Well I finally finished chapters 1 to 3. I know those who are doing the actual study just finished chapter 2 yesterday. So Lordwilling this will catch myself up.
I have been very much encouraged by ths Bible Study. You never know when God is going to give you a life breaking expierence. I say breaking for what He can break makes us whole. As I read in chapter two the paragraph on page 28 "Your life may be in a state of chaos because of years of wrong thinking. If so, it is important for you to come to grips with the fact that your life will not get straigtened out until your mind does. You should consider this area one of the vital necessity. Be serious about tearing down the strongholds Satan has built in your mind . Use your weapons of teh Word, praise and prayer.""
It hit me like a ton of bricks . I have struggled with procrastination, being behind, not accomplishing what I would like to, etc etc. I have dealt with this issue in my life for years and years now. Never ever did I recognize or connect it as a problem with my mind or thoughts. At this revelation Iprayed "God show me what wrong thinking, or thought process I have in this area or where a stronghold can be." I know as I continue to pray God will reveal and I look forward to sharing with you what God will do and how my Chaos will straighten out.
Now that was my own personal testimony. I just want tonow point out some areas that were definitely interesting for me in these chapters.
Chapter One: Well-laid plans take time. Remember the devil has a strategy(pg15).. In this thought we must not get discouraged when things take time. The devil has a strategy to get us off the beaten path and he does not care how long it takes. We ourselves must have a strategy and not be impatient with how long it may take. Victory is always victory no matter how long it takes.
Pg 16 "Strongholds are in our mind...due to a certain way of thinking.... take these weapons and refute arguemnets. The devil offers us theroies and reasonings Pg 17 but be ye transformed bythe renewing of your mind.....Mary can't control her actions because she cannot control our thoughts...What we learn from this is our thinking definitely contributes to who we are and our actions and that we need to be in constant action of renewing our minds.
Pg 19) We must 1) get the knowledge of God's truth in us 2) we must renew our minds with His Word 3) we must use the weapons of II Corinthians 10:4-5
Our weapons Word, Prayer asking and talking, Praise must be genuine heartfeltof who Jesus is
Pg 23 We must 1) continue to study God's Word, 2) We will know the truth as we study and then 3) we will then be able to act on the truth which will set us free
Dont make excuse to justify behaviour
Pg 24 Our problems are internal in our thoughts and attitudes. Our outward behaviour is a result of our thoughts and attitudes. Satan knows well that if he can control our thoughts he can control our actions
CHAPTER 2 PG 27 "thoughts are powerful and have creative ability.. This teaches us to be real careful of what we think. We must keep our thinking in alignement with Gods Word.
Romans 8:5 We notice in this verse weather you follow the flesh or the spirt, whatever you follow you will first set your mind then pursue. The flesh looks for tehgratification of self but the Spirt if you follow after the Spirit you will gratify the Holy Spirit. Do we look to live our lives to gratify ourselves or gratify the Holy SPirit??? If we mind the thinsg of the Spirit we will walk in the Spirit.. Basicallythat tells me is that the walking in the Spirit will be an automatic walk when we are mind or have our mind on the things of teh Spirit.
PG 27 Vital for living is renewing our minds...we must get in us that this is more than a choice...it is crucial to live in a succesful Christian walk.
PG 28 We must be determined to ASk a lot of teh Holy Spirit to help us and to lean on HIm alone
Pg 29 A Vital neccesity just like air, blood pressure etc is to cultivate our relationship with the with Him in prayer and in the Word. Our spiritual life is dependant upon spending regular quality time with God. It must be a priority in my life. Right thinking is vital to victorias living. We must choose carefully choos our thoughts.
Thoughts bear fruit. Good or bad...
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