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The Battle of the Mind 0:00 Welcome to the 7 basics. We are in a series based on this book. Many of you have this book. We are in basic number 6. So how many of you have been with us for at least 1 of these? Great.0:12 Awesome. Well, like I said, basic number 6, we're gonna dive right into it. Let's pray and we'll get into it. Father, thank you so much for your word. Thank you God so much for the freedom we have through Christ. Thank0:24 you God for the Holy Spirit. He's the 1 that helps us to get it, to live the life you've called us to live. And, Lord, it really truly, as we have seen, begins with getting a good foundation, getting the basics. And I0:36 ask you today to help us, teach us, reveal things to us, connect the dots. Help each and every 1 of us God get what you need us to get on basic number 6. In Jesus name we pray. And0:47 everybody that agreed said, Amen. Colossians 1 29 has been our text for this series. So So go ahead and turn there if you have your Bibles. We'll put it on the screen. It's a short little phrase from Colossians 10:59 29. This is from the Message Bible. It says to be mature is to be basic. And so we've talked about that over and over. Just this whole idea that maturity in Christ comes from being1:11 established in the basics, the fundamentals, the foundations, our roots going down deep and there are a lot of basics. We're just looking at 7. I wanna let you know just because I have the number 9 on my shirt does not1:22 mean that we've changed it to 9 basics. We're just going with 7. But people have wondered, what does your shirt mean? It means nothing. I saw it at H and M and I liked it. That's it. That's all it means. But there are a1:34 lot more basics than 7. We're just covering 7. But it's true. How many of you would agree and you've seen it in your own life, the more established you are in the basic truths of the Bible and then not just knowing it,1:45 but doing it, the more success you have in your Christian life. The more fruit you see within your own life, but then through you, in your business, with your kids, in your marriage, just in your life, there's such a1:57 ripple effect in terms of the fruitfulness and then being conformed into his image. And so that's been our foundation. That's our drumbeat. I hope you guys are loving the basics and recognizing the importance of it,2:09 of just being established over and over and over in things that are quite simple. And and the Bible says there's simplicity in Christ. I love that God didn't make it complex, don't you? He leveled the playing field.2:21 No matter your educational background, no matter your economic status, no matter your social status, no matter anything of that nature, he has leveled the playing field for all of us and as we get the basics then he2:33 just causes our lives to increase. And so that's the heart behind this. Basic number 6 is get your head on straight. And this is a really important 1. It's all about our thought life. It's all about the importance of2:45 getting our head on straight. The battle, the biggest battle you're ever gonna face and I'm sure you guys know this, but the biggest battle any of us ever face is what happens between our ears. It's what happens in our2:56 thoughts and that's the devil's playground. That's the place he goes to work to cause us to be defeated, to cause us to be thwarted in our growth in Christ, to cause us to be discouraged, depressed,3:08 disillusioned. I mean all of those things. Where does the enemy work? Where do we even defeat ourselves? It's in our thoughts. And so there's a lot in the Bible about what to do, how to get control of our thoughts, what3:19 to think about and why it's so important. If you go over to Proverbs 20 three:seven, this is a great passage. Proverbs 20 three:seven, it says, as a man thinks in his heart,3:31 so is he. And this is a truth. It's just a principle of life. Whatever you think about in your heart, in your mind, your meditations, whatever you think about, whatever you dwell3:43 on, whatever is invading your thought space, whatever a man thinks, so is he. In other words, our thoughts become the bull's eye. Our thoughts become3:55 the target and we are the heat seeking missile. And so we don't have to try to hit the target, we just will hit the target. Whatever your dominant thoughts are, whatever occupies the space4:07 of your thoughts, you will hit that target. It's just how God has set it up. It's how God has wired us and we'll see it here just a bit. So it's critical that you take a look at what are the bull's eyes I'm4:19 aiming for and I don't even want to hit those targets, But those are the dominant thoughts I'm having. In other words, if your thoughts are If you're consumed with negativity, if you're consumed with self