Mind Games

MINDGAMES #1

Winning the War in Your Mind

• The quality of one’s life is almost entirely determined by the thoughts one thinks.

What we think determines who we are and what we do.

HOW IS YOUR THINKING?

WHAT SHOULD YOU BE THINKING?

Romans 1:21-23 ESV For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

Prov 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

2 Cor 10:3-4 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

1. Use the right weapons.

Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

1. Go after the strongholds in our heads.

2 Cor 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Prov 21:22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

2 Cor 10:5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

• Humility

• Readiness to change

• God’s Word

Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

1. Take captive the lies and replace them with the truth

2 Cor 10:5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

1. Identify the greatest stronghold in your mind.
2. Admit that it is a lie you believe, not a truth that you can do nothing about.