How do i acheive a sound mind?

How to receive the Holy Spirit in metaphor to the Hebrew temple.

1. Outer Gates - Faith - We enter in by faith
2. Altar - Salvation - Christ is our sacrifice
3. Laver - "Sanctification makes us pure in heart" - William Seymour - Architect of this doctrine
4. Table of Shewbread - Growing daily in the Word of God - I prefer the KJV
5. Lampstand - Menorah - Christian character, grace, fruit, etc.
6. Golden Incense Altar - Prayer and praise
7. Holy of Holies - The Shekinah Glory and Baptism in the Holy Spirit *William Seymour warned that, “Whenever the doctrine of the baptism in the Holy Ghost will only be known as the evidence of speaking in tongues, that work will be an open door for witches and spiritualist and free loveism. That work will suffer because all kinds of spirits can come in.” I say that as I believe all of this is good for any church CF declares orthodox.

It is in the Holy of Holies where God spoke to Moses...

And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. - Numbers 7:89

It was in the Holy of Holies that God spoke to Moses. It is also the place where you can hear from him too!

If your persistently seeking these things I believe the sound mind will come alive for you.

F_lux123 said:

It says with the Holy spirit we can achieve a sound mind but I have a hard time making decisions and I have a pretty unstable mindset due to anxiety and depression how do I allow the Holy Spirit to guide me? How can I discern the Holy spirit?

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Reading the Bible in the morning can help with bringing a sound mind. I also struggle with anxiety and depression and I keep a small Bible on me in my purse when I go places, it allows me to feel safer. Perhaps you can carry a small Bible in your car when you travel places.

I find that constantly praying helps. Nothing is too small to bring to Jesus. He knows you have anxiety and depression. I am asking God for courage a lot when I am out and about.

Numbers 12:3 ESV

3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

F_lux123 said:

It says with the Holy spirit we can achieve a sound mind but I have a hard time making decisions and I have a pretty unstable mindset due to anxiety and depression how do I allow the Holy Spirit to guide me? How can I discern the Holy spirit?

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If your nutritional needs are very unbalanced (i.e. severe or moderate deficiencies),
they should be taken to YHWH in prayer,
to see if Jesus has something to say in that regard....

Likewise, if the "spiritual" needs are very unbalanced (which in most people's cases they ar),
they should be taken to YHWH in prayer,
to see if Jesus has something to say in that regard.

Test everything by HIS WORD (THE BIBLE). And in constant prayer, with a heart always overflowing with thanksgiving to the Father in heaven

I second the suggestion for prayer. It really helps when feeling anxious or throughout the day to keep asking for guidance and brief prayers throughout all your day when you are out and about.

F_lux123 said:

It says with the Holy spirit we can achieve a sound mind but I have a hard time making decisions and I have a pretty unstable mindset due to anxiety and depression how do I allow the Holy Spirit to guide me? How can I discern the Holy spirit?

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This is a really good question. And I have the same issues you do with clinical depression and anxiety so maybe some of the things I have learned over the years can help you.

First, be organized. Why? Because your mind probably is a little hyperactive because of the anxiety and it is harder for us to multitask or keep multiple balls in the air at the same time. Keep a calendar both on your phone and a paper one (or dry erase calendar). Make lists and keep yourself organized. Know what you need in advance and just try to make the simple things in life as easy as possible.

For instance. I have several returns I need to do via postal mail so this week I am putting everything in it's wrapping to send and addressing them and including return and purchase invoices. On Saturday morning, I will put them all in a bag and take them to the post office.

Seems simple but what the moral of the story is is that group like minded things together and come up with an organized plan to complete them.

Use paper calendars at work, home and even in your car. Those envelopes that contain three or four sections to organize paperwork or whatever.

It's hard, but you will get better. Start a new habit today.

Worship and prayer. Also, find repenting for anxiety helps. Then remind myself of the II Tim 1:7 His Spirit has given us power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

F_lux123 said:

It says with the Holy spirit we can achieve a sound mind but I have a hard time making decisions and I have a pretty unstable mindset due to anxiety and depression how do I allow the Holy Spirit to guide me? How can I discern the Holy spirit?

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Every born-again person is given a sound mind by the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 1:7) Are you born-again? If so, all that remains is for you to begin to stand on the truth of the sound mind you possess as a result of having the Holy Spirit within you. In God's economy of things you must first believe what God has said and then you will begin to experience it in your life. Christians are to "walk by faith, not by sight" and this means putting your full weight on what God says is true of you even when it seems it is not true.

James 1:8
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

The more single-minded a Christian is in pursuing God's will and way in their life, the less unstable they are in their thinking. The more a Christian trusts in God and lives in full surrender to Him, the more stable they are within. But if a Christian wants to live with a foot on the "broad way that leads to destruction" and the other on the "narrow way that leads to life" he will be like a "wave driven by the wind and tossed."

The Holy Spirit guides you according to God's word. The Holy Spirit leads you into all truth and that truth is found in the pages of your Bible. So, if you want to be led of the Spirit, get reading Scripture!

You don't need to "discern the Spirit." You need to obey God. And this is done by doing what He has told you to do in Scripture. So, again, get into the Bible. Study it, memorize it, and live in accord with it. This will do you far more good than straining to feel, or hear, or experience the Holy Spirit. If you're walking rightly with God, the Spirit will be working to convict you, to illuminate your understanding to God's truth, to comfort you, and strengthen you, and give you confidence in your salvation. He will cause the "peacable fruit of righteousness," the Fruit of the Spirit (Ga. 5:22, 23), to develop within you. When this is your experience, you won't need to be chasing after strange sensations, and hyper-emotional moments, and weird manifestations of the supernatural as so many who want to "feel the Spirit" do. You will know the Holy Spirit is there within you because you are loving, joyful, peaceable, patient, gentle and so on.

Bluerose31 said:

Reading the Bible in the morning can help with bringing a sound mind. I also struggle with anxiety and depression and I keep a small Bible on me in my purse when I go places, it allows me to feel safer. Perhaps you can carry a small Bible in your car when you travel places.

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I used to do that