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

by Louie Giglio

How do you refuse the Enemy a seat at your table?

You must start from this place of identity.

You remind yourself that Jesus has already won your struggle. And becau...

Him, something powerful has already happened. Whatever He has won, you have won. You are in Christ, and Christ is in you. Since Christ has victory, you have access to that victory right now. You’re not fighting the battle against sin on your own strength. You’re tapping into the huge, all-powerful engine of God’s resurr...

It boils down to God’s faithfulness.

“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).

God is faithful.

When you rely on Him, He will provide a way out.

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 find bread. We have not simply come to the cross with nothing to offer. Th...

story and is not our true identity if we ...

When we walk up to the door marked Temptation—and I really want to drive this point home—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 campground anymore. Your new identity is a sinner saved by grace who is a brand-new creation, as 2 Corinthians 5:17 points out. 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 as who you were before you got saved.

What some may have missed is how the Bible uses that verse to describe an unregenerate heart, a heart that’s still far from God. But Jesus has ushered in a new era. True, after we begin to follow Christ, our hearts are still capable of sinning, yet Jesus has made them brand new. In Ezekiel 36:26 God said, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” That means our hearts are not desperately wicked and prone to deceit anymore.

We get confused on this issue because even after we are new creations, we still have the capacity to sin. No one needs that sermon; we know it too well. Yet we must continually tell ourselves

that “sinner” is no longer our identity. So when we stare at the door marked Temptation, we need to remind ourselves that we were crucified with Christ ...

The life you now live is by faith, and you live because Christ lives in you (Galatians 2:20). When you became a believer, you were baptized into Christ Jesus—which means you identified with His death, burial, and resurrection. Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, you too “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4...

The word saint simply means that you are a “holy one.”

In Christ, you’re forgiven of all sin—past,

present, and ...

You have a righteous standing before God. You are clothed by the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Don’t walk through the door...

This is where the victory starts: by immersing yourself in the truth that you are a new creation.

You are no longer a slave to sin.

God will provide a way out. You have ...

Christ. You do not have to give the Enemy a sea...

we might get tempted but we don’t have to sin.

There’s always a way out.

How do you keep the Enemy from sitting at your table? You keep your eyes on Christ.

All the Enemy does is lie. The Enemy wants to lead you astray so he can destroy you.

But Jesus wants you to learn God’s voice, to recognize God, to trust God.

I could clearly see my future. But I had lost sight of what it was going to take to get there.

won the battle of my mind. I woke up every day convinced God was going to accomplish through me all He had called me to do. I believed I could be who He created me to be.

I’m talking about where you want to be in your soul.

I’m talking about being in charge of your thoughts, attitudes, and actions. I’m talking about moving into purpose and living the life God has designed you to live.

You’ve listened to the voices of fear.

You’ve convinced yourself you have no value. Your mind is clouded by worry and uncertainty.

The Enemy has accomplished this by sitting down at your table, but you don’t need to let him stay there and get comfortable. You do not have to entertain the Enemy’s voice. Through Chris...

This happens when you learn to win the battle...

One of his main ploys is to go after your...

He planted seeds in her mind and waited.

He prompted her to question God’s goodness.

Eventually Eve relented and let those seeds take root. Eve acted out what she ...

If he can win the battle for your mind, then he can win the batt...

No, a seed had been planted in the spies’ minds. They tended that seed and let it grow and acted on it, and as a result, they wandered in the desert for the next forty years. They never tasted the promises of God for their lives.

Victory can be yours.

Right here. Right now. Victory is about examining the seeds that have been scattered in your mind and not letting them take root. It’s about pulling up and throwing away the thoughts that do not coincide with the heart of God. It’s about changing the way you think. And one prayer helps in particular.

Maybe one of the seeds planted in your mind is doubt.

How about you? Do you believe you can live in victory?

Fortunately, any seeds the Enemy scatters in your mind don’t need to remain for more than a millisecond.