unclutter your mind
- Ariel Evans
- Oct 22, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 30, 2023
Being the nerdy church girl that I am, I wanted to share my #churchnotes from today's sermon from Pastor Ray Brown of Resurrection Baptist Church
"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."
- all change starts in the mind
- you don’t change your life by changing your life
- you change your life by changing your mind
- our mindset can be shaped by people and our pain
- you can have your soul saved and not your mind changed
- there’s a difference between salvation and transformation
🧠whatever gets your mind, gets YOU
🧠whatever is in your mind is going to be in your life
- stronghold: a mindset that keeps truth from getting to us / a false idea that dominates our lives
- - fear, guilt, prejudice, worry are all strongholds
👉🏾you have to make your mind mind
- your mind needs discipline
How to unclutter your mind 🧠
1. ❌Don’t believe everything you think - just because you think it, doesn’t mean it’s true
- no one thinks clearly 100% of the time
AMP- ““The heart is deceitful above all things And it is extremely sick; Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?”
ERV- ““Nothing can hide its evil as well as the human mind. It can be very sick, and no one really understands it.”
- we have the amazing ability to lie to ourselves (denial)
👀 we see things not as they are, we see things as WE are
2. Guard your mind against garbage 🗑️ - garbage in garbage out
- garbage in your mind = garbage in your life
🌻 Proverbs 15:14 NLT - “A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash.”
💭don’t let trash accumulate in your thinking
🙏🏾Conversational prayer - ongoing conversations with God / pray about everything
🔬Concentrated focus - decision to focus on the worthwhile and not focus on the worthless
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” KJV
- the way to remove bad ideas - don’t resist it replace it
3. Never stop learning 🤓 - keep learning, growing and developing
- all leaders are learners
- you can learn anything from anybody, if you ask the right questions
- everyone is ignorant just on different topics
🌻 Proverbs 18:15 -“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.”
- how to get knowledge- reading and relationships
- be intentional about what you read and the relationships you foster (connecting with people)
🌻Proverbs 19:8 - “The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.”
- it’s wise to learn from experience, it’s even more wise to learn from the experiences of others
4. Renew your mind daily with the word of God 📖
🌻 Romans 12:2 & 🌻Ephesians 5:26
- wherever your head is going, that’s where your life is going
- daily engagement with the word of God
- 💻let the word of God reboot your mind
the word of God
* Allow God to ctrl + alt + del our minds with his word
✨Let God stretch your imagination ✨
- an imagination is a preview of tomorrow
- you can’t live out your memories but you can live out your imagination
🌻 Acts 2:17 - ““ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.”
- What do you believe God for?
- What would you attempt right now if you knew you wouldn’t fail?
Godspeed,
SimplyAriRenee
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