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    • October 20, 2023 at 2:23 pm #17929
      timcia
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        Your mind is a stronghold. It is either a stronghold for God or for satan. 50% of those reading grew up in churches that didn’t teach praising the Lord. But most of the people in the Bible wrote about and practiced praising the Lord. Here is some truth. If your mind is a stronghold for satan, you need to start doing things that will change that, or things will not change. Consider praying:
        “Father, help me to make it a habit to praise You 10 times or more per day.”
        I consistently praise the Lord when good things happen. Everyone who knows me knows… good things happen to me a lot. Is that a coincidence, or does God like it when I praise Him?
        I try to praise the Lord when bad things happen. I sometimes pray to God: “Father, I will really praise You if You help me with this.” Then I add: “I will also praise You if You choose to let me go through the problem with Your help.”
        Second, prayer will start to change your mind from a stronghold for satan into a stronghold for God. In these articles, I have given many prayers. Consider copying them into your phone and setting an alarm for every 30 minutes. This system would encourage you to pray up to 30 prayers per day.
        Even if you are at work you can quickly pray your “Go to” prayer, something quick like: “Father, teach me to turn from drinking/drugs.”
        God 100% knows, even if you only pray for 11 seconds if you were completely sincere. So pause reverently at work or school, and pray that short prayer.
        Finally, be totally aware of who your mind is a stronghold for. I fight daily to make mine a stronghold for God.

      • December 30, 2023 at 4:27 pm #18032
        timcia
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          Luke 6:47 Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was [j]founded on the rock. 49 But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it [k]fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”

          This passage tells us what “To do.” If we hear the Word and do nothing we get ruin.

          Second, many read articles, but only a few think constantly about how to form new habits that will squeeze out the old habits. Make it a hobby to research online about “How to form new habits.” Your library probably has a book on forming habits.

          Third, your house is your life. Consider memorizing:

          “Being a doer of God’s ways makes my life rock solid.” “Hearing the Word and doing nothing = ruin.”

          Fourth, repent, be a doer of the Word, form new habits, success.

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