How to have a Victory Mind-set: Part I

 

How to have a Victory Mind-set:  Part I

Introduction:

The Human Mind has 4 primary actions-

·       Thinking- The action of using one’s mind to produce thoughts

·       Imagination- The act or ability of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality

·       Learning- The act or experience of one that learns.  Knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study.

·       Understanding- Mentally grasping-Comprehension

Man has the God given ability and power to reason and decide.  Our thoughts/thinking occupies a large place in our lives, marriage, parenting, careers, and life in God.

 

I Peter 1:13 ESV

“13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

 

1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV

“¹⁶ “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

 

 

 

 

There is an Eternal battle taking place and it is happening in your mind even right now as we speak. 

 

Ø God desires the human mind to be submitted to Him and guided by His Holy word.  It should be directed though our spirit lead by the Holy Spirit.

Ø The Devil wants to capture and control your mind-set.  He knows that if he can sit and be Lord of your mind, the rest of your life will just follow the world and ultimately his wishes.

Ø Our mind-set is so important, that this is as Joyce Meyers titled her book, “The BattleField of the Mind”.  All hell is coming for you in this area, more then in any other area of your life.  Whoever controls the mind, check-mate…..  Wins.

The Battle for your Mind began in the Garden of Eden.   It was in the Garden that Satan seduced Eve.

 

II Corinthians 11:3 KJV

³ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty (craftiness- NKJV)  , so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

 

Paul warns to not be seduced/deceived by the devils cunning words.

So the fight began…

 

 

 

 

A.    The passive mind is blinded- to make blind, i.e. (figuratively) to obscure:—blind.

II Corinthians 4:4

^“4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”

 

The Gospel can have no impact because you/they are mentally passive in your decision to believe.

 

B.    A passive mind is a reprobate mind:

Romans 1:28 “²⁸ And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting

…God gave them over to a reprobate mind…

 

2 Timothy 3:8 NKJV

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith;

      (…reprobate concerning the faith)

unapproved, i.e. rejected; by implication, worthless (literally or morally):—castaway, rejected, reprobate.

Titus 1:16 KJV

¹⁶ They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.    

 

C.    The passive mind is vain- empty, or valueless

Ephesians 4:17 KJV

¹⁷ This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

D.   The passive mind is fleshly/Carnel- Natural thinking

Colossians 2:18 NKJV

¹⁸ Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Romans 8:7 ESV

⁷ For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

 

E.     The passive mind is defiled- a primary verb; to sully or taint, i.e. contaminate

Titus 1:15 NKJV

¹⁵ To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

 

 

 

 

The Christian Must Destroy the Passive Mind

 

A.    The empty mind- An empty mind waits for some external power to activate it.  Spiritism demands an empty mind.  Oriental cults empty the mind.  A blank mind is spiritually dangerous.  The bible teaches believers to exercise there mind, and be in self control.  The Christian MUST fill his mind with God truth, Love, and the power of the Spirit.

 

B.    The inactive mind- Mental inactivity always leads to mental laziness.  We should always be learning, and growing stronger in every area as we grow older in our lives so that we can show forth the wisdom of God, as we grow in maturity.  The human mind stops to create, comprehend, and understand, the mind is known as being sick.  Our mental ability to grow and worship should never be given over to the Devil to be in bondage.  An inactive mind desires to do things, but never acts on it.

Worry, anxiety, and fear can paralyze a person within many areas, that they can become weakened to the point where it cannot function properly.