Mind craft: creating thoughts

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talking about the mind and the power of the mind

! God’s Truth About You — Enemy’s Lies to You . PA U L : Weapons not weapons of this world—Divine Power—Strongholds ! Chained in Prison—Awaiting possible execution. ! Live is X—Die gain Forget what is behind—Strain toward what is ahead—Win heavenly prize. Rejoice in the Lord always—Do not be anxious—Prayer ! 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing . Fix your thoughts on what is true , and honorable , and right , and pure , and lovely , and admirable . Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise . NLT (Get yours... Can’t trust God... Revenge) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • Your life is always moving in direction of strongest thoughts . ! What comes into your mind—Comes out in your life. Cannot have a positive life with a negative mind . ! If you don’t control what you think Never control what you do . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRAINING YOUR MINDS ! Understand the idea of training your body ! Mind . Body: How exercis e it and what you put in it . ! Discipline of Meditation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Age ? One with universe. Empty your mind. Hmmmm. !

MASTERMIND—2

take over strongholds

TRAINING OUR MIND

Definition of meditation: to engage in mental exercise . To focus one’s thoughts. ! Eastern meditation: Empty mind — Fill mind truth — Fix mind . 15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. 16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word. ! 5 ... I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ask—Not an expert— Simple Mindset — Headspace — Abide . ! Experimenting—Plank— Body was limited by mind . ! Prayer—5 minutes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ! Most basic—Training my mind to focus. Focus is a skill . ! Mind drifts— Generally to the lies — Can’t , Won’t . Not . ! Training toward truth! ! Deeper level—Addressing what we talked about last week. ! Winning battle in the mind—God’s truth—Enemy’s lies! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ! • What stronghold is holding you back? Wrong mindsets hostage? ! Identify where you have the wires crossed.

! Never get out of debt. Can’t trust anyone. Life is always bad for me. Always struggle weight Never get a break. Can’t get close—Relationships. ! ! • What truth demolishes that stronghold? ! I am not what I have or buy. My identity is in Christ and Christ alone. By God’s power I can change. Christ in me in stronger than my desires. My God is for me—With me—Given me all I need. ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write it—Think it—Confess it—Until you believe it . ! Creating new neural pathways—Renewing your mind with truth. ! Setbacks! Stressed—Likely revert back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Worried all the time: Because of Christ—I’m not anxious about anything. I cast my cares on God because he cares for me. I have the peace of God dwelling in my heart and ruling my mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don’t know God’s will: My life belongs to God. Daily I seek him & daily he directs my steps. I know his voice & he leads me to his perfect will. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lack confidence: My confidence is in Christ and Christ alone. Because his Spirit lives within me, I can do everything he calls me to do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ! Write it—Think it—Confess it—Until you believe it. !

My words, thoughts and imaginations are under the power of Christ. I take all thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ. ! I wake up with purpose, direction and meaning every day of my life. ! Pain is my friend. I rejoice in suffering because Christ suffered for me. ! I bring my best and then some. It’s what I bring after I do my best that makes the difference. ! The world will be different and better because I served Jesus today. Stand to your feet! ! Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thoughts. ! If you don’t control what you think Never control what you do . ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ! Meditate on truth—Train our minds toward truth. ! Write it—Think it—Confess it—Until you believe it. ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ! Declarations Over You! ! For those of you who are in Christ !

—Noticed?

• You are strong and mighty. You have the same power that raised Christ from the dead dwelling inside of you. You are a weapon of righteousness in a world of darkness. ! • You are not your past. You are not what you did. You are who God says you are. He says you are forgiven. He says you are redeemed. He says you are free. ! • You are not a hostage to your unhealthy thoughts. The weapons you fight with are not the weapons of this world. You have divine power to demolish strongholds. ! • You have the mind of Christ directing your thoughts. You have the word of God guiding your steps. ! • You demolish every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. You take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ. ! • Worry is not your master. You trust in God. His peace guards your heart, guards your mind, and guards your soul in Christ Jesus. ! • Your God has not given you a spirit of fear, but a Spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind. ! • The Lord is your helper. You will not be afraid. ! • You are not a slave to your habits. You are not a prisoner to an addiction. You have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the kingdom of God’s light. () !

Do you ever Behave irrationally?

