"The Battlefield Of The Mind"

"The greatest battles have not been fought on the ground, in the air, or in the sea, its between our ears" Our minds are the bullseye of the enemies target. Whether we win or loose this war is all up to what we allow in our minds. Its critical that we choose to think on the right thoughts. There are so many believers that are not aware that they do not have to accept every thought that runs on the screen of their mind. I have heard it put this way... When a thought comes that doesent agree with the word, change the thought just like you would change the channel of your television. Wrong thinking, leads to wrong believing, thus leading to wrong speaking, producing wrong living. We will never rise above the level of our own thinking. As we think in our hearts, so shall we be(Prov 23:7) In talking about warfare and the pullling down of strongholds, The Lord speaks through the mouth of Paul commanding us to cast down every imagination and to bring every thought into captivity(2 Cor 10:4,5) How do we take a thought captive? We take thoughts captive with something greater than a thought. What is greater than a thought? WORDS! The bible says something powerful & profound in the book of Proverbs. When our mind thinks evil, PLACE YOUR HAND UPON YOUR MOUTH(Prov 30:32) This is simply stating that our thoughts become are words. There is an awesome qoute that goes "We cannot keep the birds from flying around our heads, but we can KEEP them from building a nest in our hair" We cannot keep a thought from coming, but WE CAN prevent them from PROGRESSING! How? Speak the word at that thought, until it comes into captivity and gets placed under the obedience of Christ, HAVING a READINESS!!!!!!!!!!!! This is never a one time deal, its a daily thing. It becomes easier as we practice the principles and precepts birthed and breeded from him at the end of the blog. There is a saying that goes Thoughts will come and persist in staying, but thoughts not put in word or action will be still born". The Lord spoke that the enemy is like a hobo riding upon the train of our thoughts, waiting for that entry way into our lives. A thought that we refuse to take captive, is a thought that the advasary can cash in and than enter in. Remember in past blogs, the Lord decreed and declared himself to be "the specialist" Well, hes also "the great strategist" God spoke through the mouth of Paul telling us not to be IGNORANT of the enemies devices, lest he get an advantage(2 Cor 2:11) He again speaks through Paul saying Put on the whole armor of God that we may stand against the WILES of the devil(Eph 6:11) In Bugs Bunny there was a character that always set up traps to get the roadrunner. The interesting thing is each one of these schemes backfired and he fell into his own trap. The coyote's name was WILE E Coyote!!! How amazing! Number one Recognize. There is a statement made that goes "The devils success is dependant upon our ignorance" Awareness is half the work on our behalfs. We've taled about in recent blogs how satan works through the element of suprise. Dont be suprised over the amount of thoughts that shoot through your mind like bullets firing from a gun. Purpose that your going to get on the offensive now that you understand by regognizing its the enemy. Number two, Reject. I have heard it put by the Lord this way, We must allow each thought that enters our mind to chechout at the registration desk of the word of God. If the thought doesent align or agree, REJECT it! The Lord said it this way through James, RESIST the DEVIL AND HE SHALL FLEE(Jms 4:7) We dont just resist satan but his wiles as well! Number three, Replace. We must find the scripture that relates to the area under attack in our thoughts. The Lord said through Isiah His THOUGHTS are HIGHER than OURS(Isiah 55:8) Find the higher thought in the word and replace! Number four, Renew. God said through the mouth of Paul Be not conformed to this word but be ye tranformed by the RENEWING of our minds(Rom 12:2) Once we have practiced the other three principles and precepts, we have to do it over and over and over and over. As we do, the Lord said we will become renewed thus being transformed! God said through the mouth of Peter, GIRT UP THE LOINS OF YOUR MINDS(1 Peter 1:13) Think about it, loins are the reproductive parts of our bodies. What do they have to do with our mind? Thoughts reproduce and as they multiply they began to build a STRONGHOLD! A strongholds begin by just one thought we refused to place into captivity. Whose responsibility is it? OURS! God provides a list to test our thoughts in the fourth chapter of the book of Phillipians. Whatever things are lovely, honest just pure and of a good report, THINK ON THESE THINGS(Phil 4:8) A pilot never flies until they have went over the checklist for the plane. Likewise we must never allow thought to remian in our minds unless its passed the checklist test of Phillipians chapter four and verse number eight!!!!!!!! WIN THE BATTLE OF THE MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!