Summary: Keeping Your Spirit Right - Prov. 16:32,17:22,18:4,20:27,Eph. 4:17-32 1. Have a spirit that is up - moving, energized, talking to God (2 Tim. 1:7) - don't receive fear that people are spreading - a broken spirit weighs you down 2. Have a spirit of faith (Mark 11:22) - have faith in God - 2 Cor. 4:13 - you and I have the same spirit of faith as those before us: David, John Wesley, Billy Graham, etc. 3. Have a spirit of hope and vision (Heb. 11:1 NKJV, NLT) 4. Have a spirit of renewal (Col. 3:2) - daily spend time with God and be renewed 5. Have a spirit of a finisher (John 4:34, 2 Tim. 4:7) - finish strong, stay in the battle until you finish Factors that influence your spirit: 1. what you read 2. what and who you listen to 3. who you hang with 4. who and what you are filled with - praying in the Spirit edifies and builds us up; it keeps us in the love of God. It keeps our spirit conected to the Holy Spirit. - Jesus promised that out of our belly shall flow the rivers of living water (John 7:38)
