Mental Ambush

Phil. 4: 2-9, 'I implore Euodia and I implore Syntche to be of the same mind in the Lord. And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life. Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally brothers, whatever things are pure, just, noble, lovely, of a good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.'

This is probably the most quoted scripture that is often disobeyed. The book of Philippians is filled with spiritual content concerning the MIND. We now, live in a day and age where the mind is literally under assault. The devil through the generations of men have always sought to take us out physically - time and time again, he would establish a kingdom, and time and time again, it would fail. This latest kingdom however, is a mental ambush. 

If we are simply fed a pack of lies and half - truths concerning life, God, and one another - we'll adopt a 'mentality' that will negatively affect our thought life outside of God's will. The book of Daniel and Revelation warned us that this would happen; yet there are still believers out in the world who simply follow blindly, not realizing they are being sucked into the devil's web of lies.

Our thought life has to change! The way we process life must flow the filter of God's word, not the latest television program; however, this is how we, and our children are being conditioned and shaped. What terrified and horrified our parents and grandparents is accepted today like nothing is wrong...abortion, sexual immorality, rebellion, anxiety, depression, alcoholism, etc...these things are considered normal. Somewhere, our brains got turned off, and the devil has poured out lies unending...the Word asks, 'Who's report do you believe?' Well, which one? Do you believe what the media is telling you, or are you willing to discipline yourself with God's word?

Phil. 2: 5 - 'Let this mind be in you, that is also in Christ Jesus...'

Here's a quote from the book, 'Switch on Your Brain'...‘You are a thinking being. You think all day long, and at night you sleep, and you sort out your thinking. As you think you choose, and as you choose you cause genetic expression to happen in your brain. This means you make proteins and these proteins form your thoughts; thoughts are real physical things that occupy mental real estate – moment by moment every day you are changing the structure of your brain, through your thinking and through your choosing.’

How do you live your life?

Can God deposit His life into your mind? Or is it preoccupied with what you've ingested from the world?