THE POWER OF A MADE UP MIND

I.  THE BATTLE IS IN OUR MIND...

                PROVERBS 23: 7 AS A MAN THINKING IN HIS HEART SO IS HE...

                MATT 12: 34... FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKETH.

                A.   PERCEPTION - DETERMINES - RECEPTION

                B.   YOU MUST CONCEIVE - IN ORDER TO- BELIEVE

                       MIND = SEED BED OF CREATIVITY,

       ORIGINAL IDEAS NOT RETREADS, 

       VALUE OF GOD IDEAS...

C.    SINGLE MINDED - NOT - DOUBLE MINDED BUT RESOLUTE, FIRM, NOT

       SHAKEN, CONVINCED NOT DOUBTING

                D.   FOCUSED = EQUAL PARTS CONCENTRATION AND AWARENESS

II.  OUR THINKING CONTROLS OUR ACTION…

                THOUGHTS CREATE IDEAS...

                IDEAS DEVELOP THEORIES...

                THEORIES BECOME OPINIONS...

                OPINIONS FORM CONVICTIONS...

                CONVICTIONS BECOME OUR CONCLUSIONS ...

                CONCLUSIONS BECOME OUR FOUNDATIONS...

                FOUNDATIONS (CONCLUSIONS) GUIDE DECISIONS...

                DECISIONS DETERMINE DESTINIES...

                DESTINIES ARE DESIGNED BY GOD - DISCOVERED BY MEN...

                YOUR DESTINY BECOMES YOUR LEGACY...

                YOUR LEGACY REVEALS HIS GLORY…

                HOW GLORIOUS HE IS!

III.  GOD ANOINTS OUR DECISIONS…

                A. DECISIONS RELEASE FAITH

                B. DECISIONS OPEN OUR EYES

                C. DECISIONS SET THINGS IN MOTION

                D. OUR LIFE IS THE RESULT OF OUR DECISIONS

JAMES 1: 1 - 8 (6, 7, 8) LET HIM ASK IN FAITH WITHOUT ANY DOUBTING, FOR THE ONE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE THE SURF OF THE SEA DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY THE WIND. (7) FOR LET NOT THAT MAN EXPECT THAT HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD, (8) BEING A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS.

PHIL 2:13 FOR IT IS GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO OF HIS GOOD PLEASURE.

EPH. 6:13-14 (13)  AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND. (14) STAND THEREFORE HAVING YOUR LOINS GIRT ABOUT WITH TRUTH, AND HAVING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS;

1 PETER 1: 13 THEREFORE GIRD YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION, KEEP SOBER IN SPIRIT, FIX YOUR HOPE COMPLETELY ON THE GRACE TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST

PSALMS 57: 1 -11 (7) ...MY HEART IS STEADFAST, O GOD, MY HEART IS STEADFAST; I WILL SING, YES, I WILL SING PRAISES

II COR 10: 4, 5  (4) THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL, BUT MIGHTY THROUGH GOD TO THE PULLING DOWN OF STRONGHOLDS;) (5) CASTING DOWN IMAGINATIONS AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTETH ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND BRING INTO CAPTIVITY EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST

MATT 22:37 …LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR MIND

LUKE 12: 29 …NEITHER BE YE OF DOUBTFUL MIND

ACTS 17:11  …THEY RECEIVED THE WORD WITH GREAT READINESS OF MIND

ACTS 20:19 ... SERVING THE LORD WITH ALL HUMILITY OF MIND...

ROMANS 8 & 9 …THE CARNAL MIND, THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT, SPIRITUALLY MINDED

ROM 12:16 ... BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.

ROM 12:16 … BE OF THE SAME MIND ONE TOWARD ANOTHER...

ROM 13:16  ... WITH ONE MIND AND ONE VOICE GLORIFY GOD...

I COR. 2: 16 ... WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST...

II COR 8:12,19 - 9: 2 RELATED TO GIVING, WILLING MIND, READY MIND, FORWARD MIND- AHEAD, EAGER

II THESS. 2:2 BE NOT SHAKEN IN MIND...

II TIM 1:7 NOT BEEN GIVEN A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND MIND

IV.  IMPACT OF DECISIONS:

A. DECISIONS GUIDE OUR ACTIONS.

B. DECISIONS DETERMINE OUR DESTINATIONS.

C. DECISIONS REVEAL OUR PRIORITIES.

D. DECISIONS REFLECT OUR VALUES.

E. INDECISION IS A DECISION.

F. DECISIONS RELEASE OUR FAITH.

G. DECISIONS SHAPE AND REVEAL OUR CHARACTER.

V.  ANATOMY OF A GOD DECISION      

A.  VISION

B.  PATIENCE

C.  CORRECT AND COMPLETE INFORMATION

D.  COURAGE OF CONVICTIONS

E.  CHARACTER OF INTEGRITY

F.  ATTITUDE OF SELFLESSNESS

G.  KNOWLEDGE OF GODS WILL

H.  DETERMINATION AND ENDURANCE

Steve Youngblood