“BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND DEVOTIONAL”

Day Three:

As We Focus

Years ago, I learned an invaluable lesson: Whatever we focus on, we become. That simple statement taught me a great deal. Wherever we put our energies or our attention, those things will develop. Another way I like to say it is, “Where the mind goes, the man follows!”

If I begin to think about ice cream, I will soon find myself in my car pursuing ice cream. My thought will stir my desires and emotions, and I will make the decision to follow them.

If we focus only on the negative things in our lives, we become negative people. Everything, including our conversations, becomes negative. We soon lose our joy and live miserable lives—and it all started with our own thinking.

You might be experiencing some problems if life—not realizing that you are creating them yourself by what you’re choosing to think about. I challenge you to think about what you’re thinking about!

You might be discouraged and even depressed and wonder what caused it. Yet if you will examine your thought life, you will find that you are feeding the negative emotions you are feeling. Negative thoughts are fuel for discouragement, depression, and many other unpleasant emotions.

We should choose our thoughts carefully. We can think about what is wrong with our lives or about what is right with them. We can think about what is wrong with all the people we are in relationship with or we can see the good and meditate on that. The Bible teaches us to always believe the best. When we do that, it makes our own lives happier and more peaceful.

Pray: Dear patient and loving God, I ask you to forgive me for focusing my thoughts on thongs that are not pleasing to you. I pray that you will help me fill my mind with thoughts that are clean and pure an uplifting. In Jesus name. Amen.

From the book “BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND DEVOTIONAL” – Joyce Meyer.

PROVERBS 23:7

For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

“DEVOCIONAL: CAMPO DE BATALHA DA MENTE”

Dia Dois:

Conheça a Verdade

No meu livro Campo de Batalha da Mente, escrevo sobre João, um tipo de pessoa de estima baixa. Ele havia sido agredido verbalmente pela mãe e insultado pelos colegas na infância. Ele odiava o confronto e não podia aguentar sua mulher Maria, que tinha muita necessidade de  sua ajuda.

João estava convencido de que ele não fez nada de bom para aguentar qualquer um, ele ia perder de qualquer maneira. Ele pensou que a única forma de melhorar a situação era aceitar sua vida sem questionar, e foi o que aconteceu.

João também acreditava em outra mentira, que ele não era verdadeiramente amado por Deus. Porque ele se sentia assim, ele acreditou nas mentiras do diabo. "Eu me senti como se Deus dissesse ao mundo, Creia em 

Jesus e você será salvo. Entrei em algum tipo de pacote de negócio, mas eu nunca senti que valeu a pena amar. "

Se o inimigo da sua mente pode convencê-lo de que você é muito ruim ou muito inútil, ele criou uma fortaleza em sua mente.

Embora João fosse um cristão, sua mente tinha sido presa pelo inimigo.

João precisa saber que ele é amado, e que ele é tão valioso para o reino de Deus como Paulo, Moisés, ou qualquer outra pessoa da Bíblia. Para João ganhar a sua batalha e lançar as fortalezas mentais que o diabo construiu, ele precisa saber a verdade. Jesus disse: "Se você ... se apegam aos meus ensinamentos e vive de acordo com eles, sereis verdadeiramente meus discípulos. E você vai saber a verdade, e a verdade vos libertará "(João 8:31 b - 32).

João descobre a verdade de que ele é em Deus como declara a palavra de Deus que ele de fato é, João ora e medita sobre o que Deus esta dizendo a ele através da Bíblia. Ele também aprende como aplicar a palavra de Deus em sua vida diária e tem a experiência de vê-lo trabalhar como Jesus disse que seria.

Aprendi com a palavra de Deus e as experiências da vida, que a palavra de Deus tem todo poder para derrubar as fortalezas que Satanás tem construído em nossas mentes.

Você não pode ser livre, a menos que você saiba que as armas de guerra estão disponíveis para você e que você pode aprender a usá-las.

Senhor, Deus do céu, me faz lembrar que eu sou importante para você e que eu sou amado por você, mesmo que eu não me sinto amado. Ajuda-me, a saber, que eu sou tão importante para você como qualquer outro cristão e que você me ama tanto quanto você os ama. Agradeço-lhe em nome de Jesus Cristo. Amém.

Retirado do livro “CAMPO DE BATALHA DA MENTE” – Joyce Meyer.

JOÃO 8:31-32

Dizia, pois, Jesus aos Judeus que nele creram: Se vós permanecerdes na minha palavra, verdadeiramente são meus discípulos;

E conhecereis a verdade, e a verdade vos libertará.

“BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND DEVOTIONAL”

Day Two:

Know the Truth

In my book Battlefield of the Mind, I write about John, a low-key type person. He was a man who had been verbally abused by his mother and taunted by playmates in childhood. He hated confrontation and couldn’t stand up to his wife, Mary’s strong will.

John was convinced that it didn’t do any good to stand up to anyone; he was going to lose anyway. He thought the only way to get along was to be quiet and accept whatever happened.

John also believed another lie-that he wasn’t truly loved by God. Because he felt that way, he had believed the devil’s lies. “I felt as if God said to the world, Believe in Jesus and you’ll be saved. I got in on some kind of package deal-but I never felt I was worth loving.”

If the enemy of your mind can convince you that you’re too bad or too worthless, he has set up a stronghold in your mind.

Although John was a Christian, his mind had been imprisoned by his enemy.

John needs to know that he is loved, and that he is as valuable to the kingdom of God as Paul, Moses, or anybody else. For John to win his battle and cast down the mental strongholds the devil has built, he needs to know the truth. Jesus said, “If you …hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them, you are truly my disciples. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”(John 8:31b – 32).

John learns truth as he reads God’s word, prays, and meditates on what it says to him. He also learns as he applies God’s word in his daily life and has the experience of watching it work as Jesus said it would.

I have learned from the word of God and life’s experiences that God’s word is filled with power and will tear down the strongholds Satan has built in our minds.

You cannot be free unless you know that the weapons of warfare are available to you and that you can learn to use them.

Lord God of heaven, remind me that I am important to you and that I am loved by you, even if I don’t feel loved. Help me to learn that I am as important to you as any other Christian and that you love me as much as you love them. I thank you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

From the book “BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND DEVOTIONAL” – Joyce Meyer.

JOHN 8:31 – 32

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, if you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.