Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum but I'm excited about the opportunity to connect with others who are like minded. Does our new, born again spirits need nurturing, food, cultivating, support, comfort, exercise, etc? Do they have a position, authority, inclinations or tendencies? What is their base or make-up? Do they grow? Is growth measurable?  What is our spirit's capacity? Do they hear, see, smell, think, feel, taste, touch? What impact is worship intended to have on our spirits? What impact is prayer intended to have upon our spirits? What impact is the Word intended to have on our spirits? What impact is fellowship intended to have on our spirits? What is our spirits impact on life? What is their impact on the soul?  What is their impact on other spirits? What is their impact on the body? What are they like when they are 'infants'? What does it mean to be blessed with 'every spiritual blessing'? What are our spirits like when they are growing? What are they like when they are reaching maturity? What is their natural capacity for perception? What happens when they are impacted by Life Himself? By Grace Himself? By Holiness Himself?  By Love Himself? By HIs Presence? What is their impact on Spiritual Formation?  I've been a Christian since the early 80s and I am only recently putting these questions to God... The walk for my spirit presently seems like an incubator or a womb full of life giving elements yet simultaneously I am experiencing continuous heathing crying because of the pain within me yet it is from a prayerful posture...  Over the years I have focused so much on my mind, soul, and body (even in church) to the point that I've practically starved my spirit.  I am now refocusing my efforts on my spirit as God is Spirit and I believe He has a proper order of things and wants me to be spiritually formed (with soul & body to be in agreement) vs. being soul formed or body formed. Given that my mind, soul and body have already been significantly formed in the likeness of my old spirit or "the old man" the experience of transformation or 'metamorpha' has been nothing short of a grueling Olympic Team style wrestling match. I feel like a butterfly stuggling to come out of the cocoon... I would greatly appreciate any dialogue, thoughts, experiences, and prayers. God bless you in your walk!