It is an all-out battle

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We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. (2 Corinthians 10:3-4)

Have you ever noticed that there is a war going on in your mind almost all of the time? It is a battle between faith and fear, trust and doubt, unrest and peace. Most of life's battles are actually won or lost on this very battlefield. When we learn to use God's word as a weapon, we learn how to battle well and win! One important thing we must realize - Satan is trying to shape our lives one thought at a time - this is how we are given over to deception.

What is your strongest thought today? You will actually move toward your strongest thoughts. Believe it or not, the life we have today is a reflection of the life we are thinking. It is more than 'positive vibes', though. Whatever we allow into our minds is what will eventually come out of our lives in words and deeds. Negative, worrying thoughts don't produce uplifting, positive outcomes! If our strongest thoughts are taking us down alleyways of worry and anxiety, it is silly to think the actions produced will reflect anything other than mistrust and hopelessness.

Some thoughts move us forward in a positive manner, while others hold us back, anchoring us to some past sin or negative outcome. Did you know the more you think something, forming a thought process around it, the easier and easier it gets to think that way again? If we form the right pathway of thought, we won't be as tempted to stray! Lies believed just makes us a prisoner to those lies. Truth believed will set us free to live as we should. 

Demolish the thoughts that set themselves up AGAINST God's truth. Learn to use the sword of the Word. It actually is our best defense AND offense against the enemy of our souls. Remember, every lie has some element of truth, or we wouldn't believe it. Wrong thoughts can be replaced, producing better actions in the long run. BUT...we must recognize the lies, forsake those thought patterns by replacing them with the truth in God's word, and allow those new thoughts to become our STRONGEST thoughts. Truth is a person - Christ. Just sayin!

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