Hard lessons

Our sermon Sunday was very convicting. Scott Duley shared that we have 5 faculties of the soul. Our mind, memory, conscience, will and affections. When Christ rescues a soul from the kingdom of darkness and transfers them into the kingdom of light there will be a very radical change in these 5 things.
MIND
How is our mind? What do we fill it with? What do we think on?
We talk about what we think about and we think about what we LOVE. What does come out of our mouths? Sweet water or bitter? Encouragement or Negativity? Do we speak about Christ?
The mind of the lost is all taken up with self. The lost person is controlled by self centered interests. The redeemed will focus on Christ's kingdom(not perfectly) The lost mind cannot comprehend the things of God.
The mind of the Christian wants to dwell on Christ.
MEMORY
What do we store in our memories? What books, music, movies or images? Is our memory a storage house of evil or self gratifying thoughts?
The memory of the redeemed is filled with scripture, sermons and truths of God.
What did we put in this week - does it honor God?
CONSCIENCE
This is the voice of God to our souls. Even the lost person feels a twang in their conscience when they sin up to a certain point. Of course a continuation in blatant sin can result in the awful Romans 1 consequence of being turned over to a reprobate mind.
To the believer, our conscience is a road map of how to love, honor and obey God. Our conscience leads us to walk with Christ.
WILL
What we want before the light shines in our souls and what we want after it shines should be very different.
Scott encouraged us to keep a journal for a week of what we DO. What we do shows our will clearly. WOW!!?!?!
AFFECTIONS
What we love. What do we go after? What excites us?

These faculties of the mind give us much to call on God for.
If we are believers and our mind is filled with other things we need to run to Christ as beggars and ask him to transform our minds. Our minds are transformed when we drink deeply of God's word and spend time with Him.

We can use these as a test. Do we have a general pattern in our lives of loving Him, Thinking of Him and filling our memory with things of God. Are we yielding our wills to God or running away? How do we spend our time?
Again, we can use these convicting questions to cry out to God for help. Help me Lord to use these 5 faculties of my soul to love You.