loathing, if4:28 you're consumed with depression, if you're consumed with jealousy or anger or you could go down the list, that is the target you will hit. And so often people are hitting targets they don't even wanna4:40 hit. They hit these things and they're like, I didn't want that. Fear, failure, pride, ego. I mean there's just so many things that dominate our thoughts and if we're not taking control of4:52 those things which we'll see here in just a bit how to do it, then as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. We'll just hit those targets. But thankfully, God's given us a lot of resources, a lot of wisdom and instruction5:04 in the Bible what to do with those thoughts and then why it's so critically important. So let's look over, if you got your Bibles, look over to first Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 23. Let's talk about it. I'm 1 of these5:15 people. I'm like a systems kind of a thinker and once I see it, I have this really creative side of my brain. I'm a left hander. How many lefties we got in the house? Yay,5:27 lefties. So yeah, so on 1 hand, I'm using the creative side of my brain all the time because I'm a left handed person, but on the other hand, I'm very much a logical systems kind of person. How many of you, you're like a5:38 systematic thinker, line upon line? Okay, yay. I see those hands. Awesome. So, we're gonna kinda hit it from both angles in here because when you can see it torn apart, you can see in the word the systematic way God5:50 has set things up, the way he has torn it apart. I'm trying to think of the anatomy of some of these things. Then it clicks and then you can embrace it and then you can6:02 do something with it. So in this verse, first Thessalonians 5 23, now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely And may your whole spirit, soul, and body6:14 be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. So he's telling us here, he's saying, look, God is at work and he wants to sanctify you completely. The word sanctify means to set you apart.6:26 It means to mature you up into being like Christ. We talked about that during week number 1. To make you holy, to make you more like him. This process of sanctification, it's a6:38 process. The day you get born again, God instantly forgives all of your sins as far as the east is, from the west, I mean all the things you know. But then this growth to become more like him, this sanctification6:50 process is a process. And the way he begins to do some of that is by us understanding our whole spirit, soul and body. Understanding that we are a 37:02 part being. And the more you understand yourself and how God has made you and what your spirit, soul and body are and do, the easier it is to cooperate with the Lord7:14 very intentionally and let him do some things in your thoughts. So I'm gonna share a demonstration here in just a minute. I'm gonna call up a couple of volunteers and and let me just tell you this, as it7:26 relates to the spirit, soul, and body, you are a spirit. You don't have a spirit. You are a spirit being, the bible says. The real you, I always say the person that lives behind your7:38 eyeballs, you are a spirit. You have a soul. You have a mind, emotions, and will. Our soul is made up of our mind, emotions, and7:50 will. In other words we sometimes call it our personality. Bump your neighbor and say you have a personality. It's your mind, emotions and what's your soul, the soulish part of you.8:02 You're not a soul but you have a soul. And then you, your spirit, the spirit man that you are and then the soulish part of you, you live in a body. Your body is just your8:13 costume for Earth. It's not the real you. The real you is the person that lives behind your eyeballs. The real you, the Bible talks about, is this person that no man knows except you and God,8:25 the spirit man of you. And when you become a born again Christian, when Jesus becomes the Lord of your life, your spirit man was dead, but suddenly he's alive. The real you's alive. For the first time that square peg8:37 finds the square hole and boom, that void, that God shaped vacuum is filled and you're alive. For the first time, the real you is alive. But then you have this soul, your mind, your emotions8:49 and your will and you live in this body. Your body gives you the legal right to be on planet Earth. Have you ever noticed that? When your body ceases to exist,9:01 legally you cannot be on the earth. Does everybody testify? You understand that? You cannot be a disembodied spirit and live on earth, but you, the9:12 real you, the spirit man that you are, you will go somewhere forever to live. The thing that allows you to be on earth is this body. So it's important to take care of the body. It's important to you know take care9:24 of your your outfit for