That is powerful in preventing the battle of the mind from beginning. When I intentionally practice gratitude, I’m teaching my brain to shift to the positive aspects. My heart has a propensity to see what’s going wrong and focus there. I have to be purposeful in seeing God’s grace in every situation. The Bible tells us to practice gratitude because in all His love, God knows what’s best for His children, long before research identified the benefits of gratitude. A leading gratitude researcher (Emmons) boasts findings of increased happiness (by as much as 25%) when we practice finding the good. Scripture actually commands us to practice gratitude. … give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. … always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Win the Battle of the Mind by Practicing Gratitude Let’s dive into our prevention plan… 3 Ways to Win the Battle of the Mind Using Scripture as Our Guide Why not take preventative measures in our thought life? After all, our thoughts are really powerful according to Proverbs 4:23.Ībove all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. We take the time to prevent illness by eating well and being active.
This article outlines how to prevent the battle of the mind using Scripture as our guide.
Using scripture to measure the truth of those thoughts is how we take the thoughts captive. The battle of the mind begins with problematic and untrue thoughts. Nor am I promoting the power of positive thinking to pretend a bad situation doesn’t exist. This means being intentional in shaping our thought life with truth.ĭon’t get me wrong… I’m not suggesting we engage in magical thinking. The best way to win the battle of the mind before it ever begins is by practicing the kind of thinking outlined in Philippians 4:8. I think we can all agree it’s much harder to take those thoughts captive and engage in the battle of the mind once those problematic thoughts gain momentum. 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. When our thoughts aren’t so lovely or true, we are told to take them captive. Scripture gives us quite a few ideas of how to practice thinking thoughts that are lovely…įinally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. It is also a battle that every single person faces, every single day.
The battle of the mind is a hard fought battle.