Conquering Your Thoughts – Week 1 (05/22/2022)

Conquering Your Thoughts – Week 1 (05/22/2022)

May 22, 2022

“Be careful HOW YOU THINK; YOUR LIFE IS SHAPED BY YOUR THOUGHTS. (Proverbs 4:23 Today’s English Version)

  • The way you think will define who you are today and who you will become tomorrow.

“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7 NKJ)

  • Our life is a reflection of how we think.

There is battle for your life. That battle is won or lost in your mind.

We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NLT)

#1 You are at War

  • The battle is right there between our ears – in our minds.
  • The enemy’s lie is this: The mind is a neutral ground
  • Cognitive Behavioral Science: Many problems like eating disorders, relational challenges, addictions, depressions, anxiety are rooted in faulty, negative pattern of thinking.

“Be careful HOW YOU THINK; YOUR LIFE IS SHAPED BY YOUR THOUGHTS. (Proverbs 4:23 Today’s English Version)

  • Apostle Paul takes the battle for our minds back to the home front.
  • We are not fighting against other humans.

For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12)

  • The thoughts the enemy plant in your mind will eventually create stronghold.

#2 Beware of strongholds

 We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the STRONGHOLDS of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We DESTROY every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5NLT)

  • The enemy wants to use his lies to build those strongholds in our minds.

#3 Use God’s Mighty Weapons

We use GOD’S MIGHTY WEAPONS, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. (2 Corinthians 10:4 NLT)

  • God’s Mighty Weapon: The power of His resurrection.

Paul’s Prayer

I also pray that you will understand the INCREDIBLE GREATNESS of GOD’S POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE HIM. This is the same MIGHTY POWER 20 that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 1:19-20 NLT)

  • The same power that raised Christ from the dead is inside you and me.
  • Power =Dunamis= Dynamite.

God’s Weapons – 2 Corinthians 10:3

#1 The weapon of the Praise

“He inhabits the PRAISES of His people” (Psalm 22:3)

  • Praise invites the presence of God and destroys the enemy’s stronghold in our minds.

#2 The Weapon of the Word of God

For the WORD OF GOD is LIVING and POWERFUL, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12 NKJ)

  • The Word of God is powerful enough to discern what they are and shred them to pieces.

#3 The Weapon of Prayer

“The earnest PRAYER of a righteous person has GREAT POWER and PRODUCES WONDERFUL RESULTS” (James 5:16 NLT)

  • Your prayer has great power and produces wonderful results.

CONCLUSION

What is the Holy Spirit saying to you through this message?

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