Understanding and Living the Life of Faith: What is Faith? The Mind: The Arena of Faith

Author: Creflo Dollar

Summary:

Battles are won and lost in the mind. Abstain from fleshly lusts because indulging in them creates unnecessary battles in your soul. Pay attention to what or who is framing your mindset because your mind determines your destination in life. Refuse to accept contradictions to God’s Word. Remain focused on what the Bible says and do not entertain anything else.

The mind is the arena of faith.

Battles are won and lost in the mind.
The “flesh” is a mindset that opposes God’s Word.
Walking in the spirit means making decisions and conducting your life according to the Word of God. It is having a mind that is set in agreement with the Word.
Abstain from fleshly lusts because indulging in them creates unnecessary battles in your soul (1Peter 2:11).

Your soul is composed of your mind, will, and emotions.
If you have not indulged in certain lustful behaviors, do not start now.
Becoming free from an addiction is much more difficult than creating one.

Who or what is setting your mind?
1. Guard your thought life against contradictions to God’s Word.
  1. In today’s world, there is extreme pressure to abandon the validity of God and the Bible.
2. Avoid listening to people who try to convince you the Bible is not the final authority.
  1. Many people fall away from the faith because they succumb to the pressure to conform to the world’s contradictory belief systems, norms, and values.
  2. Jesus endured and outlasted the contradictions of the world, and so can you (Hebrews 12:1, 2).
3. Satan blinds the minds of those who do not believe the Word of God (2 Corinthians 4:3, 4).
  1. He blinds their minds so they cannot receive the truth.
  2. When light shows up, darkness has no defense.
  3. Is your belief system inspired by light or darkness?
  4. Continue to pray for those who are lost, so God can reveal the truth to them.
    1. There is power in intercession.