Good Morning!! Imagine Eve back in the garden. She’s sitting there talking to the snake
and she’s a little confused. The Father of Lies is creating doubt, he’s
contradicted what the Father said to her, and yet, she reaches for the
apple. Now, imagine what would have happened if she had pulled back her
hand and said, “OK, you stay right there. I’ll be right back.” What if
she had called out, “Daddy! Abba! Heavenly Father!” and sat down with
Him to have a chat about what the snake had said. “You see that little
snake over there? Here’s what he told me. What is truth and what is a
lie?” If she had done that, do you think the story would have looked
differently?
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.—2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)
What does that mean? It means that we grab a suspicious thought and we say, “You’re coming with me.” We take it captive and we present it in front of Jesus and we say, “Jesus, I just had this thought. Is this a lie or is this Your truth?” And we pray, “Lord Jesus, open my eyes to Your Truth.” By His Spirit, He will start to reveal His truth to us as we also compare the thought to what we know from the written Truth of God in the Bible. Today, when a thought enters your mind, and as soon as you recognize that it might be a lie, take it captive to Jesus and say “Jesus, what do You think about this?” and then test it with what the Bible says is Truth. Consider any and all thought, that you are wrestling with right now,...now take it to Jesus.
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.—2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)
What does that mean? It means that we grab a suspicious thought and we say, “You’re coming with me.” We take it captive and we present it in front of Jesus and we say, “Jesus, I just had this thought. Is this a lie or is this Your truth?” And we pray, “Lord Jesus, open my eyes to Your Truth.” By His Spirit, He will start to reveal His truth to us as we also compare the thought to what we know from the written Truth of God in the Bible. Today, when a thought enters your mind, and as soon as you recognize that it might be a lie, take it captive to Jesus and say “Jesus, what do You think about this?” and then test it with what the Bible says is Truth. Consider any and all thought, that you are wrestling with right now,...now take it to Jesus.
" Nourish the mind as you would your body. The mind can’t survive on junk food, any better than the body can."
Lord Jesus,
You are the Way, the Truth, the Light, and the Life. You know all
things
and Your Word is the test of all things. Search these thoughts we're
bringing to You. Test them and show us if there is evil and lies within
them. And then lead us in Your eternal, truthful way. We trust only in
Your
presence within us,...and Your Word to live out the truth and reject
the
lies today. Amen.
" He is rich indeed, who is satisfied with what he has."
" He is rich indeed, who is satisfied with what he has."
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