Message 5 -Battleground of the Mind

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Transformed! How God Changes Us! Grace Fellowship Church Shrewsbury October 9, 2016 Pastor Jeff

Message 5 -Battleground of the Mind:

Telling Yourself the Truth in a World Full of Lies! Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28-31

The Great Command and You! Your

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House!

What I THINK determines how I , and what I Think and Feel determines what I What I think, feel and want determines how I . What I think, feel, want and do determines, ! For as he thinks within himself, so he is. Proverbs 23:7 Page 23

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Steps to Mental Health 1. Be

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He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; Psalm 46:10



Keep an

Journal!

2. Trace everything back to the

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Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting.. Psalm 139:23-24

3. Identify the



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4. Comb the

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He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. John 17:17

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on God’s Word!

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither - whatever they do prospers. Psalm 1:1-3

Home Work Week Five

1. Start journaling your thoughts and behavior, especially those that are sinful, troubling, or reactive. 2. In your imagination, take the hand of Jesus and walk through each of the 4 rooms of your spiritual and relational house. Ask the Lord to reveal to you the beautfiul and the difficult. Talk to Him about both! 3. Spend time with God alone, praying and going through the steps above. Do this as a daily discipline. Memorize a key scripture that addresses one of your lies. Write scriptures on your mirrors and hang them on the walls of your room. 4. Talk to other people in the family of God about some of the lies you are believing. Ask them what truth they know that addresses your lies. Mutually encourage one another as you grow in truth 5. Begin to prayerfully prepare for next week as we look together at our thought life and temptation.

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