Speaker 1Welcome to the Word Laundry Radio, brought to you by GW Arthur Ministries.
Speaker 2Enjoy. Lift your right hand towards heaven. Father, we honor your holy name. As our hands are lifted, they are full of gratitude. And it's a sign that we are receiving from heaven. A very engrafted word for our transformation. And we will not be the same. We lean on your strength. And we hope in you. And blessed Holy Spirit, have your way amongst us. We trust that you will dispense the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. Thank you that these meetings will implant lives for many years and generations. Thank you, Holy Spirit, that Jesus will be glorified and magnified. Thank you, Father. In Jesus' name, the Son of God. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. So, we are dealing with a spiritual man. And I'm slated to speak on a spiritual man and his mind. A spiritual man and his mind. Hallelujah. So, turn with me to the book of Romans. The book of Romans, chapter 8. Read from verse 5. Romans 8, from verse 5. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh. And they that are after the Spirit do mind the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death. But to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because a carnal mind is enmity against God. For it is not subject to the law of God. Neither indeed can be. Hallelujah. Praise God. Hallelujah. The mind is very important. And many have not known how important the mind is when it comes to our Christian work. The Bible says to be carnally minded is death. And to be spiritually minded is life and peace. For you to excel a victory in your Christian life, to succeed, it put us on the mind. It put us on the mind. Very critical. Now, the word mind is naus, N-O-U-S in the Greek. Naus. And the mind is the central control center of the very human life. It's a central control center. It's very important. Whatever gains the mind actually gains your life. Whatever gains your mind gains your life. So the mind is very important. Man is tripartite. Man is tripartite. Man is spirit, soul, and body. 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 23. It says, So, man is spirit, soul, and body. See, you are spirit, you are tripartite. Spirit, soul, and body. Of course, the highest of your being is your spirit. James 2.26 says that the spirit without the body, or the body without the spirit is dead. So it's the spirit that gives life to the body. So, if you see a dead person, the spirit is gone. But, if the spirit is in the body, it animates and gives life to the flesh or to the body. So, man is spirit, soul, and body. Praise God. 1 Thessalonians 5 verse 23 mentions spirit, soul, and body. Spirit, say spirit, soul, and body. Yeah. That is man, your anatomy. But, when you get born again. When you get born. Only one-third of you is born again. Two-thirds are not. Your mental part and emotional part are not born again. Only your spirit is born again. I want to show you why many believers have so many problems. Yeah. And, um. Redemption has taken place only in one-third of your being. Two-thirds are not. Your mental part. Your emotional part are not. They have been purchased by Jesus, but not yet redeemed. Now, your spirit contacts God, because God is spirit. You see. Your spirit contacts God. Your soul makes you self-conscious. Your soul basically is your mind. And, your mind actually controls your emotions and your way. Your way. Your way. Your way. Your way. The leading organ of the soul is the mind. And, with your body, contact the world through your physical senses. But, when you get born again, Jesus says that which is born of the spirit is spirit. When you get born again, your spirit is what is born again. So, one-third of you is reborn. It's reborn. And, let me show you the latent ability of the born-again spirit. What is it? What is it? What is inherent in your born-again spirit is bigger than the universe. It's huge. When you get born again, the Bible says, Not of works of righteousness whereby we are saved, but according to his own mercy, he saved us. By the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Titus 3 verse 5. The Bible says the word, We are born again by the washing of, Regeneration. That's how we get the word, gene. Regene. Almost like, when you get born again, you receive God's genetic code. There is a new genetic engineering. And, God's own genes are impacted to your spirit. So, you have God's DNA in your spirit. Your spirit has the very life of God. The latent ability of your spirit. Your spirit has God's life. God's life is not in your soul. It's not in your body. It's in your spirit. It's in your spirit. That is what is born again. In your spirit. And, when we say God's life is in your spirit, Eternal life, It's in your spirit. When the Bible says life, Life is an all-encompassing term. So, when we say life, Life, life, life. When you have God's life in your spirit, You can live like God. When we say life, It's an all-encompassing term. All-inclusive term. When we say life, We are talking about, Health. Peace. Joy. Wisdom. Prosperity. Wholeness. Well-being. We are all-inclusive in the term life. Life. So, to have the life of God, Include health. You know, the word health, You can't find the word health In the King James in the Bible. You can't find the word heal, Or healing. But, not health. But, instead of health, The Bible uses the word live. So, when Jesus heals someone, He says, Go thy way, thy son liveth. Like the son of the nobleman. Liveth. I mean, he does health. But, he doesn't use health. He uses the word lives. Liveth. Which is the word zao. See, from the word zoe. So, health is life begun. So, within the word life, Is health. Within the word