We are in a war! And if you’re not prepared to fight, you will be defeated!
1 Peter 5:8 (NLT)
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
Ephesians 6:12(NIV)
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Most of life’s BATTLES are WON or LOST in your MIND.
I John 4:4 (NLT)
But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.
You can win the WAR within because of WHO lives within you!
2 Corintians 10:3-4 (NIV)
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 Corintians 10:5 (NIV)
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.
How do we WIN the WAR WITHIN?
Our lives are always moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts.
Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
The LIFE we have is a REFLECTION of the THOUGHTS we THINK.
What comes INTO your MIND eventually comes OUT in your LIFE.
You cannot have a POSITIVE LIFE when you have a NEGATIVE MIND.
The WEAPONS of our ENEMY. (LIES)
John 8:44 (NLT)
…He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
IDENTIFY the biggest LIE holding you back.
What LIE has LOCKED you IN?
Some of you have embraced a LIE and it’s become TRUTH.
Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
To think in a different way you have to forge a new path in your brain.
What you FEED will GROW. What you STARVE will DIE.
You cannot DEFEAT what you cannot DEFINE.
Name the TRUTH that demolishes the LIE.
2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)
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.
John 8:31-32 (NLT)
Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”