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Sep 10, 2021 · The battle for our thoughts is no doubt a reality and crucial to the victorious life of every individual. Taking our thoughts captive and making them obedient to God is a vital practice in the life of every Christ follower. But if we stop there, I believe we have missed THE ROOT of our struggle.
- Association of Biblical Counselors
He comes against us by bombarding our minds with cleverly devised patterns of nagging thoughts that lead to suspicion, doubt, fear, reasoning, and theories that refute the truth of God’s Word. When these thoughts get rooted in our minds, then we have strongholds that give the enemy control.
- How Scripture Portrays The Battle
- The Battle Plan
- The Rising Statistics of Serious Mental Battles
- Renewing The Mind in The Battle
- The Science of Renewing The Mind
- Victory in The Battle of The Mind
Scripture portrays the battle in the mind just as intensely. The Bible presents the battle as one not fought just with flesh and blood but with evil and darkness. And the Scriptures also tell of a bonus for Christians:
Paul offers active and clear steps to winning the battle of the mind in 2 Corinthians 10:3–5: Let’s break down the helpful steps of this passage.
Last week’s blog was on mental health statistics associated with loneliness and prayer. But mental health issues go far beyond loneliness. In August 2020, for example, the CDC published the study “Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Suicidal Ideation During COVID-10,”which reported that twice as many adults considered suicide in 2020 as they did in...
Romans 12:2 invites us to “be transformed” (ESV) by renewing our minds. We must practice this active response in taking thoughts captive again and again until it is our knee-jerk response to thoughts that don’t match God’s Word or God’s character. As Romans 8:37 says, “We are more than conquerors” in spiritual battle (NIV). Like a Special Ops soldi...
Neuroplasticityis the brain’s ability to grow and change its wiring in response to changed thinking. Neural pathways in our brain can literally rewire themselves according to how we think. This science belongs to the Lord who in his created order gave humans a grace in brain science that exemplifies his glory on display and his heart for restoratio...
In Christ, we can achieve victory in the spiritual battle of the mind, and Scripture offers practical steps to secure it. The people of God must recognize that in their own strength, they will lose the battle. But by drawing near to God, abiding in his presence, and running with a choke hold on plaguing thoughts, we can work with God, who has the p...
Oct 1, 2010 · Rick Warren. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3–5 Topic: Life of the Mind. A violent battle is raging around us twenty-four hours per day. In 1965, Donald Grey Barnhouse wrote a book about it called The Invisible War. It is the battle for your mind, and that battle is vicious. It is intense.
The battle we experience in our thoughts and emotions is often influenced by unseen forces. The enemy knows that if he can control our minds, he can control how we live. That’s why he works so hard to plant seeds of doubt, fear, and insecurity in our minds.
If you need a victory in your life, begin every day by renewing your faith in Christ in whom all our victories are to be realized. The spiritual battle, the loss of victory, is always in the thought-world.
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Replace those wrong beliefs with right beliefs based on God’s Word, and you will eradicate those fears and anxieties. Through the power of right believing, you will win the battle for your mind. This devotional is taken from the book 100 Days of Right Believing—Daily Readings from The Power of Right Believing.
