We Have God's Power to Overcome Weaknesses (TMF:542)

Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Peace to Live By: We Have God's Power to Overcome Weaknesses (TMF:542) - Daniel Litton
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       I want us to examine a passage in 2 Corinthians chapter 10 about controlling one’s thoughts. Let’s start reading this passage in verse 3: “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6, ESV). We note here that no matter how much reconstruction is needed in the mind, whether just a little or a lot, that we have God’s power to overcome weaknesses in the mind—even strongholds. When a person thinks incorrect things over and over again, Satan gains a stronghold in the mind of a person, whether a man or woman. For women, you have to start to rework your thoughts in thinking right things. You do this from learning verses and passages from God’s Word—both passages to combat your incorrect thoughts, and passages to give you new things to think about, which are from God Himself. Therefore, a woman can destroy any thoughts that come into her mind that contradicts what she knows God has said in his Word. When Satan brings temptation, the temptation can be overcome. Then, the woman can “take every thought captive to obey Christ.”