Above all, guard your heart, for out of it flow the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23
... Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 12:34
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Words kill, words give life. They're either poison or fruit-you choose! (The Message Translation) Proverbs 18:21
I wanted to preface this with a few scriptures to ponder. So before you continue reading, just go back and read the scriptures slowly and really think about them (no really... go ahead and read over those scriptures again).
You see the heart(mind), mouth connect is a powerful thing. It is so powerful that you can't seperate the two of them... they are made to operate together. Our minds are wired for God, and when we are in alignment with Him and speak His word we see manifestation (that's called living faith). That's why when we become born again, the first thing we're suppose to do is renew our minds by filling it with the Word so that we can speak in faith. If our minds are not renewed we will not live a victorious life... Yes we will have salvation through the blood of Jesus but we will live defeated because our minds are still ignorant , causing it to be separated from God. As I mentioned before the connection between the heart and the mind is very powerful and if you don't know it, YOU BETTER BELIEVE the enemy knows it. The entire goal of the enemy is to target you heart (mind). Do you know why? Because the enemy has absolutely no power over you unless you open your mouth and speak in alignment with him. The enemy doesn't have power over you and can't force you to say anything, because you are covered by God. The only thing the enemy can do is try to manipulate you into speaking death over your own life. How does the enemy do this? By influencing your mind! If the enemy can influence your mind(heart) then your mouth will automatically speak in alignment with his will and it will manifest. It's a good thing when your mind is aligned with God and you speak and it manifest (because that's faith). However, when your mind has been influenced by the enemy and you speak, death will be manifested.
Have you ever met people that say "this always happens to me"... well guess what... it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It will always happen to them, because they are eating the fruit of their own lips. Or you meet people that say "they are about to have a mental breakdown" when things get tough... and guess what... they fall apart. Cause they spoke it out of there own mouth. Those are just a few examples, BUT there are many more... and unfortunately more intense, and extreme things that people speak over their life. However, once a person is speaking something it has already filtrated their mind. That is why it is sooooo important to know the Word and guard your heart. As soon as an influence tries to come (the enemy could use media, a person, ect) you have to recognize it and not receive it. If you don't reject it right then, it will infiltrate your mind.
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations(arguments) and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. 2 Corinthians 10:4-9
Apply the scripture above when things come against your mind that don't line up with the Word.
You see we are all created in the image of God. God is triune (God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit). We are triune (spirit, soul, body). God the Father holds the idea/originator (the creator), the Holy Spirit is the helper (the one who serves), Jesus is the manifestation (the living word). We are created in His image and our soul(mind) is the place of influence, spirit (regenerated by God if born again), and body. The Spirit is there to serve the soul, however if it is not aligned with God then you will not live out the liberties/promises in the Bible. That's why renewing your mind is so important, BUT when your mind is in alignment then you are able to see fruit in your life. You will be able to live out the promises in the Bible. So many times we think were waiting for God, but God is waiting for us to renew our mind, so that the Spirit of God can bring life to the promises that belong to believers! If you find an area in the Bible that you don't seem to be having victory in and you feel like you are striving (not seeing things come to pass)... DON'T get mad at God and think your abandoned and that the Comforter/Helper (Holy Spirit) is not helping you in your situation, but rather find how your mind is not renewed in that area and work on it. If your soul is out of alignment then the Spirit of God is not going to serve carnality. You can't manipulate the Holy Spirit, like you may manipulate people. The laws of God are already established!
I know I mentioned this in the previous post but I feel the need to reiterate the challenge to completely take complaining out of your vocabulary! Yes completely... as you first start out, you will be more conscious of the fact that you do complain. That is good... take note of when you slip up (keep a notebook) speak life over that situation and push forward. Continue doing this until complaining is no longer part of your vocabulary.
NEVER speak destructive things over your life. If you constantly feel like speaking death, then you already know you haven't been guarding your mind and you are being influenced to think a certain way. At that point you need to deal with the root of what has caused you to get where you are, instead of going to your "place" (that place could be a tantrum, could be depression, could be eating, could be wasting your day watching tv, on the phone, facebook, or whatever it is) face the problem and speak the word over it, renew your mind and push forward. The same way the negative things become self-fulfilling prophecies, those words of life will manifest!
If you really want to know where your mind is, go at least a month without media (that's tv, facebook, computer networks, ect... and don't talk on the phone all day to fill in that time). Decide that you are going to spend time renewing your mind in the Word. If you find yourself bored a lot in the beginning... you already know that your mind has already been heavily influenced, because you need stimulation and outside activities just to "have something to do"... that means your own level of creativity that God has given you is probably sleep and needs to be awakened. During this month spend time evaluating the areas in your life where you have aloud influences that didn't come from the Word to effect you (even down to the way you dress if necessary). Spend time in the Word and address any areas that are contradictory. Especially spend a lot of time in the book of Proverbs, John, Ephesians and James. Spend time in prayer and ask the Lord to teach you and give you revelation on guarding your heart and having a renewed mind. Journal everything that the Lord speaks to you. You will find that as you continue to do this that hearing from the Lord is more valuable than any show that you have ever watched and you will become bored with tv, ect. Hearing from the creator of Heaven and Earth never gets old. It will be something you will want to do longer than a month.
There is so much more that can be said, but this blog is getting really long. I will stop here! I do want to say thank you again for those of you that have sent in testimonies and some have done complimentary youtube videos with them. It has been a tremendous blessing!!!
LOVE YOU MUCH!!!
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