By Pastor Peter Okaka
Continued from [1]...
1. We all have default minds whether we are aware of it or not.
2. If your default mind is positive, your life will be full of positive results and if your default mind is negative, your life will be full of negative results
SETTING YOUR MIND TO A POSITIVE DEFAULT
Good news is: we can do something about our default minds. We can set or re-set it. All of us had our minds set to a default by those who raised us and by the environment in which we grew up. It is a beautiful thing that we do not have to live with whatever default mind that we grew up with. We may not have had great parents or teachers or even the privilege of growing up in a positive environment. However, we all can still do something (and it is our responsibility to do something) about our minds. We must set it or reset it to a positive default if we want our minds to produce positive results. When the mind is set to a desired default it produces desire results.
How do you set your mind to positive default?
Setting your default mind is all about mastering your thoughts. It is wrong to think that our minds know what to think without guidance. The mind is a dynamic organ that deflects to the path of the least pressure or greatest pleasure as the case may be.
We all know that not everything pleasurable is profitable. On the contrary, the most profitable endeavours in life put a high degree of demands on us. For example, if you come into a room where everyone is laughing, your mind will tend to quickly adjust to laughing. But if you walk into a room where there is shouting and fighting, your mind will adjust to that state of thought. The mind does not know good from evil unless it is told what is good and what is evil. The mind does not have the inherent ability to decide between right and wrong unless it is programmed to do so. Therefore, the mind must be tamed, trained or programmed to make positive decisions if we desire positive results. An untrained mind will leads its owner to disaster and regrets.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6
The bible word for positive is 'spiritual' and the bible word for negative is 'carnal'. That means, to be spiritually minded is to have a mind that is dominated by positive thoughts and to be carnally minded is to have a mind that is dominated by negative thoughts.
Train Your Mind to Think
The simple word for training our minds to think is PROGRAMMING. To be on a positive default, the mind must first be programmed to think positive thoughts. The challenge for most people is knowing what is positive and what is negative without cultural bias. And that is where the Word of God comes in. God is the Most High and the wisdom of God is above all. Therefore, the word of God is the only way to tell what is good from what is evil and what is positive from what is negative. I have found the following four steps tremendously helpful
1. Think scriptural thoughts on purpose.
This is done by making a commitment to deliberately feed your mind with the word of God and build yourself a word bank. The benefit of thinking on purpose is that it helps you build up a reservoir scriptures or what I call 'word bank' from which you can draw when you are in trouble. Therefore, the obvious danger of failing to think on purpose is an empty reservoir that spells defeat on day of need. Have you wondered why Jesus was able to defeat satan when satan tempted Him? It is because he had a word bank to draw from. Defeat and disaster are inevitable if our spiritual strength is small on the day of trouble.
2. Think scriptural thoughts on schedule.
It is one thing to want to think positive thoughts and another to actually do it. The only way to make it a program or default it to do it consistently until the mind gets it and the practice becomes the (new) norm.
3. Pray intentionally
Prayer is work, particularly at first. But when we learn to pray intentionally, the practice will graduate from duty and discipline to diligence and delight. The good news is that the mind is a good servant. It will do what it is told to do on purpose. Tell yourself that You need to pray and do pray intentionally
4. Pray on schedule
There is something powerful about regularity when it comes to the mind. Set up a time to meet with God and keep to schedule. Keeping to prayer schedule is not necessarily about length of time spent but about consistency. There will be time when the length of time spent needs to be longer or shorter. Either way the meeting should be consistent. To make it work, you don't have to do all the talking. Sometimes all we have to do is simply come before Him and meditate on His word. Jesus is Lord
From the series: "Supernatural Living" Part 4 - The Bible Way to Mastering the Mind. By Pastor Peter Okaka. FreshWater Christian House Canada
Scripture Ref
Roman 8:6
Phil 4:8
Isaiah 26:3
Psalm 1:2
Josh 1:8
Mark 1:35
Luke 4:16, Acts 3:1; 17:2
3분기 당기순손실은 149억원으로 전년 동기대비 272.3% 증가했다. 사업 확장에 따른 비용 등으로 인해 출혈이 카지노사이트 커지면서 재무 부담이 가중됐다. 아빠가 되고 카지노게임 가 보니 서운하고 바카라사이트 가 무서웠던 아버지의 마음이 보인 그는 음악을 사랑했던 아버지가 월남에서 사오신 헤드폰이 남은 유일한 접점이다. 롯데관광개발은 오는 11월4일과 12월30일 일본 도쿄(나리타)~제주 직항노선을 잇는 카지노 전용 단독 전세기 왕복 2대를 독자적으로 운항한다고 19일 밝혔다. 자신이 왜 공부하는지도 모르면서 줄세우기로 인생최대목표가 인서울인 아이들을 키우는것보단 지식과 탐구가 무엇인지 고민하고 자신의 미래를 꿈꿀수 있게 해주는것이 더 좋은 교육같습니다.
ReplyDelete