life, Is peace. Within the word life, Is wisdom. Within the word life, Is joy. Within the word life, Is wholeness. Well-being. Prosperity. The power of God. Courage. So, the life of God, Is communicated to your spirit. Hallelujah. That means peace is there. Right now, your born again spirit has peace. It has wisdom. It has God's life. God's genes. Hallelujah. That's the latent ability of your spirit. Your born again spirit, Has all the fruit of the spirit. All the fruit of the spirit, Are already in your born again spirit. They are not seeds. They are fruits. They are all hidden therein. Do you know that, 1 Corinthians 6 verse 17, He that is joined unto the Lord, Is one spirit. He that is joined unto the Lord. So, you and the Holy Ghost, Are not two spirits. You are now one spirit. It's like mixing water with water. You are inseparable. So, he that is joined unto the Lord, Is one spirit. Holy Ghost, you have become one spirit. the word is in greek one to the exclusion of others so you are indissolubly one with the holy ghost so the fruit of the spirit are all in there it's your spirit that bears the fruit not the holy ghost every branch in me that beareth not fruit we are his branches that bears fruit the spirit of god is a source but your spirit bears the fruit it must be evidenced and manifested in your soul and your body but already the full package of the fruit of the spirit is within your spirit because the holy spirit himself is in your spirit and they are one hallelujah so as you are sitting here you are a spirit spirit squad missile you are an impregnable force so as i'm here as i'm talking there is the love of god is in your spirit there is love within you there is peace within you there is joy within you there is long suffering there is gentleness there is meekness all the fruit of the spirit are there hallelujah do you know that the power of god all the power of god is locked up in your spirit it's there in your spirit you possess an incomprehensible plenitude of power and to know what is the exceeding greatness of his power to ask what who believe according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in christ when he raised him from the dead so he says that all of the all mightiness of god's power is available to us who believe in ephesians 1 19 mentions all the greek greek words for power so within you is the the dunamis within you is the kratos within you is the iskus so in ephesians 1 19 and 20 there is the dunamis in your spirit the exorcism the exorcism of the spirit the kratos and the iskus the power of god this is that very part that raises us from the dead is within you praise god that is the latent ability of your spirit your spirit your spirit in fact colossians 2 10 says that we are completing him which is the head of our principality and power you are completing him that's the bible you are he's speaking of your spirit you are complete in him you are complete efficient student completing him now in the greek the word completing him is in a perfect participle tense the perfect passive participle tense perfect tense means that you know what it means the greek goes like like this you are in him filled full with the present results that you are in the state of fullness you are in him filled with the state of you are in him filled with the present results that you are in the state of fullness that's about perfect sense it has happened once and for all so your spirit is inundated is hallelujah it's completing him it's completing him you know the bible tells us that he has given us all things that pertains to life and godly godliness he has already granted us already not in the future times but in the past times he has already granted unto us everything that pertains to life it's a way and godliness use a bias godliness is you sabbath good worship everything you need to serve god fruitfully has already been given you and everything you need to make to live life well be happy and to be joyful it's already granted unto us so all of these where are they in your spirit because your spirit man in fact your spirit man is like jesus it's identical to jesus yeah hearing is our love made perfect that we may have boldness in the day of judgment because as he is so are we in this world that is your spirit not your body not your body not your soul not your body after for your body when he shall appear we shall be like him we shall see him as he is that is futuristic but as he is so are we in present tense is your spirit but that is what is born of god your soul is not born of god your body is not born of god your body is born by your mother so in ephesians 2 verse 4 verse 24 put on the new man which after god is created in righteousness and true holiness and the greek says put on the new man which after god is created in righteousness and true holiness and the greek says put on the new man which according to who god is has been which according to who god is has been which according to who god is has been created created created so your spirit is created according to so your spirit is created according to so your spirit is created according to who god is who god is who god is it's just like god it's just like god it's just like god hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah why am i saying all of this i want you to why am i saying all of this i want you to why am i saying all of this i want you to know that there's such know that there's such know that there's such ability latent ability latent ability latent potent ability potent ability potent ability in your spirit there is this treasure in in your spirit there is this treasure in in your spirit there is this treasure in earthen vessels earthen vessels earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be