How to Have Mastery Over Your Mind

Sermon OverviewScripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6Our thought lives are the root of many of our problems in this world gone wild. It is crucial that we have mastery over our minds and control over our thought lives.First, we must be sure of our salvation.2 Corinthians 4:3-4 says, “But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.”The devil wants us to stay in the dark and blind our minds to the light of the Gospel.There’s a difference between the mind and the brain; the devil does not come after our intelligence, rather he wants to distort our minds. We become what we think about. (See Proverbs 23:7.)The carnal mind, which is at war with God, must be converted. There is no second step until we are sure we are saved.Second, we must pursue single-minded, heart-felt devotion to God.A converted mind can be corrupted; we can lose so much ground in the battle for our thought lives if we do not take action and give everything over to God.Third, we must root out the strongholds in our thought lives.A corrupt mind must be conquered. We must conquer compulsiveness, obsessions, fixations, and fears. We cannot let bitterness and resentment, uncontrollable lusts, phobias, criticisms, or distrust have a hold on us.This warfare is not carnal, so our weapons aren’t either. Education, psychology, nor positive thinking can help us take down these strongholds. Our fighting chance is the blood of Christ, the Word of God, and the authority in the name of Jesus.Finally, we must surrender our conquered minds back to the Lord.We cannot be neutral; we cannot merely dethrone the enemy—Christ must be enthroned in our thought lives.Adrian Rogers says, “No man can think two things at one time. If you’re thinking what is right, you cannot be thinking what is wrong. You can choose your thoughts like you can choose your friends.”Our great hope is that the conquered mind can be controlled by bringing every thought to Jesus Christ.Apply it to your lifeBring every thought to obedience, and let the Lord Jesus Christ screen your thought life today.