God has planned for you to have a sound mind that is one-hundred percent victorious. He also wants you to have a well-disciplined mind that is controlled by the Holy Spirit.
Developing this kind of mind does not happen automatically. To have a well-disciplined, victorious mind, you must:
-Take aggressive action against Satan’s attacks and recognize, resist, and reject all thoughts he tries to plant in your heart and mind.
-Continually bring every thought into captivity.
-Be renewed in your mind by “putting off” the old nature with its carnal thinking and bringing your thoughts under the control of the Holy Spirit and into conformity with the will of God.
-Fill your heart and mind with God’s Word and the knowledge of Christ.
Satan’s objective in attacking you is to wear you down until you become spiritually weary and faint in your mind. He knows that if your mind is weak he will be able to gain access to your life. Satan will try to make you so tired of your circumstances and your struggles that you will just give up.
No doubt, you have fought heavy spiritual battles before, but they will not compare with the battles you will face during the end-times. Satan will intensify his attacks on the saints of God and will try to literally wear them out according to Daniel 7:25. Unless you are aware of what is happening and prepare yourself, you will not be able to stand in victory. You will live in a continuous cycle of defeat.
Satan will attack you through your circumstances so that you will become caught in a cycle of defeat. He will bombard your mind with fear and doubt until you become spiritually weary and faint in your mind. Then you will become discouraged, lose hope, and resign yourself to accepting your circumstances as they are. Your discouragement may then lead to depression where you will be spiritually immobilized.
Take aggressive action against Satan’s attacks on your mind today. Continually bring every thought into captivity. Renew your mind by putting off your old carnal thinking and filling your mind with God’s Word.
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
Paul warned New Testament believers not to become weary and faint in their minds, due to the great opposition and persecution they were facing. He told them:
Hebrews 12:1-3 "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."
The Greek word for faint means “to unloose, relax, and make weak.” Satan wants you to become so overwhelmed by your circumstances, so weary fighting the battles that you face day-after-day, that you faint spiritually.
The enemy wants your mind to be spiritually weak so that you will:
-Let up on you prayers.
-Reduce the time you study the Word.
-Stop resisting his attacks.
-Yield control of your thoughts to him.
-Stop casting down vain ideas.
You may be at this dangerous point right now where you are weary and have fainted in your mind. You may be so worn out from spiritual battles that you are ready to give up. You may be tired of resisting temptation. Your mind may be in constant turmoil. You may be depressed or severely oppressed by the enemy.
Jesus warned about the cares of the world:
Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."
Whatever strategy Satan may be using to attack your mind, don’t give in! God has made it possible for you to walk in one-hundred percent victory over all the power of enemy. The moment you faint in your mind and stop resisting his attacks, you are surrendering yourself into his hands. You are defeated only when you fail to fight.
It is time to prepare your mind for aggressive action. Do not remain passive. To win the battle of your heart and mind and live in one-hundred percent victory over every attack of the enemy, you must have a strong, powerful, disciplined mind that is controlled by the Holy Spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to take complete control of your heart and mind.
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