SOUNDTRACK 2: Taking Our Thoughts Captive

World War II
70-85 million deaths
50-56 million – War
19-28 million – Disease & Famine

Hardship and Instability
Depression
Inward-focused
Fear
Isolation

Proverbs 23:7 NKJV
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

What you think about yourself, is what you will be.

If you don’t like the pattern of your world, change what you are repeating in your life.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NIV
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

Our lives are full of battles.

Romans 7:22-23 NIV
22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.

God <–> Mind <–> Sin
The spiritual battle is in your mind.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NIV
3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:4 NIV
4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
5 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.

Either we take our thoughts captive, or our thoughts take us captive.

Proverbs 4:23 NIV
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

“Everything works out for my good.”

Romans 8:28 KJV
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

I will go all out in my love for my wife. Like Christ did for the Church, I prefer her over myself.

Ephesians 5:25 NIV
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Mark 10:45 NIV
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

I will go all out in my love for my wife. Like Christ did for the Church, I prefer her over myself.

Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV
24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

I foster love and good works through mutual encouragement and regular fellowship.

Hardship and Instability
Depression
Inward-focused
Isolation
Fear

2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
5 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.

Either we take our thoughts captive, or our thoughts take us captive.