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Today’s Bowl of Encouragement by Herb Cotton

Bible Text for Today’s Meditation and Application:

Philippians 2:5 King James Version (KJV)

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

King James Version (KJV)

My Reflections on the Word of God Today:

This morning the first word that came to my consciousness was the word mind. I got up, and as I was looking in the mirror, I saw a notification popup from a friend.

I took the bait and read the notification and clicked on it to read the entire post. This friend wrote about this word, and I will paraphrase what she wrote and disclosed publicly.

“I’ve been in this deep wrestle in my mind and heart all morning.”

Wow! I said God is speaking to me through this post by a friend I know well; mostly at a distant, but also close up to a lesser degree. I remember her parents much better.

The critical point I want to stress in this devotional is that we need to pay attention to the battle that we all face. We meet it every day; the fight for our mind and heart and the enemies are the world, flesh and the devil; the chief emery of God and His children.

Since we know this to be true, we should do everything we know to do and do it in the strength of the Lord.

The key to being an overcomer is to do what Jesus told us to do and to follow His example by walking in the footprints of Jesus every day and all the day long.

To get the complete view, I refer you to the context for our discussion today for a more in-depth understanding of how to win the victory in your life over the battle for your mind. The Word of God has the answer, and it’s worth the time you spend getting dressed for victory. You are an overcomer; the answer is a click and a few minutes away.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=phil+2%3A1-18&version=KJV

Finally, I invite you to be encouraged by the last words of Jesus to His disciples and to all of His children who are Christ followers until He takes us home or His second coming.

John 16:33 King James Version (KJV)

33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Prayer Offered to Our Father in Heaven:

Father, we ask that You would tune our hearts to have the desire and discipline to guard our minds and our hearts to live in Your presence, walk daily in the Spirit and in the footprints of Jesus.

Father, help us to be more like Jesus everyday, and live the overcoming life through the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit of God. Let the people of God say, Amen.

How Are You Doing with Discipling Your Mind?

 

Text:

2 Corinthians 10:5-6 (ESV) 

5  We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 

6  being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. 

Observation:

I remember a prayer warrior the Lord placed in my life at a time when I was praying for wisdom, strength, and power to do the new thing that God had called me to do.

I had written a note to the author of a article I wanted to use extensively in a talk I was going to make to God’s people. She wrote back graciously giving me permission to use the article as the Lord would lead me.

However, I got more than that; she also sent me a prayer that she prayed for me in my new assignment. This was Lynn’s prayer for me.

“May the Lord bless every word you speak, every move you make, and every life you touch.”

That prayer I posted above my desktop, and it was an encouragement to me every time I sat at my desk to do the Lord’s work.

We need the help of the Lord, and of others we interact with to keep our minds stayed upon the Lord. The reason is that our thoughts are not like the thoughts of our Father in heaven.

Isaiah 55:9 (ESV) 

9  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

We have as our highest example the way Jesus kept in touch with His Father.

John 5:19 (ESV) 

19  So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 

Prayer:

O Father, I pray that we will learn and practice the discipline of conforming every thought that we have to obedience to the will of God. Father, I pray that there will be no daylight between Your will and my will. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

Who is Controlling Your Mind?

 

Text:

Romans 8:5-6 (ESV)
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 

Observation:

Last Friday I wrote about the mind of Christ; yesterday I wrote about the tongue, and how James described it as being an unruly member of the body.

Could it be that the mind is the most unruly of all? Think about what our text says; allow it to sink deep into your heart. What is on your mind? Who is controlling your mind is crucial. Notice what the Apostle Paul wrote to the believers in the church at Rome.

Romans 8:1 (KJV)
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

How do you have the mind of Christ? It comes with the new birth; the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and walking in the Spirit.

Romans 8:9 (ESV)
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Are you allowing Christ to control your mind? Does the Holy Spirit live and abide in you?  It does not matter what circumstances you face in life, you can live with this blessed assurance.

Romans 8:35 (ESV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

Romans 8:37 (ESV)
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Prayer:

Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful that the power that lives in the life of God’s people, are greater than any problem or power that we will ever face in this world. Lord, I thank You for who You are; that You are great and gracious, and that You love us with an everlasting love.

Father God, by the power of the Holy Spirit, help us to set our minds on the Spirit; walk in the Spirit, and enjoy the blessings of life and peace. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.