that the excellency of the power may be that the excellency of the power may be of god and not of us of god and not of us of god and not of us second corinthians 4 verse 7 second corinthians 4 verse 7 second corinthians 4 verse 7 but you see all that i've spoken about but you see all that i've spoken about but you see all that i've spoken about can be confined can be confined can be confined can be hidden can be hidden can be hidden can be concealed and imprisoned in your can be concealed and imprisoned in your can be concealed and imprisoned in your spirit spirit spirit and you will never experience it in your and you will never experience it in your and you will never experience it in your life life life all of these wonderful virtues and all of these wonderful virtues and all of these wonderful virtues and attributes and riches and attributes and riches and attributes and riches and the wealth of god can just be imprisoned the wealth of god can just be imprisoned the wealth of god can just be imprisoned in your spirit meanwhile you never in your spirit meanwhile you never in your spirit meanwhile you never experience it and many years ago there was a guy who and many years ago there was a guy who and many years ago there was a guy who died out of starvation under a bridge died out of starvation under a bridge died out of starvation under a bridge in london in london in london and it was found that he had three and it was found that he had three and it was found that he had three million pounds million pounds million pounds in his bank account but he died out of in his bank account but he died out of in his bank account but he died out of starvation one year i met a guy he was so hungry he one year i met a guy he was so hungry he one year i met a guy he was so hungry he had this visa card had this visa card had this visa card but he had forgotten the pin number but he had forgotten the pin number but he had forgotten the pin number so he knew there was money on it but he so he knew there was money on it but he so he knew there was money on it but he couldn't access it couldn't access it couldn't access it that is very pathetic you have it but that is very pathetic you have it but that is very pathetic you have it but you can't enjoy it you have it but you can't enjoy it see look at a polytank i want to have the look at a polytank i want to have the look at a polytank i want to have the image of a polytank filled with water image of a polytank filled with water image of a polytank filled with water it's filled with water it's filled with water it's filled with water but if the valve is closed the content is locked within it is the content is locked within it is the content is locked within it is inaccessible if the valve is closed inaccessible if the valve is closed inaccessible if the valve is closed but once you open a valve but once you open a valve but once you open a valve you can access the very contents of the you can access the very contents of the you can access the very contents of the polytank true or false polytank true or false polytank true or false your spirit is like a polytank because your spirit is like a polytank because your spirit is like a polytank because all of these heavenly all of these heavenly all of these heavenly tangibilities tangibilities tangibilities they are all in your spirit but the valve they are all in your spirit but the valve they are all in your spirit but the valve to let flow all that i've mentioned to let flow all that i've mentioned to let flow all that i've mentioned is the mind is the mind not just the mind but a renewed mind a renewed mind is like a renewed mind is like a renewed mind is like the valve that opens the valve that opens the valve that opens the polytank for the polytank for the polytank for peace to flow peace to flow peace to flow for joy to flow for all of these things to for joy to flow for all of these things to for joy to flow for all of these things to flow if the mind is not renewed you have all of if the mind is not renewed you have all of if the mind is not renewed you have all of these things in your spirit but the these things in your spirit but the these things in your spirit but the valve is closed valve is closed valve is closed so what happens is that you live your so what happens is that you live your so what happens is that you live your life by your emotional part and by your life by your emotional part and by your life by your emotional part and by your mental part mental part mental part you live your life like an unbeliever you live your life like an unbeliever you live your life like an unbeliever so you live by your senses by your side so you live by your senses by your side so you live by your senses by your side by what you can you can feel by what you can you can feel by what you can you can feel and all your decisions are just outward and all your decisions are just outward and all your decisions are just outward and external it's a very pathetic life because you it's a very pathetic life because you it's a very pathetic life because you have it within but you can't access it have it within but you can't access it have it within but you can't access it what it means is that you have peace within but you're always you have peace within but you're always you are so worried you have become a warrior. There is someone told him that he saw a lady said, I'm so worried I'm not worried. Because worry had become her default mode. There was a time she was not worried and she became worried she was not worried. So I'm telling you that as a believer you can live in worry every day you are worried meanwhile there is peace locked up within spirit. You know why