Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...

by Louie Giglio

Second Corinthians 5:17 says we are “in Christ” and a “new creation,” and Galatians 3:26–28 says we are “clothed” with Christ.

Your righteousness is safe because of Christ.

“God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms.”

That means we are united with Chris...

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we first become free by changing our perspectives.

We take responsibility for what happens in our minds and say, “I am in Christ, and Christ is in me.

Your new mindset tells you that God is faithful. You remind

yourself of this truth. You remind yourself and remind yourself again. That constant reminding begins to change the old patterns that led you to defeat.

“Everyone born of God overcomes the world.

You’re tapping into the huge, all-powerful engine of God’s resurrection power (Philippians 3:10).

Let’s look again at 1 Corinthians 10:13: “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it” (italics added). It’s that straightforward. Read the verse again. God is faithful. When you rely on Him, He will provide a way out. SAINT (YOUR NAME GOES HERE) Let’s reinforce the application. Whenever you face temptation, it’s like you’re staring at a big closed door. The door is unlocked, and on the other side of the door is sin—some sort of harmful living. Many believers stare at that big door and don’t think they have any power to keep the door shut. They believe they must open the door marked Temptation and walk through it. They don’t feel like they have a choice. Part of the reason for this faulty thinking is because we have flawed identity theology present in today’s church. Here’s the big revelation. We are not simply sinners saved by grace. We must change this distorted thinking. We are not simply beggars helping other beggars

but it’s a load of rot.

that’s what you’ve been conditioned to do.

we need to preach to ourselves equal parts Ephesians 2:8–9 and 2 Corinthians 5:17. That’s the full gospel. We were sinners saved by grace at the start of our salvation experience, as Ephesians 2:8–9 points out. Yet that’s not the end of the story.

That’s why you

can’t pitch a tent in the sinner campg...

sinner saved ...

who is a brand-new ...

The old has passed away. The new you has arrived. You were born again to a brand-new life, and in Jesus Christ you are not the same ...

God said, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;

will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

used to. The life you now live is by faith, and you live because Christ lives in you (Galatians 2:20).

Christ

Jesus...

“holy one.”

Don’t walk through the door marked Temptation.

You’re a saint.

grace of God,

We are those

who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?”

by immersing yourself in the truth that you are a new creation. You are no longer a slave to sin.

Well, the most effective way you can avoid sin is to not walk through the door marked Temptation in the first place.

stay out.

keep you far away from temptation.

Romans 13:14 invites you to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision

for the flesh, to gratify its des...

God is always faithful.

That’s a work of the Holy Spirit. Take it.

Don’t keep going. By

But resisting temptation is not a game. It’s a war.

Exchange the door marked Temptation for the door marked Invitation. Focus on a different door, the door of Christ.

Hebrews 12:1–2 says, “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And

let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfec...

Don’t sin! Don’t sin! Don’t sin!

“Come, walk with God.”

recognize the voice of their shepherd,

you are given the ability to hear the voice

of Ch...

He kept you out of danger,