Father, though I live in the world, I must not wage war as the world does. I will fight the good fight of the faith and take hold of the eternal life to which I was called (1 Timothy 6:12). I will no longer walk in ways not good, pursuing my own imaginations (Isaiah 65:2). Your Word informs us that an upright man gives thought to his ways (Proverbs 21:29), and a prudent man thought to his steps (Proverbs 14:15).
It is well with my soul for You have redeemed me. You have called me by my name, and I am Yours (Isaiah 43:1). I am even now being transformed through the renewing of my mind. You have made me able to test and approve for myself what Your Will is – Your good and acceptable and perfect Will (Romans 12:2). You have good things reserved for my future (Jeremiah 29:11). You are love (1 John 4:8), and perfect love casts out all fear (1 John 4:18).
In the mighty name of Jesus, my Savior, I will take authority over my thought-life. Even though I walk in the flesh, I am not carrying on my warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. For the weapons of my warfare are not physical – weapons of flesh and blood – but they are mighty before God for the overthrowing and destruction of strongholds. So, I will refute arguments and theories and reasonings, and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the true knowledge of God. And I will lead every thought and purpose away captive unto the obedience of Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).
When my strength fails and I feel weak, I will be glad and glorify Your name, O Lord God, so the power of Christ Jesus, my Savior, will rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:9). When I feel unloved, I will remember that You alone will never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). When I feel left behind, I will remember that You chose me (John 15:16). When I don’t feel loved, I will remember that You first loved me (1 John 4:19). When I feel lonely, I will remember that You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You (Psalm 9:10). Whenever I feel afraid, I trust in You, O Lord my God; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hands (Psalm 31:13-16).
With my soul I will bless the Lord with every thought and purpose in life and spend my times remembering His goodness (Psalm 103:2). Let not my mind wander out of Your presence, O God (Psalm 119:10). I truly desire that my life shall glorify the Father – spirit, soul, and body (1 Corinthians 6:20). I take no account of the evil done to me – I pay no attention to suffered wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:5). It holds no place in my thought-life. I am now ready to believe the best of every person (1 Corinthians 13:7).
I prepare my mind for action, to be self-controlled, and I set my hope fully on the grace to be given me (1 Peter 1:13). I set my mind and keep it set on what is above – the higher things, not on the things that are of this earth (Colossians 3:2). My carnal mind no longer rules me, for I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16), and hold the thoughts and purposes of His heart (Philippians 2:5). In the name of Jesus and with His Spirit to guide me, I will practice what I have learned and received and heard and seen in Christ and model my way of living on it; and the God of peace – of untroubled, undisturbed well-being – will be with me (Philippians 4:9).
I will fix my thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom I confess (Hebrews 3:1). I aim to be perfectly united in mind and thought (1 Corinthians 1:10) to Jesus, the author and finisher of my faith (Hebrews 12:2). And whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – I will think on these things (Philippians 4:8).
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