Monday, September 27, 2010
Science, meet Bible. Bible, meet the awakening of the knowledge'd man, proving your very words. Last year I read Dr. Caroline Leaf's book "Who Switched Off My Brain" after seeing her on popular preacher and best selling author Joyce Meyer's TV show. For the science educated, this book will be a little bit of a bore with it's simplified language and silly drawings, but definitely a good read in how to control your thought life. As Joyce says, "the battlefield is in the mind" coming from her book Battlefield of The Mind (Check out her newest book which is a continuation called Power Thoughts, putting the principles from Battlefield of The Mind to practice).
So as I was saying, sometime last year after reading that book as well as Battlefield I challenged myself to be positive and to begin the process of renewing my mind.
A lot of us are carrying around a lot of junk upstairs, self hatred, pity, negativity, depression (I mean emotional depression, not depression linked to chemical disturbances), you get the point...we all have a lot of bad things going on in our head everyday and we seem to be our own worst enemies. Today after not having worked out in two weeks, I decided I'd try my best to get back into it, it was such a struggle. I had constant thoughts like "you're fat", "you'll never finish this", thoughts of anger towards myself and feeling like I just couldn't do it. I wasn't determined. Now, I'm gonna tell you something, something that could quite possibly change your life. You DON'T have to think that way. I don't have to think that way. Most people see think they're the ones saying these things in their heads, which sometimes yes you do, but we have to realize that Satan can put thoughts into our heads. Thoughts that God would never think of us.
If you took a look at the bible and see all the things God says about his people (don't get me wrong, you'll see God frustrated and mad at his people, but this is because of their sin and his deep longing for his people to be restored unto him) you'll notice God's desire for us to be like minded. God says that we have the mind of Christ, the crown of thorns that Jesus bore, won the victory in our mind, for our thought life. That believers would be capable of thinking like God does, "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Cor. 2:16). We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Cor. 10:5).
So you see what I'm getting at? You CAN control your thoughts! It takes the power of your mouth to speak things over yourself and confess things. In the tongue is life and death, you can speak blessings, or you can speak curses. I got through my work out today because I kept saying "I can do this, I can do this". At first you may feel a little silly and you may still feel angry, upset or whatever the feeling may be, but as you begin to speak positive things over yourself, speak God's word over yourself and your situations. your attitude begins to change, as do your circumstances. For as he thinks in his heart, so is he (Prov. 23:7).
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. (Phil. 4:8)
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