4. Something we need to know Body Soul Spirit Soul Body The Natural God’s Way Isaiah 55:8 ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord.

5. The Question How do we become good ground ?

6. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! New creation begins in our spirit Our spirit is the ground for the seed Our spirit has to be nurtured

7. The Holy Spirit / Our Spirit is the source of life

8. Our Spirit can experience ________________________________________ Our Spirit can experience________________________________ Our Spirit can experience ________________________________________ Our Spirit can _____________________________________ Our Spirit can ___________________________________ Trouble ( John 13:21 ) After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, ‘Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.’ Distress ( Acts 17:16 ) Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Longing (Isaiah 26:9) With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Respond (Romans 8:16-17) The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children Pray/Sing (1Corinth.14:15,) So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.