earth, but it's not the real you. The real you is the spirit man. And so God wants us to understand spirit, soul and body and how they work together and what he wants to do in terms of our9:35 thoughts. So, I'm going to volunteer a few people to come help me. Eric Jones and Sam Van Dyke and Jake Maxwell. Come on9:47 down. Let's give them a hand as they come on down. So I wanna have these guys Oh, can I can I get that folder? I'll get it. Thank you. Eric in that9:58 front pocket just give me those papers. Yeah, come on up guys. Thank you. Alright, Eric Jones, let's see. Okay, Sam you go in front. Jake you go in the middle.10:11 Eric, okay perfect. Okay, so you are gonna be spirit man because you're the tallest and you're gonna be soul man. Soul man. You're gonna be the body. Okay,10:23 okay. So now, we are a 3 part being. You and I, all of us are a 3 part being. We are a spirit, we have a soul, we live in a body. What happens then is we're10:35 just living our lives and our spirit man until we become a born again Christian, till Jesus comes into our lives, our spirit man, the bible says, is dead. In darkness, so act dead. Don't fall down, just act10:47 dead. Is that the best you got? Okay. So then when Jesus becomes the Lord of your life, you invite him in and if you've never done that, today could be your day for some of you. You invite Jesus Christ to come into your10:59 life. The real you for the first time comes alive and you invite Jesus in and boom, you're born again and you're alive unto God. Now, the spirit man is just a little baby Christian,11:11 just a newborn baby Christian. And so you have to grow spirit man, you have to feed spirit man. Spirit man eats the Bible. Spirit man eats spiritual things. That's11:23 what causes spiritual man to get muscles. Let's see a little flex. Okay. Spiritual man gets spiritual muscles by eating the Bible. But at first he's new. He's the new man in town. He just11:35 came alive. Soul and body have been running the show. Maybe you don't get born again till you're 19, 20, 25, 30, 50. Soul and body have been running the11:47 show for decades. So now Spirit Man's alive, you come up front. Spirit Man's alive to God and so Spirit Man is like, all right, me and God, we are in charge here. We're gonna run the11:59 show now. And so listen up, body and soul, we are gonna pray. We're gonna worship God. We're gonna go to church on a Sunday. We're gonna worship God and we're gonna thank God that we're saved and we're gonna rejoice and12:10 exalt him and we're gonna pray and read our Bibles and fast. And soul and body say, I don't12:22 think so. Soul and body say, oh no, we're not. Listen, new man and tom, we run the show and here's how we roll on a Sunday morning. We stay in bed. Body says,12:34 I'm tired. I was up late last night watching the fireworks. We're staying in bed. And then soul agrees with body. Soul's like, that's right. Totally right. We're gonna just probably tune into the online12:46 service or not. So soul and body been used to running everything. Soul and body when they get mad they just are mad. When they wanna be jealous or12:57 envious, they just are. When they wanna be angry, they just are. Soul has this mind, emotions, and will, remember? The mind, emotions, and the will. And so the mind is trying to13:09 dictate things, always trying to be logical and rational. And the soul is so emotional, so much drama. So much drama with the soul sometimes. You know, during13:21 the offering when Pastor Jeff came up, you know, he's talking about, hey, we have a need to do some things financially and everybody just give a little extra in spirit, man. He's like, yeah, praise God. Let's give, let's13:31 worship God with our giving. And soul man and body man are having a fit. They're having a fit. Oh my gosh, I can't believe they're talking about money in church. This ticks me off.13:44 This is what soul and body do, they're always fighting against spirit man. Now spirit man, he just has to keep eating the word, keep eating spiritual things, getting bigger, getting bigger so he can dominate. But the13:55 soul man ultimately will see is the decider. Right now, soul man's siding him with the body because they've been running the show. Body man has appetites. Body14:06 man, it's hard for body man to resist the refrigerator at night. It's hard for body man to resist all kinds of appetites of the flesh because the flesh has just been14:18 dominating. And so body says, Hey, this is the addiction we're gonna have. This is what we're gonna do. Soul just goes, okay, sweet. And they just do it. But then14:30 spirit man, he's eating the word. Spirit man's like, I'm worshiping God, I'm praying, I want God's will, I want God's purpose and plan. We're gonna live for the Lord. I want God's highest and best. I wanna be mature in14:42 Christ. I'm