What you think you will do
The spirit of a thing is its pattern and mannerism. The spirit of your mind is: what you think you will do. Your thoughts control your actions. Thoughts are silent words. Words control your actions. We are instructed to be renewed in the spirit of our mind. We renew our mind by learning the characteristics of Christ. We are to learn love, humility, meekness, faith, etc.
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Be renewed in the spirit of the mind
Eph. 4:23 23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
The spirit of a thing is it’s pattern and mannerisms
2 Cor. 4:13 13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
The spirit of the mind is what you think you will walk out
Eph. 4:17 Eph. 4:17 17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Prov. 23:7 7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Jam. 1:15 15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Rom. 12:2 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
You renew your mind through learning
Eph. 4:20 20But ye have not so learned Christ; 21If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Matt. 11:29 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
2 Cor. 4:4 16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Col. 3:10 10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
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