Where Do You Keep Your Mind

What is on your mind?

Your mind is part of your soul, your soul = your mind, your will and your emotions

Does your mind control your heart, or does your heart control your mind?

Fear - Worry - Unbelief

Lust - Perversion - Uncleanness

Anger - Bitterness - Hatred

Greed - Money - Material things

Faith - Trust - Hope

Purity - Righteousness

Kindness - Forgiveness - Love

Sharing - Helping others - Eternal things

Why does it matter?

Romans 1:28 NASB95

28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

Romans 8:5–8 NASB95

5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Proverbs 11:19 NASB95

19 He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death.

Why is the mind such a battle ground?

Jeremiah 17:9–10 NASB95

9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? 10 “I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

Ephesians 2:1–2 NASB95

1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

How do we win victory in our mind?

We have to change our mind

We have to change our attitude

We have to have a change of heart

The Word is the key

Mark 12:30 NASB95

30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

Psalm 26:1–2 NASB95

1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.

Psalm 16:7–8 NASB95

7 I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. 8 I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Romans 12:2 NASB95

2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Colossians 3:2–3 NASB95

2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB95

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

Isaiah 26:3 NASB95

3 “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.

So----Where do you keep your mind?