Your Spirit Nature- Soul Patrol
Every lifestyle, whether good or bad, is the sum of a person’s thoughts. Everyone must learn to patrol their mind, or what the Bible calls the soul, if they want to have peace in their lives. We cannot afford to allow our minds to think without our consent.
Are you ready to “patrol your soul?” Let me show you how this works. Have you ever allowed your thoughts to run wild? We all have. Here is just one example: Parents will wait for their teenager to come home at a certain curfew and maybe they are running a few minutes late. The parents start to think something is wrong. The mind then starts to think that maybe they’ve been in a car accident and maybe they are hurt. You start to imagine your child in an ambulance or hooked to machines in the ICU. Or maybe you start imagining them caught up in some terrible trouble and you start imagining them in handcuffs in the back of a squad car. Then a few minutes later your son or daughter walks through the door and gives a reasonable explanation for being a few minutes late. You are filled with relief but notice what the mind tried to do: Your mind had your teenager in the hospital dying or in police custody being locked behind bars. You then realize you panicked for no good reason.
Psalm 19:14 says, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations (thoughts) of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.” We are all certain that God wants us to choose our words carefully. But did you notice that He can SEE YOUR THOUGHTS AS WELL? The way we think can either please God or disappoint Him. Philippians 4:6 says, “Do not be anxious for anything…” So it’s not acceptable to worry. It’s not acceptable to panic and to allow our minds to run wild into frightening scenarios. God is not pleased with thoughts of terror, worry, or fear. Those thoughts destroy your peace and train your mind to run wild again in the future.
So how do you combat these forces of the mind? Answer: You must give your mind a “new” imagination. Your mind will develop scary scenarios for just about any situation unless you replace the old scenarios with new ones directly from the Word of God. When your mind is tempted to develop the wrong mental pictures you need to get a verse from the Bible and start saying that verse out of your mouth. If a symptom tries to persist in your body, instead of letting your mind tell you it’s cancer or some other terrible disease why not go to Psalm 103:3 which says, “(God) Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.” Speak that. Develop the mental picture of God’s healing power. In a time of economic hardship speak Philippians 4:19. In the face of addictions, develop Romans 6:12-14 into a mental picture of victory. Train the brain with the Word!
Blessings,
Pastor Tim
Family Church Jamestown is a non-denominational church located in Chautauqua County in Jamestown between Lakewood and Busti NY. The senior pastor of Family Church is Pastor Tim Stahlman a native to the Jamestown, NY area.
