The Five R's to Victory
in our Thought Life
1. RECOGNIZE and REJECT
the wrong thoughts (negative or tempting) that come against you (2 Cor. 10:5).
Any thought that is BAD for us is a wrong thought. Self-defeat, counter production, self-pity, resentment, fear,
guilt, negativism, jealousy, worry, discouragement. Don't accept them in your mind. Don't let them get authority in your mind and grow a harvest.
If satan sows one of these seeds in your mind refuse it with authority.
(Gal.6:7)
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Though Processes
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Emotions
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Imaginations
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Memories
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Will
satan comes against us in our THOUGH
PROCESSES. Then his attacks
spread to our EMOTIONS. This
flashes a picture on the screen of our IMAGINATIONS.
This begins to replay tapes from our MEMORIES of similar past
experiences. The WILL POWER is taken over.
Before we realize it, the initial temptation to think wrongly
(detrimentally and in a self-defeating way) has grown from a molehill into the
proverbial mountain.
2. REBUKE the
appropriate spirit in the name of Jesus (Matt.16:19). Evil spirits are real. They
can usually be identified by the negative emotions which are present, e.g.
anxiety, depression, hatred, rage, rebellion, loneliness, sadness, fantasy,
unbelief, etc. They feed on our
negative emotions and hurts, infecting and worsening them.
We can and must command them to leave us alone.
3. RECITE what God's
Word says about the problem area and RENEW YOUR MIND in it (Rom.12:2).
We must begin to view life from God's perspective instead of the worlds.
Stand against circumstances. Don't let circumstances dictate to you, you
let the Word of God dictate to your circumstances. Stand on God's Word (1
Cor.10:13, Ps.138:8, Phil. 4:4,13,19, 2Tim. 1:17, 1Thes. 5:18, Rom 8:28, Gal.
5:22-25, 2Cor.10:3-5)
4. RESIST the devil and
he will flee from you (Jas. 4:7)! God
didn't make us to be runners, so don't ever run from the devil.
God wants us to be resistors! He wants us to be WARRIORS!!!
5. REJOICE in ALL things
(1Thes. 5:18). Cultivate an
ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE. Be grateful,
giving thanks in all things. Such
obedience will lift burdens, change your perspective and bless you in countless
ways..