As a man Thinketh so is he…

Renew our

minds-Be

Transformed,

Rom 12:2

What so ever things are

holy, pure, of a good report

think on these things.

Put off the old self & former life & be

renewed in the spirit of our minds.

Eph. 4:22-24

• Thoughts can generate from 3 sources

• You-from what you’ve learned or heard (Learn to do

good-Is 1:17; Not after vanity Eph. 4:17)

• God-Through His word and His Spirit-thoughts to

build you up. (My thoughts are higher that your

thoughts Is 55:9; James 1:13 & 21)

• The Enemy-Lies, negative and destructive thoughts

(Prov. 6:18-One thing God hates is one that devises

evil plans/imaginations)

II Corin. 10:4-5: 4. For the weapons of our

warfare are not carnal (according to the

flesh), but mighty in God for pulling down

strongholds (strong places): 5. Casting

down imaginations(arguments/faulty

reasoning), and every high thing (proud

obstacle) that exalts itself against the

knowledge of God, bringing every thought

into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

• II Corin. 10:4-6 (The Message)-

4. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or

manipulation, but they are for demolishing that

entire massively corrupt culture. 5. We use our

God-tools for smashing warped philosophies,

tearing down barriers erected against the truth of

God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and

impulse into the structure of life shaped by

Christ. 6. Our tools are ready at hand for

clearing the ground of every obstruction and

building lives of obedience in maturity.

• For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal

• We walk in the flesh as human beings, we do not war

according the to flesh

• Our weapons are not material (like swords/spears) but

spiritual-It’s a spiritual warfare-We wrestle not against

flesh & blood but principalities, powers, spiritual

wickedness. (Eph. 6:12)-we overcome them by spiritual

warfare.

• This spiritual weapons rely on our faith in God (e.g. belt of

truth, breastplate of righteousness, shield of faith, shoes

of the gospel, helmet-salvation, sword-the word of God

and prayer.)

But mighty in God for pulling down

strongholds

We need to demolish or destroy strong

holds

Strongholds-A formation of a mental image

of something that is neither perceived as

real nor present to the senses. It is an

unrealistic notion. A plan, a scheme

(Webster Dictionary)

• Why would God tell us to destroy strong holds?

• Strongholds (faulty reasoning/concept) are like

concrete walls we’ve built over the course of years to

protect ourselves from hurt or harm.

• However these strongholds can become our prisons

instead of protection, where we no longer control them,

they control us.

• Through life experiences, we can develop strongholds

in our minds that are toxic thoughts that have adverse

effects on our thinking process and our bodies.

• If you tell a lie often enough, and loud enough, people

will believe it. (Adolf Hitler)

How to spiritually destroy strong holds

Forgive quickly-Agree with your adversary quickly. Matt. 5:15

Let not the root of bitterness build up in your heart. Heb 12:14-15

Pray for those who despitefully use you Matt. 5:44.

Focus on good thoughts not negative thoughts. Phil. 4:8

Meditate on His promises-that no weapon formed will prosper.

God is for us. Rom. 8:31

Confess your faults one to another-pray for healing. James 5:16

Read the Word of God-Be transformed by the renewing of your

mind.

Forgive yourself-I john 1:9 (confess your faults He is faithful and

just to forgive…

• Don’t have a pity party-Feeling sorry for

yourself

• Self pity is torment that indicates your

bondage/captivity to an experience or a

person.

• Self pity is the superglue to your past

• It is your job to take control of your thoughts by

applying the Word of God to move into

forgiveness of those things or people who

have hurt you, used you, abused you etc.

• Breaking strongholds in your thinking

• Article on Journey2Wholeness-Positive

thoughts can actually create more dendrite

nerve fibers in the brain.

• It takes 28 days to create new means or

new habits of thinking.

• One element she mentions in creating new

habits of thinking in the process of

forgiveness-Let go of the past.

• Casting down imaginations (arguments) and every high thing

(proud obstacle) that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.

• Carnal, worldly ways of thinking and doing things our way are

arguments against the mind and methods of God.

• There is no other more powerful or effective way of coming

against arguments/imaginations then by applying God’s words

and His ways to our situations.

• Throw away every image which exalts itself against God’s plan

for you.

• Challenge the lies that come from the enemy. (ex. that God

doesn’t really love us)

• Cast down wrong images and raise up the vision that God has

for us, that He will bring good to our latter end.

• Bringing every thought into captivity to the

obedience of Christ.

• We are not helpless victims or recipients of our

thoughts.

• When we start to think in carnal ways, we must

stop our thoughts and take dominion over them in

Christ.

• We can choose to stop our thoughts of lust, fear,

anger, bitterness, hate, evils and bring them into

the obedience of Christ.

• Cast down harmful, vain imaginations.

II Corin. 10:4-5

For the __________of our________ are not

_______ but_______ in God for ________

down ______. Casting Down ________ and

every______ that exalts itself against the

_____ of God, bringing every _____

into_____ to the _____of Christ.

II Corin. 10:4-5: For the weapons of our

warfare are not carnal (according to the

flesh), but mighty in God for pulling down

strongholds (strong places): 5. Casting

down imaginations(arguments/faulty

reasoning), and every high thing (proud

obstacle) that exalts itself against the

knowledge of God, bringing every thought

into captivity to the obedience of Christ.