getting the basics. Spirit man's getting stronger and stronger and he'll pipe up to body and soul. Hey guys, now listen, this is what we're gonna do. And they still pipe up and they still are negative14:54 and they're still like no we're not, no we're not, we're in charge, you're not in charge. But after a while, go up next to Eric. After a while, soul man gets his mind renewed to the word of God. Romans 12 115:06 and 2 says, don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Soul man is here and all this stuff spirit man's getting. And Soul15:17 man's mind is getting renewed, and after a while Soul man locks arms sorry guys, locks arms with Spirit man. And now those15:29 2 are a majority and soul man's the decider. So now body's like, hey, we're sleeping in, we're not worshiping God, put your hands down, don't get don't get crazy, don't get15:41 into it, Don't obey God. Just do what you want. Just live in the sin you wanna live in because after all, you know, you're in charge of your life. And body man's loud and he's clanging away. And soul man now,15:53 who's the decider, listens to spirit man and spirit man says no, we're gonna obey God and this is what we're doing and we're gonna align our lives up with the word of God and this is how we're gonna live and soul man16:02 goes yes and amen. Soul man says that's right spirit man. That's how we're gonna live our lives and boom, body is shut down and soul is now in alignment with God's word and16:13 with the spirit. Can y'all see that? This is just a demonstration of what it's like within us because Romans chapter 7 tells us there is a battle that is raging among our members, spirit,16:25 soul and body. Often there is this battle. So what do we do to get soul man and our mind in particular, get our thoughts in alignment with God, get our head on16:37 straight so that spirit man can dominate our lives? Last thing I'll say about this little demo is the reason you want spirit man to dominate Let me tell you why you want spirit man to dominate.16:49 Because spirit man is where God lives within you. God isn't a soul, God isn't a body. God is a spirit. And the Bible says that our17:01 bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, but specifically where in our bodies does God dwell within our spirit? You want spirit man strong and in line with God17:13 and you don't want these other 2 dominating. And all the people said. Amen. Let's give these guys a hand. Thank you. Way to go. Nicely done. So we're gonna talk about this17:25 war then. How do you practically wage war and then get your thoughts in alignment with God with his word? Alright. So if you got your Bibles, thank you sir. Thanks Bruce. Okay. Let's go over17:36 to, run over to second Corinthians 10. Let's just talk about this. This really describes what we just sort of demonstrated but I17:48 want you to see this. Okay, Romans 10 verses 3 through 5. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, but18:00 it is a war. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of18:12 God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Okay, so a couple things there. It talks about a war. Though we live in the flesh, here we are on earth in our body, spirit, soul and18:24 body, and it's a war. There's a war for going on within and without. Though we live in the flesh, we don't war according to the flesh. So let's talk about the warfare just real quick. Yes, there's that18:36 internal warfare of what we just demonstrated that you have to cause spirit man to grow, which you guys are. I mean, you're in church, you're growing, you're getting the word. The other thing from the outside, just FYI18:47 so you have this, from the outside the bible describes that we also have some enemies on the outside. We have an adversary, the devil. And the devil will come against you. As soon as you get on fire for God, as soon as18:58 you draw a line in the sand, you decide I'm gonna let spirit man grow, we're gonna get hungry for the word, we're really gonna take this thing seriously. Soon as you do that, listen, you become a target for the devil and19:07 he will try to thwart your growth. As long as you're passive and apathetic as a Christian, the devil's got you right where he wants you. You won't face any opposition. He'll just let you stay right there. But as soon as19:18 you get excited about God and really begin to be a doer of the word, well then you're gonna face some opposition, it's a war. The world, the Bible talks about the world. I mean, we live in the world, we're not19:30 of the world. Our job is to love people, to witness to people, to preach the gospel, but we live in a anti Christ climate. The Bible tells us that. It says, listen, don't19:42 be surprised if the world doesn't get you. Don't be surprised if they persecute, mock you, if they're not into