Battle of the mind, overcoming the flesh

[Whyme]

 

 

Just now, Arrabon said:

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I guess you have not been paying attention, never mind.
 

[Whyme]

Thinking about this scripture, it says to rejoice in the Lord always. And it teaches us to think about good things of the Spirit. We should love one another. Im thinking about that. Amen? 

[Your closest friendnt]

2 hours ago, Whyme said:

Thinking about this scripture, it says to rejoice in the Lord always. And it teaches us to think about good things of the Spirit. We should love one another. Im thinking about that. Amen? 

Hello Whyme, it was a time when I went through some very difficult situations, and I remember something very strange that happened.

One of our customers who was a dedicated believer gave me a few scriptures to mediate on and he told me that it will help my mind to cool down, as my mind had gone in overdrive and would drive me nuts, thinking thinks I did not want to think.

This Philippians verses to think what is good and what is of a good report...and God will restore peace upon you it is what happened to me.

It took some time and I had to counter my own mind trying to input new data in my own mind and after some time as I tried to pray trying to counter my own mind to think of something good, suddenly something happened and the peace of the Lord came to my mind and from their time on it was different and I learn to discern my thoughts if there is something I did not want to think I said I do not want to think about it and I tried to think of something else. 

This is a good advice to learn to take control of our own thoughts, because sometimes they may not be our own thoughts, but by resisting and stand our ground we cannot be conquer, but rather we become the conquerors even the conquerors of our own old self. 

 

[JohnR7]

4 hours ago, Whyme said:

says to rejoice in the Lord always.

We are told to "Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart". (Psalm 37:4) It is good if our heart is pure before God so we only have Godly desires in our heart. 

[Whyme]

13 hours ago, Your closest friendnt said:

Hello Whyme, it was a time when I went through some very difficult situations, and I remember something very strange that happened.

One of our customers who was a dedicated believer gave me a few scriptures to mediate on and he told me that it will help my mind to cool down, as my mind had gone in overdrive and would drive me nuts, thinking thinks I did not want to think.

This Philippians verses to think what is good and what is of a good report...and God will restore peace upon you it is what happened to me.

It took some time and I had to counter my own mind trying to input new data in my own mind and after some time as I tried to pray trying to counter my own mind to think of something good, suddenly something happened and the peace of the Lord came to my mind and from their time on it was different and I learn to discern my thoughts if there is something I did not want to think I said I do not want to think about it and I tried to think of something else. 

This is a good advice to learn to take control of our own thoughts, because sometimes they may not be our own thoughts, but by resisting and stand our ground we cannot be conquer, but rather we become the conquerors even the conquerors of our own old self. 

 

 

12 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

We are told to "Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart". (Psalm 37:4) It is good if our heart is pure before God so we only have Godly desires in our heart. 

Thank you both. Im mediating on the value of proper thinking. (:

 

[Whyme]

Sometimes my thoughts are consumed for the cares of this life. The Lord teaches me to think differently i believe. Instead of worry or want, i can trust God for all things that i need in this life. Thinking about material things all the time only takes away our peace. In my opinion.

NASB Hebrews 13:5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you,” 6 so that we confidently say,

“The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?”

[Whyme]

Question. The word gets sown in our heart right? So how does one make their heart ready for the seed? Or does God do that? I wonder if this has to do with proper thinking. Perhaps all one must do is think properly? And pray of course. Just an idea i had while meditating on this topic.

 

Matthew 13:22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

[JohnR7]

8 hours ago, Whyme said:

 

Thank you both. Im mediating on the value of proper thinking. (:

 

I attended a church where he preached at least 160 sermons on different things that make up the mind of Christ. He would have a whole sermon on just one word. For example: Kindness, Courage, Boldness, Hope, Dedicated, Gentle, a sound mind and so on. 

[Whyme]

2 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

I attended a church where he preached at least 160 sermons on different things that make up the mind of Christ. He would have a whole sermon on just one word. For example: Kindness, Courage, Boldness, Hope, Dedicated, Gentle, a sound mind and so on. 

Sounds edifying. 

[Whyme]

What is the mind of Christ? Is it the Holy Spirit? I would think so. It must be what we learn when we read the scriptures and meditate on them. We learn about the Lord and His ways and we adopt that thinking. 

 

Philippians 2:5 Have this attitude [e]in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be [f]grasped, 7 but [g]emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and [h]being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. 9 For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to [j]desire and to work for His good pleasure.