Section 16
She attends the meetings, but she sits there like a corpse. The small matter of purchasing an article of clothing for $12.99 killed her spirit. She remains in that condition until one day, by the Lord's mercy, she repents.
You need to examine your own experience. If, when you think about a certain matter, you have no rest in your spirit, stop your thinking. Call back your mind from the thing which gives your spirit unrest. Whenever you try to reason and you feel empty in your spirit, stop and turn your mind back to the spirit. If you do this, im mediately you will have rest, comfort, satisfac tion, and even strengthening in your spirit. As long as you have rest, comfort, and satisfaction within, it is an indication that your mind is set in the right direction. If you have no rest, com fort, or satisfaction, but rather feel dark, empty, and restless, it is an indication that your direc tion is toward death.
In Romans 8 we find no teachings. We are simply told to walk according to the spirit. How can we walk according to the spirit? By taking care of our mind, always setting it in the right direction. The mind should not be turned out ward, but inward, not on shopping outwardly, but on the spirit inwardly. If you set your mind