Toxic Part 1: Toxic Spirit

April 16, 2023

TOXIC Part 1: Toxic Spirit

(1 Thessalonians 5:23 NCV) Now may God himself, the God of peace, make you pure, belonging only to him. May your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—be kept safe and without fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.

•  – the deepest part of a person.
• – the mental and emotional part of a person.
• – the external and tangible part of a person.

(2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 NIV) Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

Toxic Spirit

(Psalm 51:10 NCV) Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

(Psalm 13:2) How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

(Romans 8:5-13) Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace… Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation–but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

Starve It

• . I will what God .


(Proverbs 3:5) Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

• . I will what God .

(Isaiah 26:3 NKJV) You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.

(Ephesians 4:29 NLT) Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.

• . I will to what God .

(Romans 6:13 NLT) Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.

Feed It

• God’s . I will _______________.

(Psalm 1:1-2 GN) Happy are those who reject the advice of evil men… instead they find their joy in obeying the Law of the Lord and they study it day and night.

• . I will _________________.

(Philippians 4:8-9 NLT) Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise… Then the God of peace will be with you.

• . I will _______________.

(1 Corinthians 14:14-15 NIV) For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.”