Who are you listening to?

 

Whose voice are you listening to?

 “I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and BEG of you in view of [all] the mercies of God to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all you member and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God.”     Romans 12:1

[In GOD’s name I BEG of YOU that you dedicate your body {MIND}, to be pleasing to GOD] LR

How can YOU do this? Offer Him our minds including our body to serve and worship GOD.

1. Do not let the devil [enemy] use our mind.
2. Realize that the mind is the enemy’s favorite battle ground.
3. He knows your weakness. The enemy’s mission is to find out what the weakness is and play with the torment.
4. This torment and thoughts will drown out the voice of God if we let them by choosing to listen to them.
5. The enemy’s thoughts are easy to believe- they are sly and subtle
6. The enemy lies, stills our JOY, and robs our PEACE
7. He makes us feel ashamed, guilty, and unworthy.
8. He feels our minds with ungodly thoughts thoughts about other people.
9. We cannot STOP him BUT can RESIST in the power of Christ
10. Then we CAN deliberately turn our thoughts toward God. These are the things he speaks to us. If God says it, you better believe it. It is the one and ONLY TRUTH.

Visual: You are a caregiver of two very needy children who fight for your attention. Your thought, is there enough of me to go around. Am I giving each one the attention they need from me? Am I showing favorites? Am I listening? Am I blocking out everything? Have I had enough and just want to scream for some peace and quiet?

(Are you imagining all this?) Can you relate to this in some degree, either at work or at home?

How this relates:

There are two voices competing for your attention in your MIND.

YOUR Choice (self-authority) is to focus on One or the OTHER.

One= God    the OTHER= the devil as your enemy

CHOOSE GOD’s Voice. Think about the things HE says- NOT the enemy

When our thoughts are filled with the right things, the WRONG ones have no room to enter. (The hotel is full)

My prayer is for us to give our mind to God. Choose His attention. In Jesus Christ’s name, AMEN.

+ With words of direction through Joyce Meyer and MY Lord and Savior +