This comparative chart is intended as inspiration for prayer, not a guide for introspection. After reviewing it, you can bring issues that emerge to God in prayer.
| Holy Spirit | spirit of death |
|---|---|
| Truth | Lies (or the truth distorted) |
| Worship | Introspection |
| Freedom, self control | compulsion, bondage |
| Balanced View | Distorted View |
| Fruitful, expectations often realized | Unfruitful, expectations cut off |
| Able to make plans and follow through | Difficulty making and completing plans |
| Dreams often fulfilled | Dreams often unfulfilled or perceived to be unfulfilled |
| Able to cope with frustration and disappointment | Expects frustration and disappointment |
| Embraces life, while aware death exists | Fantasizes about death, dying or suicide, while a vibrant life seems illusive and far off |
| Able to look health issues objectively and with faith | Talks about, expects and experiences ill health |
| Hope | Despair, hopelessness |
| Compassion | Narcissism |
| Joy | Depression |
| Wholesome sense of humor | Self-deprecation, cynicism, dark humor |
| Mind is clear | Thoughts and reality seem foggy and gray |
| Lives in present, while having objectivity about the past and hope for the future |
Lives in past and future, memory is skewed towards negative events |
| Victorious through Christ and the cross | Victim of fate, others actions |
| Christ conscious, serving others as God directs | Self absorbed, sometimes codependent |
| Knows acceptance & worth, valued because of God's love |
Feels rejected and worthless, valued because of what one does or has |
| Experiences a range of emotions from sadness to joy |
Experiences more negative emotion, sadness, depression, abandonment, helplessness, hopelessness, self-hatred |
| Accepts their own failures and others, without condemnation |
Perfectionistic and judgemental, finds forgiving themselves and others difficult |
| Able to maintain intimate relationships | Finds intimacy illusive |
| Focused on things that are though Christ & community |
Helpless |
| Actively exercising will to rest in Christ |
Passive, damaged will |
| Takes responsibility for mistakes, but doesn't get stuck there |
Blames self and others for situations and returns offenses and Disappointments |