Media Reviews: Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer

Battlefield of the Mind - Joyce Meyer

Battlefield of the Mind[1] was an awesome book.  Meyer speaks of a prayer used for warding off negative thoughts and getting them out of your realm of thinking and influence.  She calls the thought generators "mind-binding" spirits.  In my own walk I’ve found the phrase "don’t believe everything you think" to be useful.  Unhelpful voices come out of the mouths of others and sometimes they come out of your own doubting thoughts.  Most of the doubting thoughts that we have are generated out of fear that is based on falsehood.  Our identity in Christ is secure.  By doubting our Christian identity we strengthen the lies of the evil one.  If we believe the lies of the evil one, that maybe our salvation is in question, we distance ourselves from God.  Therefore, one of the devil’s favorite tricks is to get us to doubt our salvation, faith or God.  We need to remember that God is an awesome God.  He can deal with our imperfections because He’s greater than us.  If He couldn’t He wouldn’t have been able to obliterate death and sin after He rose from the grave.  Christ said "It is finished," on the cross because it was over - right then and there.  The battle was won.  Christ has won the battle of our salvation.  The devil can’t snatch God’s children out of His hand.  If he could, there would be no salvation because no one is righteous and we are unable to save ourselves.  So, we rely on God.  We trust Him and do not doubt. .  Don’t believe everything you think.  You can think your way into confusion and doubt but your heart can stay pure as long as you continue to trust in God’s almighty saving grace.  When you have doubts ask for freedom from the "mind binding spirits" as Joyce calls them and ask for an extra measure of faith so that God can carry on with the good work He started in you. Praise be to God! [1] Meyer, Joyce. Battelfield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind. New York: Time Warner Book Group, 1995.  Link: http://www.truthcannotbesilent.org/Journal.asp?JID=13&TID=3 Joyce Meyer on "You can win the battle of your mind." http://www.joycemeyer.org/EverydayAnswers/teachings/teachingbotm.aspx?article=battlefield