Discipleship Training Course

PHASE 3 – SHARE THE JOURNEY
2. Your thoughts
All the enemy wants is for you and me to look, act and think like
the world does. It’s amazing how many people profess to know
God and follow Him, yet their thinking patterns are just like those of
anyone else in the world. Satan loves that. He wants you to be so
absorbed with the ways of the world that you are clueless about
what God’s Word says. And in so doing, you become ineffective
as a Christian.
Romans 12:2 Don‟t copy the behaviour and customs of this world,
but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way
you think. Then you will learn to know God‟s will for you, which is
good and pleasing and perfect.
But Satan would rather have us in mental anguish by listening to
the world, rather than the word of God. Guard your everyday
thinking by soaking it in Scripture and cutting out distractions . It’s
the only way to keep Satan and his worldly ideas from entering in.
Philippians 4:8-9 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. Keep putting into practice all you
learned and received from me—everything you heard from me
and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
You see if the devil has us in our thought realm them we are easily
filled with worry and concern, which leads to stress and anxiety,
which can result in illnesses like depression, heat problems and
other physical and physiological ailments.
Philippians 4:6-7 Don‟t worry about anything; instead, pray about
everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has
done. Then you will experience God‟s peace, which exceeds
anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and
minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
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