what you're into. Your job is to be an ambassador for Christ. So there will be a war there, there will be19:53 opposition at times. Now if you walk in love, the Bible says you can have favor with God and with man, but you'll face opposition from the world. And so don't become worldly,20:05 just know that it is what it is and so stand up as a representative of Christ, be mature, establish in the basics, and let spirit man dominate, and all the people said. Other20:17 outside factors then. Those are the 2 biggies. And then internally is this battle of the flesh, Our soul, our mind, our emotions, all of those things. So let's kinda talk about how does that look then20:29 for you and I internally what happens. He describes here the second part of that passage in verse 4. He says, the weapons of our warfare. So we have weapons. He said they're not carnal, but they're20:41 mighty through God and they can pull down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought20:52 into captivity to the obedience of Christ. Okay, so what happens generally, if you look at this verse from the bottom up, okay, let's look at this from the bottom up. What21:04 happens typically in your life, my life, is a thought comes. It can be a thought from God's word, a positive good thought, or it can be a negative thought from the enemy of the world, our own flesh. And a thought comes21:15 and we get to decide, our soul gets to decide, what are we gonna do with that thought? And so if it's a negative thought, let's say a thought comes to you, you're such a loser, being a Christian21:27 isn't all it's cracked up to be, this isn't working for you, don't get too on fire for God, just tone it down. Your party friends, boy, they had a great time. Fourth of July weekend, they were partying it up out on the21:38 boat and here you were at home eating non alcoholic cupcakes. You're the Christian. Oh, look at your yippee yippee yahoo life.21:51 It's no fun, is it? Kinda lonely, isn't it? You're trying to take us to what were you doing on fourth of July weekend? Oh, you're probably laying in the hammock reading your Bible. And all these thoughts come. Well, you22:02 know, maybe just go back to the old life, just go back to the old friends. I mean, it doesn't matter if you cheat on your wife, it doesn't matter if you lie at the job, it doesn't matter if you're dishonest, it doesn't22:12 matter. I mean, just get a little high. Just 1 more time. I mean, these are all the thoughts that come, the negative thoughts that come. Just be spiteful, just be mean spirited, just put something out on22:24 Facebook. Right? All these thoughts come. And then the soul man gets to decide, what do I do with it? Do I begin to argue for those? Yeah, that's right. This is22:35 stupid. This Christian life isn't working for me. And besides that, look at all those phony Christians at church. And beside that, all they ever do at church is ask for money. Just like today.22:48 You know, all these things that you begin to argue for, you begin to imagine, you begin to defend all those negative thoughts. It goes from a thought to an argument. And here you were just a minute ago, you were gonna be23:00 an on fire Christian. You were gonna live for God. And the next thing you know, you've argued so much and you've listened to the lies and the deception and the fear and you've argued for it and you've imagined it and23:09 you've agreed with it and you've like, yeah, yeah. And now you've got a stronghold. Now you have developed a stronghold within you that's gonna be harder to bust through. Now your progress in God is thwarted23:21 in a big way and there's an attitude and now there's a rebellious spirit and that opens the door for all kinds of junk and confusion and negativity and fear. But but you23:33 love the Lord. I prayed the prayer. But you're living the defeated Christian life. The enemy has you right where he wants you. The defeated, confused Christian life and it's so23:45 not what God wants for you. He has so much more for you. But you see the process. I just want you to see the process. That's how it happens. You end up in a downward spiral. But you can do the exact same process,23:58 just do it in the positive. Take a thought captive, argue for it, and watch it become a good stronghold in your life. Watch it become part of your spiritual DNA.24:10 Watch Spirit Man just get so strong. Watch Soul Man lock arms with Spirit Man and be like, yes, this is who we are. I'm not trying to do these things. I just am doing these things.24:22 I just am living the Christian life. I just am resisting temptation. I just got over being jealous and envious and full of anger and hatred. I just got over being depressed and discouraged24:34 and feeling like a loser. I just got over all that self loathing. