Strengthen Your Mind

 

    You can make your mental closet strong to keep the lies out.  It starts with faith and prayer.  You have to believe that God is stronger.  You have to believe that He is the source of truth and will keep His promises.  You have to believe that He hears your prayers and will answer them.  If you believe that, then you are well on your way to fortifying your mind.

    Pray over your spiritual warfare.  This means you pray over every aspect of your life.  You pray in the good time, bad time, for yourself, for other.  You pray specifically.  You ask for guidance and are willing to change direction to follow wise counsel of t he Holy Spirit.  You have to be vigilant to what is happening around you and in the world to stay spiritually alert.  

    For a strong mind you have to be honest with yourself and your battles with sin.  You have to know what your temptations are to flee from them.  Satan and his following are aware of your weaknesses.  You never want them to know more about what is going on with you than you do yourself or you are on the defense instead of the offense.  You need a strong prayer life to stay on the offense.

    Jesus taught or will teach you how to pray.  Once you have that relationship in the works, you need to focus on putting on the armor of God every day.  After prayer comes accountability.  That means we need prayer partners.  These are people that are safe and love you for who you are.  They will not tell you it is okay that you sinned, but will walk with you to help you not sin again.  

    The solitary and silent are the most vulnerable to Satan.  You don't have people in your life telling you that you are listening to Satan's lies.  You don't have the support when you are weak.  You are less likely to confess your sins.  This give Satan a foothold to control aspects of your life.  You need God and friends to stay spiritually strong, honest, and accountable.  Isolation is not safe.

    Faith is the final step to strengthening your mind.  You need spiritual weapons to fight spiritual battles hence the armor of God.  You walk in faith not feelings.  Faith will reveal strongholds that were created by believing Satan's lies.  Then the Holy Spirit will help you free yourself from strongholds or hereditary sin.  

    Lies hurt and cause a lot of damage.  You have to fight the lies with the truth and use the shield of faith.  If you don't then Satan will destroy your mind.  No matter of good self-talk, good vibes, or hopefully thinking will save you.  Only the full armor of God.  God listens to your heart and prayers.  He has given you value and purpose.  Your problems are not permanent, but God is.  He will never abandon you.  He loves you.  He forgives the repentant.  He gives your strength.

Psalm 145:8-20, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Mark 5:32-34, Luke 22:31-32, Romans 8:31-39, 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, Ephesians 6:18, & 2 Timothy 1:5-7