• You are empowered. You are chosen. You are called. You are the masterpiece of God, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works which God prepared in advance for you to do. ! • Your God will bless you abundantly, so that in all things, and at all times, having all you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Cor 9:8) ! • Your God is for you. Your God is with you. No weapon formed against your will prosper. ! • Nothing can separate you from God’s love. Not death. Not demons. Not the present nor the past. No power on earth will ever separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Behave irrationally

Behave irrationally?

Decisions make no sense

Decisions make no sense?

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Eat good for 2 days—Slip bite donut—Half a dozen and cinnamon.

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Big test tomorrow—Play Fortnight 2am.

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Getting out of debt—something expensive Breaks—Mall shoes ease pain.

Getting out of debt—Breaks—Mall shoes ease pain.

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Date non-Xian guy—Hasn’t worked last 5 times—Try again!

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Why do we behave irrationally?

Why irrational?

Why irrational? (

Turbo Coupe

)

Journey

—

Reo

—

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—

Police

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Why do we behave irrationally?—

Wires crossed

pathways in our brains

MASTERMIND—2

TRAINING OUR MIND

—Experience something new—

TRAINING OUR MIND

Brain creates NP

Phil 4

—Noticed?

Experiences are wiring—Programming brain.

Behave irrationally

Baby smiles—Mom smiles back (“talks in happy voice)—Smiling good.

Baby touches hot stove—Ouch—Hot stove bad.

Decisions make no sense

Baby wants a sucker—Mom says no—Baby cries—Mom gives sucker.

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Eat good for 2 days—Slip bite donut—Half a dozen and cinnamon.

brain like Evolving computer

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Big test tomorrow—Play Fortnight 2am.

More you think a thought

easier it is to think again

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easier it is to think again

Getting out of debt—Breaks—Mall shoes ease pain.

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Date non-Xian guy—Hasn’t worked last 5 times—Try again!

Good news

—Truth

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Truth

Why do we behave irrationally?

Why irrational? (

Bad news

Turbo Coupe

—Lies

Turbo Coupe

Lies

)

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Journey

—

Reo

( JM)

—

Mind battlefield

—

Most of life’s battles are won or lost in mind

—

Police

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God’s Truth About You

—

Why do we behave irrationally?—

Enemy’s Lies to You

Wires crossed

PA U L :

Weapons not weapons of this world—Divine Power—demolish Strongholds

Neural pathways

captivate thoughts obedient to Christ

—Experience something new—

Brain creates NP

Pail was Chained in Prison—Awaiting possible execution.

Philippians 4:8 ESV

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

conscious decision to think good thoughts

Experiences are wiring—Programming brain.

Live is X—Die gain

Experiences are wiring—Programming brain.

Forget what is behind—Strain toward what is ahead—Win heavenly prize.

Rejoice in the Lord always—Do not be anxious—Prayer

Baby smiles—Mom smiles back (“Goo-goo”)—Smiling good.

Baby touches hot stove—Ouch—Hot stove bad.

Baby wants a sucker—Mom says no—Baby cries—Mom gives sucker.

And now, dear brothers and sisters,

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one final thing

Evolving computer

—

Fix your thoughts

More think thought

what is

easier it is to think again

true

, and

honorable

Good news

, and

—

right

—

Truth

, and

pure

Bad news

, and

—

lovely

—

, and

Lies

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admirable

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Think about things

( JM)

Mind battlefield

that are

Mind battlefield

—

excellent

—

Most of life’s battles are won or lost in mind

and

worthy of praise

NLT (Get yours... Can’t trust God... Revenge)

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•

Your life is always moving in

direction

of strongest

thoughts

What comes into your mind—Comes out in your life.

Cannot have a

positive life

with a

negative mind

If you don’t control what you think

Never control what you do

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TRAINING YOUR MINDS

Understand the idea of

training your body

repetition creates strength in that area

same for our Minds

Body:

How exercise it and

e it and

what you put in it

like mind!

train mind towards God’s truths

Meditation

train mind towards God’s truths

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Bible talks about meditating on the things of God repeatedly

is it New Age? One with universe. Empty your mind. Hmmmm.

? One with universe. Empty your mind. Hmmmm.

Definition of meditation: to engage in mental

exercise. To focus one’s thoughts.

. To

focus

one’s

thoughts.

Empty mind

—

Fill mind truth

—

Fix mind

I meditate

Psalm 119:15–16 ESV

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.

on your precepts and consider your ways.

I delight in your

decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Psalm 143:5 NLT

I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done.

...

I meditate

Eastern meditation:

on all your works and consider what your hands have done.

