Believe In The Word Of God

I’m a woman and I understand all that.  But we’ve got to be very careful that we don’t just talk about the problems and talk about the problems and talk about the problems and talk about the problems because then what happens is we do forget the good things that God has done in our life, and our faith gets weaker and weaker and weaker when, really, if we talked more about all the great things that God has already done, then the problem we have now would seem pretty minor. (amen!)

Come on! (applause) I’m getting myself excited. Even if I don’t get you excited, I’m excited! For the weapons of our warfare… Everybody say: I’m in a war (I’m in a war) but I have weapons, (but I have weapons,) and now it’s time for me to use them. (and now it’s time for me to use them.) And then in verse 5 it tells us that this battle that we fight is the battle of the mind. [inasmuch as we] refute arguments… The devil likes to argue with us. …theories — he gives us theories and reasons why our faith won’t work — …and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ. Who leads those thoughts away captive?  We do.

We take the thoughts that come into our mind captive if they don’t agree with the word of God, and we say:  “out! I’m not sitting around all day, devil, being a garbage dump for your stupidity. I believe the word of God.” the moment that we voice our doubt, we give it creative power. Did you hear me? Doubt may come against your mind, but if you start talking it… The bible says in Matthew 6: do not worry, saying what are we going to eat? What are we going to drink? What are we going to wear? That’s the way it happens: into your head, out of your mouth. Don’t start doubting, saying.

You can’t help what comes to your mind, but you can make a decision right there what you’re going to do with it. You can say:  is this God or isn’t it God? And if it’s not God, then you just say the opposite of what the devil wants you to say. We need to start doubting our own doubts, and when the devil brings doubt to you say, “I doubt that doubt.” (laughing)