Video #6 taught me:
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The enemy is after my mind.
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Salvation is meant to be applied, not just
received.
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Salvation is meant to implement a new way of
thinking. It’s about my identity in
Christ!
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We have the protection of salvation, now we need
to use it.
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Being blessed is in our genetic code (Eph 1:3
says Your God is blessed! My Daddy’s
blessed and so am I!).
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We cooperate in the sanctification process.
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We tear down strongholds with the Word of God!
This week’s book work taught me:
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The Lord restores me through the renewing of my
mind through His Word as I respond to what He reveals by applying it to my
life. This makes me look like Jesus and
protects my mind (Rom 12:2).
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God has given me a lavish and substantial
inheritance – my identity in Christ.
There are many good lists of these truths. Here’s one:
http://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/bible-verses-about-our-identity-in-christ/
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The steadfast mind is peaceful because it trusts
God (Isa 26:3-4).
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I am God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus
to do good works which He prepared in advance for me to do (Eph 2:10).
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The weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but
are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and every high-minded thing
that is raised up against the knowledge of God taking every thought captive to
obey Christ (2 Cor 10:4-5).
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Do not be conformed to this age but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the
good, pleasing and perfect will of God (Rom 12:2).
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Make a lifestyle out of taking thoughts
captive: 1. Identify toxic thoughts, 2.
Confess your part in building the stronghold, 3. Dismantle the stronghold by
replacing the toxic thought with God’s Truth (https://www.blueletterbible.org/study/misc/putoffon.cfm).
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I need to remember who I am in Christ because
the enemy wants me to forget so he can control me.
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Set your mind on things above, not on the things
that are on earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God
(Col 3:2-3)
This week’s bookwork included a fifth and final “Digging
Deeper” article. Digging Deeper V is
called “My Inheritance and Identity in Christ” and it is a wonderful list of
Scriptures describing who I am in Christ and many of God’s promises to me as a
Christian. I know I will refer back to
this list over and over again when I become discouraged. Actually, I plan to proactively review this
list daily so I don’t get discouraged.
Here’s the prayer strategy I’ve crafted as a result of what
I learned:
Blessed Father, You are blessed and I am Your daughter, so
being blessed is in my genetic code (Eph 1:3).
You restore me through the renewing of my mind through Your Word as I
respond to what You reveal by applying it to my life (Rom 12:2). You have given me a lavish, substantial
inheritance – my identity in Christ. I
pray that my mind would reflect on these truths and be steadfast, having peace
because it trusts You (Isa 26:3-4). This
is possible because I am Your workmanship and You created me to do good works
that You prepared for me in advance (Eph 2:10).
I repent of toxic thought patterns and confess to helping the enemy
build strongholds in my life. Empower me
to demolish those strongholds by teaching me to make a lifestyle of taking
toxic thoughts captive and replacing them with Your truth, the weapon with
which I demolish arguments (2 Cor 10:4-5).
Transform me by renewing my mind so I may discern Your good, pleasing
and perfect will (Rom 12:2). Set my mind
on things above, not things on earth, for I’ve died and my life is hidden with
Christ in God (Col 3:2-3). I’m sorry for
the prideful arrogance I allowed to build a stronghold in my relationships with
others. I am Your ambassador (2 Cor
5:20) and want to share Your love with those people. Thank You for healing those hurts and filling
us with love for each other and making me blameless and beyond reproach (Col
1:22) before You.
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