you are still worried? The valve is closed. So you can live your life in worry. You can live your life depressed every other week you are depressed. Academic life is making you depressed. Relationship life is making you depressed. Finances economic life is making you depressed. In fact your roommate is even making you depressed. Depression, depression, depression, depression and depression is even leading to oppression. Meanwhile because the valve is locked there is joy in the polytank your spirit but it's inaccessible because the valve is closed. That's what happens. Every believer can be depressed. He carries in him all of this latent ability but the valve is closed. So you are not able to access the riches of our redemption. You can live a life indecisive not knowing the choices to make you are always confused always for three years you have to make a choice between three guys still you have not been able to give an answer and you are so proud you are confident that you will never lose because your beauty will compensate for your failure so you are not able to decide meanwhile the fount of wisdom is already in the polytank but the valve is closed you can work in sicknesses and diseases all the time meanwhile there is health locked up in your spirit in the polytank you can work in weaknesses all the time meanwhile there is strength locked up in the polytank but the valve is closed so you are not able to make a choice between three guys you can walk in fear in fear you are afraid of many things anxious fears of many sorts meanwhile God has not given you the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind you can live your life always afraid of witches and of wizards and demons and your mind is roaming you are conscious of demons. Every war jekyll is a demon. Every cobwebs is a demon. Anyone who pours water on you unknowingly, you suspect the person to be sent. You are so full of fear. Meanwhile, he raises up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ. In a way he is now far above all principality and power, might and dominion and every other name that is named not only in this world but in that also which is to come and has put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all and in all. The valve is closed. If the mind is unrenewed to live like a non-believer? Struggle. Struggle. This is the reason. The mind will operate like a computer. You can program a computer in a way you want it to be. As long as it is programmed in a way where you programmed it to be, it will continue to function that way until it is reprogrammed. The way the computer was programmed, that's how it will function until it is reprogrammed again. Until it is reprogrammed, it will begin to function the same way it has been programmed. Praise God. The mind has been programmed. The mind of the believer once served an old master called the old man. The old man was the master of the mind. The old man colonized the mind. You know the old man, I'm not talking about your grandfather or your father. There used to be a certain years ago there was a certain bible conference and someone lifted up their hands and said have a revelation they said share the revelation what has God shown you he says I know Paul's father I've seen Paul's father in the bible so they asked him who is Paul's father he said the thief on the cross he said what is your biblical proof he says knowing this that our old man was crucified with Christ So he thought that old man is a thief on the cross because the thief on the cross was crucified with Jesus. But the old man, you know, is not Paul's father. The old man is a kind of rebellious nature that we receive from Adam. The totality of all that we inherited from Adam. He's a rebellious master. The thing that caused you to rebel when you gave your life to christ the old man died knowing this that the old man is crucified with christ past tense now the old man was the master and the old man had a servant called the mind it colonized actually a slave called the mind it colonized the mind and programmed the mind to think a certain way so the man has already been programmed by the old man before the old man died and when the old man died he didn't just die it left its deposits its habits and strongholds in the mind and the flesh but it died so the believer the believer the old man is dead but you still have the flesh you still have the mind but the deposit and the habits and the strongholds of the old man some of the deposits were already left in the mind and in the flesh but the old man himself died so your spirit is now a new man praise god that old spirit was the old man it is now regenerated it's dead now you have a new man your spirit your spirit is a new man so because you have it you have a new man a new spirit a reborn spirit a regenerated spirit with the old mind that was programmed by the old man praise god so although your spirit is renewed. Their mind is still operating by the old programming and it is still thinking according to the ways of the old man. It is still thinking defeat, weaknesses, sicknesses, sin, everything negative. Their mind was programmed that way by the old man. So the master died. So although you are a born again believer, The valve is closed and the mind is still operating according to the dictates of the old master. Until it is reprogrammed, you wouldn't enjoy the Christian life. It acts like a computer. It must be reprogrammed so that it can line up to the new master which is your spirit to enjoy all the contents of your spirit. Are you here tonight? So, the problem with Christianity is that our minds are not reprogrammed. It must be reprogrammed by the word. So, we can receive higher benefits and blessings and enjoy our inheritance