"Mind Fasting" continues...

It seems that this concept of "mind fasting" is a serious one. God has done nothing but plants statements, words, and thoughts in front of me since I have started it. It is not a new concept. Maybe my way of describing it-mind fasting-is. As a nurse, I could give you so much overwhelming information about the genetic makeup of our minds, the intricate detail of it's function. Really, it is more than we can comprehend. Our brains are truly the most important aspect of this body God created. Our brain controls and manages everything we do, say, or think. Our brain is more detailed than this lap top I am writing on. The power of the mind is amazing and we all have come to know how dangerous it can be. Lets explore this concept of why "mind fasting" is necessary in our life from within the pages of the Bible!!

1. Our mind controls our thoughts. For most of us, the negative thoughts outweigh the positive. The more we feed into our mind, the more we become of what we feed into it...

For as he thinks within himself, so he is.

~Proverbs 23:7 (NASB)

2. If you are like me, there's a daily war going on with those unwanted, negative thoughts! How often do we live in the control of those unwanted thoughts? Choosing to allow the negative thoughts in gives sin power in our life!

But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. ~Romans 7:3 (NLT)

3. Satan wants us to live in those sinful negative thoughts-the untruth he plants in our mind. A women who chooses to say YES to God and live in God's truth can overcome satan and these negative thoughts he plants in our mind. How?

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

~Colossians 3:2 (NASB)

4. It requires us to live in obedience to God. We have to choose God's way or the worlds way of thinking. We have to renew our minds continuously to avoid the destruction of satan's lies when we internalized those negative thoughts in our minds...

Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

~Romans 12:2 (Amplified)

5. Joanna Weaver in her book "Having a Mary Spirit" (pp.118) writes about the negative self talk we impose on our self and allow satan to feed into us. She write we have to first recognize this thought as a sin, refuse to accept or believe the thought, reckon the thought as being dead (don't dwell on it or respond to it), rest in knowing you are in Christ and Christ is in you, and remind your self daily of who you are in Christ so you can walk more confidently and in more control of your minds functions. It takes commitment, perseverance and obedience. We have to train our mind as we train our self when working out for better health.

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.

~2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

~Ephesians 4:22-24 (NIV)

6. We are not alone in this effort to control our mind. God will provide us with the Holy Spirits aid to help us by bringing memory recall to our minds when we are being weaken to the sinful thoughts of satans lies and untruths...

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

~John 14:26 (VIV)

7. More beautiful then any other thought here is that we have been created in God's image and we have the potential to be of the same mind as Christ. It is what I want, how about you? We have to soak in the Scriptures and those teaching that are of God in order for this to happen. We have to examine who we are in Christ and cling to those concepts!

For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

~I Corinthians 2:16

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus

~Philippians 2:5 (NKJV)

Jennifer Rothschild has a new book out "Self Talk, Soul Talk: What to Say When You Talk to Yourself". I haven't has a chance to read it completely yet. Along with the book I mentioned above, both these books will serve as good resources in this matter of controlling our minds!!!

Mind Fasting. Something to think about!!