The work of the Holy Spirit: Your part

 Every sinful act is committed twice: once in our heads and once in our behavior. To win the behavior battle, we must first win the battle that takes place in our minds. Walking in the Spirit requires a mind-set, a preoccupation with truth.  The battle begins not with the temptation to do something but with the temptation to dwell on it in our minds. This is the battle before the battle. The Bible has quite a lot to say about guarding our minds. 1Peter... 1:13, Therefore, gird your minds for actions, keep sober in spirit. Colossians 3:2, Set your minds on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. Romans 12:2, And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. and Philippians 4:8, Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your dwell on these things. As the mind goes, so goes the body. we have to be prepared to battle before the battle, it's start with the mind. Walking in the spirit requires that we become sensitive to any thoughts that conflicts with the Word of God. Anything that is not of the Spirit only gets in the way of our being led by the Spirit. Child of God, 1Cor 10:5 says that, We are destroying specution and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. To speculate about something is to develop a mental scenario about it, I wonder what would happen if.... I wonder what it would be like if.... If I had only..... if she hadn't.... everything is constructed mentally before it becomes a physical reality. I know it's almost impossible to go through a day without being tempted, with thoughts, but we have to learn to cast those things down. Being successful starts with the struggles in our minds, remember it starts with a thought. It's only through the Word of God that the weapon the Holy Spirit uses to expose and destroy the lies confronting us. "more on this tomorrow"