in Christ. So, the valve can be opened for us to enjoy the flow of all that Christ did for us and all the inheritance we received. So, it has already been programmed, but the computer must be reprogrammed to serve. you need the new software to serve your new master hallelujah so the greatest achievement in the Christian life is the renewing of the mind the reprogramming of the computer is what Apostle Paul calls the renewing of the mind it is what David calls he restoreth my soul he restoreth my soul Apostle John calls it the prospering of the soul i wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health even as thy soul prospers it's the same thing the prospering of your soul is the same as he restored my soul it's the same as the renewing of the mind and that is what james apostle james calls it wherefore laying apart all filthiness naughtiness and filthiness superfluity of naughtiness let us received with meekness the engrafted word of god which is able to save your souls so james calls it the saving of your soul so it's the same so the saving of your soul the prosperity of your soul the restoring of your soul the renewing of the mind is the same thing so the greatest work in the christian walk is for your mind to be renewed for your mind to be renewed once your mind is renewed, everything changes. Everything changes. Everything changes. For instance, many believers find it difficult to know God's will for their lives. God's will. What did Apostle Paul say? He says, be not conformed to this world. Romans 12 verse 3, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may be able to prove what is that good acceptable in the perfect will of God. So be not conformed to this world, but be ye transmetamorphic. Metamorphic. See, meta is change. Morphe is form. Change of form. You know, it's a biological process. It's a kind of transmutation. A caterpillar becomes a butterfly. All the various processes from the cocoon, the lava stages, now becomes a butterfly. It is actually metamorphosis is conforming to what is within you know jesus was transfigured and his outward he began to shine because his inward glory being expressed so it is the outward being fashioned like what is already on the inside so be transformed transformation comes when your mind is renewed what it means is that what is in your spirit the valve is now opened now you have access to the flow of the inexhaustible treasures within the spirit because the valve is open so the mind is not hindering hindering the flow. The mind is now open so you can now enjoy all the blessing that is within your born again spirit. Hallelujah. So the Bible says, Apostle Paul says, now once your mind is being renewed gradually, the will of God becomes easy. Because you need the will of God every day. So that you can prove, you should be able to prove it. You can prove. What is that good? Acceptable and the perfect will of God. Once your mind is being renewed, you know that this is the will of God for my life. You know it within. You know it. Many believers make decisions based on their convenience, not conviction. Yeah. And we struggle, we don't even, the edge is not there. So it's God. We make our own choices based on socioeconomic conditions. Yeah. So some of you have offers after school and you want to run away, you want to go somewhere else abroad. Because you know the conditions in Ghana, for doctors like you, it's not so conducive. In the natural, it's so true. It's almost like you are cheated. What you are getting is not worth your sacrifice. And you guys are learning. So you want to run away to New York. Or to Germany. It's okay, but you have to be led by God. There is a way that seemeth right to a man. But the end thereof are the ways of death. So God is the one who declares the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things which are not yet done. You should know his mind. God even has his will for your life pertaining to geography. You must discern his geographical will. If his will, it's for you to be in Ghana and you go to Germany, you face some crisis somewhere. Help doesn't come from abroad, it comes from above. It's from above, not from abroad. So the spiritual man, the mind that is renewed, if it is God's will, you have peace. If it's not God's will, there will be something unsettling. You see, you can make a choice of a spouse based on your emotional part and your mental part you see based on your senses. You can make a decision based on the person's physical vital statistics because of what you see. Or the gentleman's outward appeal, how he looks like. But those things don't last when it comes to marriage. Physical attraction is necessary when it comes to marriage, but it's not the main thing. It is part. You shouldn't ignore attraction, but it is not the main thing. It is part, but not the main thing. You shouldn't marry anyone you're not attracted to. You know how God calls Ezekiel's wife? God calls Ezekiel's wife the desire of your eyes. So, your spouse must be someone your eyes desire. Your eyes. But it must go far beyond that. You must seek God's will. You must be able to prove God's will. You can make a choice, but if your mind is renewed, somewhere, somehow, everything is right. The person appeals to your reason that there is something unsettling within. There is an inward freeze. Spiritual man knows there's something wrong somewhere. Everyone will say that's him, that's him, but you know there's something wrong. Everyone will say, why the delay? But you know, you know, it's a spiritual knowing. Yeah. Yeah. You can even be very prayerful, but to pray with an unrenewed mind is dangerous. Because that unrenewed mind will agree with your flesh to fight against your spirit. Haven't