit to the Holy Spirit and let the Holy Spirit speak through your mouth. Then your words will be righteous words. They will be the words of God. Your acts will be the righteous acts God does through you. Eventually, you will be totally committed to Christ.

God commands you to love others as yourself.  “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39) The Holy Spirit will even lead you to love your enemies. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:43-45) If you see by the eyes of the Spirit of God, you will see others with love and compassion, and you will treat them with the same care as you would yourself. Treat others as you want to be treated. “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)

That doesn’t mean you hang around with those who want to do evil. 1 Corinthians 15:33 says, “Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits.” Bad friends will deceive you. They will try to get you to say bad things and do bad things. You can love them and try to bring them to Jesus, but don’t let them pull you away from Jesus.

Ask God to answer these questions.

1. What does it mean for your spirit to rule over your mind?
2. How does your mind rule over your body?
3. How does the Holy Spirit lead you?
4. What are righteous words?
5. What are righteous acts?

Bonus questions:

1. What does it mean to be totally committed to Christ?
2. What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself?
3. How can the Holy Spirit help you love your enemies?
4. What does it mean to treat others as you want to be treated?
5. Why shouldn’t you hang around with people who do bad things?

1. Pray for the Lord to protect you and keep you in His presence and His presence only.
2. Direct your mind toward the Lord only.
3. Ask God what He want’s to talk about.
4. You can ask God any questions. In all of this, be led by the Holy Spirit. God promises that He will answer you if you ask Him.
5. Do not edit or change what God says even if you don’t understand it.
6. Reject the lies and receive the truth.
7. Take notes.
8. Transfer your notes to your journal without editing what God said to you.

Keep in mind that God doesn’t want you to ever disconnect from Him. He wants to flow through you constantly in knowledge, wisdom, and love.

Search Engine Exercise

Type “what does the Bible say about love” into a search engine and find websites like biblestudytools, sunshynegray, or openbible that list many Bible verses on the topic. Use the ones that take input from the users rather than those that are trying to cherry-pick Scripture to prove some point. As you go through the verses listed, you will find that some are on the topic and others don’t fit very well. This is a great place for discussion about which ones fit and why.

Let the Holy Spirit lead you in this. (Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.) Take what you learned, your notes or what you produced and videotape yourself. Be a kid influencer for Christ with your own social media platform by uploading your video as God leads.

Learn to stand in God’s presence and hear His voice. Then teach others to do the same.