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. How did I do that? I took a24:45 thought. I took a thought like, God, thank you that your word says you surround me with favors with a shield. I'll tell you, let me just tell you this. Almost24:58 almost 30 years ago, 25, 30 years ago, 3 scriptures, 3 thoughts came to me from God's word. Listen, you don't have to invent thoughts, you just have to get God's thoughts from his25:10 word. You just read the Bible and you're just like, God, these are your thoughts. And you told me I can take a thought and then I can begin to argue for it. I can begin to imagine it, defend it, and it will become a25:22 stronghold in my life. I will be experiencing that reality. So, a number of years ago, 3 scriptures became thoughts. I took these thoughts intentionally. I remember doing it. Psalm25:33 5 12, he surrounds me with favor as with a shield. I took that thought. God's favor, he surrounds me with favor. We went through certain25:45 seasons, I didn't feel very surrounded with favor, but I still took the thought and I still argued for it. Most of our life in God, we've just experienced God's favor. How's that happen? Took a thought, began to argue25:57 for it. God, thank you. We don't deserve it. It's all because of your blood shed on that cross. It's all because of your promise, but thank you. We receive it. He crowns the year with good things. Another verse.26:09 He daily loads us with benefits. Another good verse. The 1 that says he crowns the year with good things, another version of that says, he daily loads us with benefits and Oh, all26:21 of his paths drip with abundance. Another version says he crowns the year with good things, but I took all of his paths drip with abundance. He26:33 surrounds me with favors with a shield. He daily loads me with benefits. Those were the 3 scriptures, those were 3 thoughts. I took a thought. I began to argue for it, meditate on it, see it, believe26:45 it, accept it, receive it, and do you know now 2, 3 decades later, he surrounds us with favors with a shield. All of his paths drip with abundance. He daily26:56 loads us with benefits. How could that happen? We got a stronghold. You couldn't talk us out of it now. You couldn't undo it now. It's such a stronghold. Well, come on, what about in your life? What do you need? What27:08 thought do you need to take? He forgives all your sins, he heals all of your diseases. There's a thought. Beloved, I wish above all things that you would prosper and be27:20 in health even as your soul prospers. There's a thought. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. There's a thought. You always cause me to triumph27:32 in Christ. There's a thought. Amen. I'm more than a conqueror. God, I'm scared about this new adventure. I'm scared about this new business. I'm going to a new city, to a new state, to27:44 a new country, but you always cause me to triumph in Christ. I take a thought. I begin to imagine that. I begin to argue for that. I begin to see it and unbeknownst to me, I don't even know when it27:56 happens, but all of a sudden a stronghold is formed. Soul man, the mind, believes it, locks arms with spirit man, and now you are a mighty force. Amen.28:09 Some of you, listen, some of you, you know, it may be in raising your kids, you may need to take some thoughts. Some of you in your health, you know? Everybody over 50, let me give28:21 you a couple of good ones. We will run and not grow weary. We will walk and not faint. And all the over 50 said, Amen. He will28:33 present us before him without spot or wrinkle. And you know God will use all kind of things to help that process. Amen. But28:45 you gotta believe something. What are you gonna believe? You're gonna be old and decrepit? I can barely get up out of a chair? What are you gonna believe? Because it starts with your thought. You gotta believe it in your28:56 thoughts first and then you argue for it. You defend it. You imagine it. You see it. And it becomes a stronghold. Now you're walking in it. Now it's your reality. Why? Because as a man thinks in his29:07 heart, so is he. It's your bull's eye. You are the heat seeking missile, you hit it. And all the people said. Alright, last thing is this. Let me just share this because you gotta you gotta get it.29:21 Practically speaking, as I said, you don't have to invent the thoughts, you just have to get into the Bible. Spirit man, come on, get into the Bible. Read your Bible and take these thoughts. What kinds of thoughts?29:31 Philippians four:eight. