“Brain washing” #2

by Pastor George Lehman


(This is not about being brain washed; but about washing our brain (soul) with the Word)

Satan uses a vacant mind as a dumping ground.



Put up a “no dumping” sign over your mind.

The problem is our ‘no dumping’ sign is covered with: worry, defeat, discouragement, anxiety and fear.



Get a grip on your MIND and get a grip on your life.



It’s a known fact that you become what you think.



Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) - “For as (a man) thinketh in his heart, so is he.”



Predominant thoughts present present action.  An uncontrolled mind produces an uncontrolled life.

Let me ask you, when last did you replace a negative, anxious, fearful or failure thought with God’s positive truth from His Word?



Both Paul and Peter gave some very clear instructions that will help you to get a grip on your mind and get a grip on your life.

1 Peter 1:13 (NIV) - Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.



Notice where we must prepare; our mind (soul).

Set your minds and keep them set.

Spiritual Alertness: It means being spiritually alert and sober-minded, ready to resist temptation and stand firm in faith against the spiritual battles that we as believers face.



Philippians 4:8 (Amp) - For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].



These scriptures tell us that we are the WARDENS and Gatekeepers of our own minds – we decide what enters our minds.



The question is - what kind of life do you want?
The life you’re living right now is what you have allowed into your mind.



Let me tell you, if you want to experience the continual blessings, prosperity and victory that God has ordained for you then you need to monitor the thoughts you think (garbage in, garbage out).

You need to let the Word of God get a good grip on your MIND.

Once you let the Word grab hold of your thought patterns and you tune into the Holy Spirit, I promise you, your mind will begin to tune out the negative things that are destroying your faith.

Set your minds and keep them set. Like a car radio, you set the program until it’s tunes in then press memory and you’ll keep it set on that station

You cannot be on the same frequency of the Holy Spirit and the devil’s lies, if you do then you’ll process the supernatural, powerful things that God thinks about you and says about you.  Your seeking His face will be with (great expectation).



Your thoughts will become His thoughts and His ways your ways.

I guarantee you; you will walk and live in a new dynamic.



John 14:12 (Amp) - I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.



1 Corinthians 2:16 (Amp) - For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge?  But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart.          



We can think God’s thoughts concerning us instead of the enemy’s proposals, which only suggest failure, sickness, defeat, poverty, weakness, fear, worry, anger, resentment, inferiority and so many other negative emotions.

Here’s a comforting thought – God has thought clearly about our victory and success.



Isaiah 14:24 (Amp) – The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.



He doesn’t see you with problems or as a failure. He sees you in the completed fulfilled purposed position that He died for you to have and receive.

 

Psalm 139:17 (Amp) – How precious and weighty also are your thoughts to me, o God!!.  How vast is the sum of them?

 

Jeremiah 29:11 – I know the thoughts and plans I have for your life.

 

Isaiah 55:11 (NIV) - So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.



We must wash our MINDS with some truths AND get a grip on your life.



You’ll always be more convinced by what you’ve discovered than by what others have found:



Go from being dependent on others to being dependent on God.

He is the source of direction.  Yet too many people base what they believe, do and say on what others believe, do and say.

Revelation is only revelation when it’s your revelation.  God is best known by revelation, not explanation.

Obviously, God uses Pastors, Christian leaders, books, Christian TV, tapes and other ways to speak truth into our lives.

The most important conviction in our lives cannot be reached on the word of another.



“The Bible is so simple you have to have someone else help you misunderstand it,” says Charles Capps.



Theologians are always trying to make the Bible a book without common sense.  God made it easy to find out for ourselves.

If you don’t decide to get a grip on your mind and get a grip on your life - no one can do it for you!

At this point, let’s look at things that will help you get a grip on your mind, because whatever is keeping your life unproductive – “originated in your MIND”.

Can I encourage you, look at your life, look at your productivity and effectiveness.



If what’s in your life isn’t good, in Jesus Name, don’t approve it!, don’t get comfortable with it! don’t get satisfied with it!

Change it.



Just remember, you’re the one – who has approved your poor prayer life and your lack of studying God’s Word.

Decide now to get a grip on your mind and you’ll get a grip on your life.

Be Brainwashed by Gods wonderful truths!!!

When we win in our minds, we going to win in our lives!