Empty mind

—

God’s plan is to Fill mind with truth

—

Fix mind

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Simple Mindset:

—

use Headspace

—

obey truths

Experimenting—Luke pill—

Body

was

limited by mind

good intentions for Prayer—5 minutes.

ends 20 seconds later because we got distracted

Most basic—Training my mind to focus.

Focus is a skill

Mind drifts—

Generally to the lies

—

Can’t do it

Won’t do it

Not good enough

Training toward truth!

Deeper level—Addressing what we talked about last week.

Winning battle in the mind—God’s truth—Enemy’s lies!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

•

What stronghold is holding you back?

Identify where you have the wires crossed.

Never get out of debt. Can’t trust anyone.

Life is always bad for me. Always struggle weight

Never get a break. Can’t get close

•

What truth demolishes that stronghold?

I am not what I have or buy. My identity is in Christ and Christ alone.

By God’s power I can change. Christ in me in stronger than my desires.

My God is for me—With me—Given me all I need.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Write it—Think it—Confess it—Until you believe it

Creating new neural pathways—Renewing your mind with truth.

Setbacks! Stressed—Likely revert back.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Worried all the time: Because of Christ—I’m not anxious about anything.

I cast my cares on God because he cares for me. I have the peace of God

dwelling in my heart and ruling my mind.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Don’t know God’s will: My life belongs to God. Daily I seek him & daily he directs my steps. I know his voice & he leads me to his perfect will.

he directs my steps. I know his voice & he leads me to his perfect will.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lack confidence: My confidence is in Christ and Christ alone. Because his Spirit lives within me, I can do everything he calls me to do.

Spirit lives within me, I can do everything he calls me to do.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Write it—Think it—Confess it—Until you believe it.

not natural

My words, thoughts and imaginations are under the power of Christ. I take all thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ.

all thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ.

I wake up with purpose, direction and meaning every day of my life.

Pain is my friend. I rejoice in suffering because Christ suffered for me.

I bring my best and then some. It’s what I bring after I do my best that makes the difference.

makes the difference.

The world will be different and better because I served Jesus today.

Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thoughts.

If you don’t control what you think

Never control what you do

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meditate on truth—Train our minds toward truth.

Write it—Think it—Confess it—Until you believe it.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Declarations Over You!

For those of you who are in Christ WORDS FOR YOU

•

You are strong and mighty. You have the same power that raised Christ from the dead dwelling inside of you.

Christ from the dead dwelling inside of you. You are a weapon of

You are a weapon of righteousness in a world of darkness.

righteousness in a world of darkness.

•

You are not your past. You are not what you did. You are who God says you are. He says you are forgiven. He says you are redeemed. He says you are free.

says you are. He says you are forgiven. He says you are redeemed. He

says you are free.

•

You are not a hostage to your unhealthy thoughts. The weapons you fight with are not the weapons of this world. You have divine power to demolish strongholds.

fight with are not the weapons of this world. You have divine power to

demolish strongholds.

•

You have the mind of Christ directing your thoughts. You have the word of God guiding your steps.

word of God guiding your steps.

•

You demolish every lie that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. You take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ.

knowledge of God. You take every thought captive and make it

obedient to Christ.

•

Worry is not your master. You trust in God. His peace guards your heart, guards your mind, and guards your soul in Christ Jesus.

heart, guards your mind, and guards your soul in Christ Jesus.

•

Your God has not given you a spirit of fear, but a Spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind.

love and of a sound mind.

•

The Lord is your helper. You will not be afraid.

•

You are not a slave to your habits. You are not a prisoner to an addiction. You have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the kingdom of God’s light. ()

addiction. You have been rescued from the power of darkness and

brought into the kingdom of God’s light. ()

•

You are empowered. You are chosen. You are called. You are the masterpiece of God, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works which God prepared in advance for you to do.

masterpiece of God, created in Christ Jesus, to do good works which

God prepared in advance for you to do.

•

Your God will bless you abundantly, so that in all things, and at all times, having all you need, you will abound in every good work. (2 Cor 9:8)

times, having all you need, you will abound in every good work. (2

Cor 9:8)

•

Your God is for you. Your God is with you. No weapon formed against your will prosper.

against your will prosper.

•

Nothing can separate you from God’s love. Not death. Not demons. Not the present nor the past. No power on earth will ever separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Not the present nor the past. No power on earth will ever separate you

from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

STEP INTO THE TRUTH -YOU ARE WHO GOD SAYS THAT YOU ARE

declare the truth and walk in it

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