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things29:43 are of a good report, if there is any virtue, if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. These are the thoughts to take. For an example, whatever things are29:55 true, did you know God's word is the truth? You and I, we all experience realities. It might be a reality right now, your health. It might be a reality right now, your financial condition. It30:07 might be a reality right now, your marriage is falling apart and you're about to bail. Those all might be realities, but then there's the truth. There's the truth of God's word. Truth always trumps reality.30:20 Take a thought of whatever things are true. Take your marriage. God, you said in your word, what God has joined together, let not man separate. So God, I'm ready to bail on this marriage. We are not30:32 compatible. We fight, we don't get along. I could defend all the thoughts and all the reasons we should just be done, but I'm going to see if we can change the trajectory of my life30:44 and of our marriage. I'm gonna see if we can get a grip on this basic. I'm gonna see if I can get soul man in align with spirit man, in alignment with your word, and can we see some30:56 things in our marriage transformed? And I begin to say things like, God, my husband loves me like Christ loves the church. And I respect him and I admire him.31:07 And God, with your help, we can communicate. I'm taking some thoughts here, Lord. I'm seeing it. Normally, he ticks me off. But I'm changing what I see. And the next time he says something to me that really bugs me, I'm31:19 not gonna let it bug me because now I'm taking new thoughts, whatever's true, whatever's virtuous, whatever's praiseworthy. In other words, get some spiritual momentum working in your direction.31:31 Amen. And you begin to take those thoughts, you begin to argue for those thoughts and listen, you will be changed. He will be changed. Your marriage will be changed. It won't happen overnight, might take a31:43 might take, you know, a month, 2 months, 6 months, a year, whatever. It could take it could take however long it takes. But what is it for you? What do you need? What thoughts?31:55 What thoughts are bothering you, tormenting you, pulling you down, telling you you're nothing, telling you you're worthless, telling you your marriage isn't gonna make it, telling you your kids aren't gonna make32:07 it? What thoughts of fear and confusion are just plaguing you? Listen, God never leads with fear. God never leads with confusion. And so you're gonna32:19 reverse it. You're gonna take thoughts from the Bible and you're gonna say, God, right now I don't feel like it, it doesn't look like it, but you said it, your word is true. Holy Spirit, help me.32:31 Spirit man's over there. Okay, God, we're gonna take your word. We're gonna build up our muscles. We're just gonna meditate on the word. We're gonna say the word. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart32:42 be acceptable in your sight. God, we're gonna do this thing. And soul, I know, body and soul, you're gonna kick and scream. That's fine. Kick and scream all you want. Listen, I'm in charge now. Spirit man's in charge now32:53 and I'm in alignment with that. My heavenly father, with Jesus and with the holy spirit and soul, you're gonna get in line here pretty soon and we are gonna be a force to be reckoned with. Amen. So you33:05 have to just be a doer of the word, not just to hear. Be a doer of what we're talking about. Get a grip on this basic number 6. Last thing I'll say is this, I don't usually give a big plug for this book, but I do want33:16 you to read basic 6 in here. We just scratched the surface. But I can tell you in 23 or 4 years of pastoring, whenever we counsel with people, 90 percent of the time,33:28 marriage counseling, financial counseling, raising children, 90 percent of the time, the issue isn't a spiritual problem. 90 percent of the time, the issue is right between the33:40 ears. It's a thought problem. It's getting your mind renewed to what God has to say. It's waging war with your thoughts and your arguments to develop healthy strongholds. Amen?33:53 Y'all doing alright? You're thinking, aren't you? You're thinking. Let's pray. Father, thank you so much for your word. It's so simple, it's so basic, it's so34:05 profound, it is life changing. Lord, I pray that you'll take the words we've shared, and, God, I pray that you'll cause these things to go deep into our hearts. Lord, I pray that we'll water the word34:17 by spending time with you, by praying, by seeking you, by reading our bibles, listening to your voice. Lord, I pray that the spiritual men and women in this room,34:29 God, will just grow so strong, be so healthy, and that our soul and our body will come in line, our thoughts will get into conformity into agreement with your thoughts, Lord, and that we'll34:41 see good fruit, good things in the lives of each and every person here. In Jesus' mighty name we pray. And everybody that agreed said, amen.34:53 Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. 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