SDG 170 Mastering Your Mind

Philippians 4:4–8

You know wrong thinking AKA “stinkin thinkin’” can be hazardous to our health!

So in today’s message we’re going to have “a check-up from the neck up” and discover if we've been guilty of “stinkin thinkin”.

Last week we learned that an unsaved man has a blinded mind because the god of this world has blinded the minds of them that believe not.

So by nature, we have what the Bible calls a carnal mind that’s at war with God.

Remember that last week we learned 4 Biblical truths crucial to controlling our thought life:

1. The carnal mind must be converted.
2. A converted mind may still be corrupted.
3. But a corrupted mind can be conquered.

Paul said, “I have a concern, lest Satan corrupt you through his subtlety from the simplicity which is in Christ,” that your minds be corrupted (2 Corinthians 11:3).

So Satan can creep in and seduce us, and even a Christian’s mind can be drawn away.

Satan can build in our hearts AKA our minds what the Bible calls a stronghold.

And we must take that ground back!

And then we learned how to do that by allowing.

4. A conquered mind to be controlled by Christ.

So the Lord MUST be in charge of our new minds.

Remember we can choose our thoughts like we choose our friends!

We must have a standard to know what kind of thoughts to allow into our minds and what kind of thoughts we must say, “No trespassing” to.

So stay tuned because that’s what we'll do in today's message!