Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Identify the battlefield

**Joyce Meyer

Did you know that we are in a war every day? Looking around at all the suffering, we may think the battles are just taking place externally, but in reality, we are losing the advanced and more important conflict, the battle in our minds.

When we fail to identify the battlefield, we also fail to correctly identify our foe. We tend to believe people, money, religion, or "the system" are our problems. Unless we renew our mind, we risk continuing to believe those lies and making important decisions based on deception.

Each day our minds are bombarded with a constant stream of nagging thoughts, suspicious, doubts, and fears. While any one of these can cause defeat and devastation, grabbing on to God's truth can bring victory and joy.

You may have some major strongholds in your life that need to be torn down. Let me encourage you by saying, "God is on my side." There is a war going on, and your mind is the battlefield. But the good news is that God is fighting on your side!

Prayer starter: Holy Spirit, I do not want to be  deceived, ignoring the real battle that is happening in my mind. Keep me on guard so that I can fight the good fight. With You on my side, I cannot lose!


2 Corinthians 10:4
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.


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