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Start With The Spirit · WholeHeart Conversations

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  Constance Lavonice: Last week we talked about understanding as the key to coping well.
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  Constance Lavonice: We understand that we are multidimensional beings.
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  Constance Lavonice: We have a spirit, a soul, which is our mind, will, and emotions, and we live in a physical body and all are interconnected.
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  Constance Lavonice: When we face challenges or manage challenges in our lives, if we make one small positive change in one area, it will produce a positive change in the other areas.
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  Constance Lavonice: For example, Mary, a pseudonym, thinks no one really likes me.
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  Constance Lavonice: And as a result of that thinking, it leads to feelings of loneliness, depression, and sometimes anger.
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  Constance Lavonice: Mary's feelings are going to have an impact in her physical body because every thought creates an emotion.
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  Constance Lavonice: Every thought carries a chemical reaction.
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  Constance Lavonice: Mary, because of her thinking and the emotions she are experiencing, may behave in one of two ways.
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  Constance Lavonice: She may start avoiding people, not accepting invitations, not initiating conversations with others, generally not wanting to be around others.
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  Constance Lavonice: Or she may become reactive when she's around other people.
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  Constance Lavonice: I don't know if you know or met anyone who just seems to be sitting on ready.
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  Constance Lavonice: They're always on a 10 out of zero to ten.
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  Constance Lavonice: Always ready.
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  Constance Lavonice: Mary is behaving the way she believes and allowing herself to be led by her emotions.
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  Constance Lavonice: And that's not a fruitful way to live.
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  Constance Lavonice: So if you find yourself renewing your mind and it's still not working, you're working hard, you're staying up late, you're exercising, you're eating right, and it's also not working, stop and consider starting with the spirit.
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  Constance Lavonice: If you are new here, I want to welcome you and thank you for joining.
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  Constance Lavonice: You are listening to Whole Heart Conversations, a podcast for women that provides biblical encouragement to foster whole heart, spirit, soul, and body resilience.
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  Constance Lavonice: I am your host, Constance Lavonice.
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  Constance Lavonice: The Spirit is the part of us that allows us to commune with God.
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  Constance Lavonice: God will speak to us and guide us through his spirit.
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  Constance Lavonice: God is spirit, and we have the Holy Spirit within us.
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  Constance Lavonice: The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead resides within us.
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  Constance Lavonice: God moves and works in our spirit as we pray, meditate, worship, and as we read his word, the scripture.
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  Constance Lavonice: King Solomon in Proverbs chapter 4, verses 2 through 22 was speaking to his son, and he tells him to pay attention to his words.
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  Constance Lavonice: Solomon said, Keep them in the midst of your heart, for they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their body.
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  Constance Lavonice: God's word is life and healing.
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  Constance Lavonice: Hebrews chapter 4, verse 12 tells us that the word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword.
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  Constance Lavonice: It penetrates to the division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow.
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  Constance Lavonice: It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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  Constance Lavonice: God's word, the scripture, is not just an ancient book of wisdom, but it's the living word of God.
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  Constance Lavonice: It not only penetrates the soul, which is the mind, will, and emotions, it penetrates the spirit.
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  Constance Lavonice: The words of God speak specifically to our spirit.
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  Constance Lavonice: As we commune with God through prayer, meditation, worship, and specifically through his word, God will fill us with a fresh anointing that will flow into our soul, which is our mind and emotions, and provide clarity of mind and stability in our emotions.
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  Constance Lavonice: It flows through our bodies, strengthening us and equipping us for every good work that God has already ordained.
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  Constance Lavonice: So if you're trying to make it happen by your own self-will or mental or physical strength and abilities, and you're still struggling, go back to the spirit and allow the spirit to be the catalyst for change.
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  Constance Lavonice: If this message was helpful, please subscribe and share with another woman to encourage them, and then text the show and let me know what's on your heart.