The mind is powerful. It is more powerful than any weapon ever invented - governments, societies and foundations have spent millions to try to influence it.
A private inner thought can put you on top of the world, or make you want to hide away from everyone and every thing.
Our mind is where we experience our relationship with Jesus, make choices, try to make sense of what we see, what we hear, taste and feel. It is also the place where we judge ourselves.
Let's zoom into the judgment process - this process is like a courtroom of life experience and external influence making an argument against you or the situation- presenting its case to you- the judge.
You consider its argument and allow yourself to agree or disagree. If we, as the judge, allow it, truth can also present its case for us to consider.
I personally have often found myself only listening to one side of the argument. Usually the side of life exp
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ARE YOU PLAYING TO WIN OR PLAYING NOT TO LOSE?
"We have been given the mind of Christ"
Wrestling with our inner negative dialogue is a fight we can win.
That's EPIC. Everything's Possible In Christ.
As born again children of God, He has given us more than we need to help us. I want to share two spiritual tools that will defeat our inner critic as we apply them in our lives.
#1. He's given us the mind of Christ. (Isaiah 40:13, I Corinthians 2:16 and Romans 11:34)
Our minds cannot understand God. However, once our spirit has experienced the new birth we begin the renewal process in our soul (mind, will and emotions) as we read and apply the Scriptures.
"For who knows a person's thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received in not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.
This is what we speak, not in words taugh...
"Look what's possible"
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven..." (Matthew 16:19)
The most popular topic chosen in the EPIC Conqueror survey we conducted was overcoming Negative Inner Dialogues.
Contemplating and meditating on this topic, the Holy Spirit pointed me to some notes I had written in my Bible.
Jesus gave us His power and authority over the enemy. (Matthew 28:18)
"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven..." (Matthew 16:19)
It is His to give since through His death, Jesus broke off and destroyed the power of him who held the power of death, the devil. (Hebrews 2:14)
"Do not be afraid. I hold the keys of death and the grave...I am alive for evermore and I have the keys of hell and of death." (Revelation 1:17-18)
Drum roll please: Not only is the devil clueless; he is keyless.
He's clueless. If he had known what was happening, he wouldn't have crucified the Lord of glory. He sealed his doom when He put Christ in the t
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Replace and overcome negative thoughts
"Why did you do that? Don't you know any better? There's no hope for you. What were you thinking?"
These negative thoughts and many more plague our minds on a regular basis.
Indeed, we must ask ourselves, "What WERE you thinking?"
Words of life, creativity, productivity and words of death, paralyzation and isolation are all in the power of our own tongue.
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. (Matthew 12:34) The mouth speaks with the words that fill our heart.
Let's dig a little deeper to understand the root of destruction.
Let's also understand that overcoming negative inner dialogue takes a lifetime. It's our job to replace and overcome negative thoughts.
The good news is that as we get better at renewing our mind and believing what God says about us, we can diminish the negative impacts more easily.
Take note of what comes out of your mouth or spoken, "under your breath" w
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"The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences." -Proverbs 18:21
No doubt someone has hurt you, offended you, betrayed you, or slandered you… it's time to stop the cycle. Don’t lower yourself to their level and become another “accuser.” Don’t allow the inner negative dialogue to suck you in to that dark place.
Forgive. Forgive yourself…It’s so difficult; especially when it keeps coming up; but we have to let it go… again, and again, if necessary.
There’s a God in heaven who sees and knows and will see you through. Stay the course.
So… how are you using your words?
Are you speaking life or death? We have a choice. I choose life. What do you choose?
Some of us had parents or adult role models in our life that screwed this up. They used their words to speak death and destruction over us.
Many people in therapy today are dealing with words spoken over them decades ago.
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