Saved and Set Apart

Steeped in the Word

June 2, 2025 – 6/02/2025

6 – The Flesh of Man

2 – A Faithful Witness and Being Set Apart

 

As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.  For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 NLT

Saved and Set Apart\n

Are you actively serving the Lord in your mind? Do you have honest and realistic mental boundaries concerning what you will and won\u2019t think about? Do you set aside time for meditation on God\u2019s Word? If you want God to do great things in and with your mind, the answer to those questions should be a resounding \u201cYes.\u201d If you answered \u201cNo\u201d to any of them, you\u2019re opening yourself to an attack from the enemy.\n

Known as the \u201cfather of lies\u201d and the \u201cprince of the power of the air,\u201d the devil wants to control the atmosphere of your mind. One of the ways he does this is to deceive you into believing your thoughts are harmless \u2013 that you can control them.\n

Remember, your brain has teeth. Your thoughts come back to bite you because they become your attitude, affecting your daily outlook. That\u2019s why the Word tells us to think on things such as this\u2026\n

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy\u2014meditate on these things.\u00a0\u00a0Philippians 4:8\n

The Bible calls your brain \u201cthe loins of your mind.\u201d This means your mind is a reproductive organ. The thoughts you think become your words and actions. If your thoughts are dark, you reproduce enemies who want to destroy you! A good example is pornography. Porn always leads to ugly words and actions, including child molestation and forced prostitution. Thoughts become actions.\n

I want God to move into the deep places of my thinking and the dark places in my mind. It is just as great a missionary journey and just as harsh and ruthless an environment. Have you asked the Lord to show you problem areas and potential snares in your thinking? You need to. You need to have a scripture for each trap the enemy sets so you can quote it back to him and send him and his lies back to the pit he crawled out of.","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">Saved and Set Apart

Are you actively serving the Lord in your mind? Do you have honest and realistic mental boundaries concerning what you will and won’t think about? Do you set aside time for meditation on God’s Word? If you want God to do great things in and with your mind, the answer to those questions should be a resounding “Yes.” If you answered “No” to any of them, you’re opening yourself to an attack from the enemy.

Known as the “father of lies” and the “prince of the power of the air,” the devil wants to control the atmosphere of your mind. One of the ways he does this is to deceive you into believing your thoughts are harmless – that you can control them.

Remember, your brain has teeth. Your thoughts come back to bite you because they become your attitude, affecting your daily outlook. That’s why the Word tells us to think on things such as this…

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.  Philippians 4:8

The Bible calls your brain “the loins of your mind.” This means your mind is a reproductive organ. The thoughts you think become your words and actions. If your thoughts are dark, you reproduce enemies who want to destroy you! A good example is pornography. Porn always leads to ugly words and actions, including child molestation and forced prostitution. Thoughts become actions.

I want God to move into the deep places of my thinking and the dark places in my mind. It is just as great a missionary journey and just as harsh and ruthless an environment. Have you asked the Lord to show you problem areas and potential snares in your thinking? You need to. You need to have a scripture for each trap the enemy sets so you can quote it back to him and send him and his lies back to the pit he crawled out of.

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

My salvation is a treasure to me.  Each day, I lay down my life – my mind, my feelings, and my will; I want to be saved out of all the darkness that is not from the Lord.  Jesus gave me the power and authority to rebuke and cast out anything that tries to keep me from the fullness of what God has for me.

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