you seen someone praying with an unrenewed mind? Do it, Lord. Do it, Lord. Do it, Lord. Do it, Lord. Do it, Lord. Do it, Lord. Do you think by saying, do it, do it, God will now begin to do it? But there's no faith. There's no faith in the praying. But a renewed mind will celebrate answers. Your prayers will value to carry weight. Your prayers will be fulfilling, full of intimacy and joy. So, just give yourself to the Word. The more you give yourself to the Word, the valve is being opened. Now you can make distinctions and your discernment to be, you'll be prouess in discernment. To be sharper. You begin to know what to do and what not to do. Hallelujah. Once your mind is being renewed, look at John, 1 John 3, 2. It says, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy soul. Prosperous. John was very old in age. Almost 100. He wrote 1 John after writing the book of Revelation. 1 John came after Revelation. Yeah. After he had left the cave of Revelation, left Patmos, he went back to Ephesus. And where he lived in Ephesus, that's where he wrote 1 John, 2 John, 3 John. But, long before he wrote the book of Revelation. He was nearing 100. And he says, I wish above. The word wish is the word for pray. In the Greek it's, I pray above all things. Can you imagine? So this is an old man's wish and that which is a prayer. I pray above all things that you will prosper and be in good health. Just as your mind is being renewed with the word. Just as your soul is prospering. The more your soul prospers, the more you are in good health. Because you begin to understand the dynamics of the word, health. Because health is a battle, actually. Most of our healings doesn't come instant. Most of our healings are progressive. Yeah. Most of our healings are actually progressive. You have to hold on to the word. Hold on to the word. And because many, if the mind is not renewed, you can just give up any time because of, let's suppose, symptoms. The face of symptoms doesn't mean the sickness is not gone. According to the law of faith. Ephesians 4.23 says that, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind. That is King James. If you read other versions NIV, that word spirit, be renewed in the spirit. It's not talking about your spirit. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Literally, be renewed in the attitude of your mind. The mental disposition. It's not just enough, you have to renew your mind, but you have to be renewed in the attitude of the mind. The mind has an attitude. Attitude of the mind. Be renewed in the attitude of the mind. For instance, it's not enough for the mind to receive a new information. Maybe you are dying, you are told you are going to die, and you read from the Bible that by his stripes you were healed. There's a new information coming to your mind to renew, to give you a new knowledge. By his stripes, healed. That's fine, but it's not sufficient. You can even preach by his stripes, I am healed, yet you see yourself sick. You can visibly see your casket, and see yourself sick. I mean, while you say I'm healed, but you still see yourself sick. It's not enough knowing it. You have to see yourself in it. What you know must change your attitude. Begin to see, it's true, I am healed. Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. That's King James. Surely he has borne our makuv, and carried our coli. Surely he has borne our sicknesses, and carried our pains, yet we did esteem him smitten, stricken of God, and afflicted. Do you see it? The verse starts with surely. Isaiah 53, verse 4 and 5. Surely, certainly. Certainly. When it came to Jesus carrying our sins, it didn't start with surely. But when it came to Jesus taking our sicknesses, it started with surely. God knew you didn't have problems with Jesus carrying your sins, but you have problems understanding Jesus taking away your sicknesses. So he started with surely, certainly, to tell you that God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent. God cannot lie. He cannot. But see, when your mind is renewed, in the face of symptoms, say, Father, thank you that by your stripes I'm healed. Because the word of God cannot lie. So that's faith language. Give substance to hope what God has said. You see, thank you, you see yourself healed in the face of symptoms and praise him that you are healed. That is when the healing manifests. Without the mind being renewed, you will fight with the word. You will fight with the word. So the Bible says that, you know, for your mind to be renewed, James 1, 1, 22, 1.22 says that we should lay apart all naughtiness and receive with meekness the engrafted word of God. You know who a naughty child is? A naughty child is a child, when you talk to your child, the child talks back to you. That's a naughty child. So the Bible says, lay apart all naughtiness. That means allow the word to be, don't talk back to the word. Don't talk back to the word. You are using your reason to fight what the word has said. No, you are being naughty. So lay apart, put aside naughtiness, and receive with meekness. You know a meek person? A meek person is not a weak person. A meek person is a strong-willed person who has decided to subject himself to authority. Yeah, he is strong-willed, but he has subjected himself. So meekness is you are strong, but you decide to submit to the word. Hallelujah. Yeah. And receive with meekness the engrafted word of God, which is able to save your souls. Engrafted. Engrafted is both biological and agricultural. Yeah, engrafted. When there is a new organic transplant in your liver, the body initially rejects it. But the body must be subjected to diverse medications over time to accept the new organ that is coming in. So the Bible calls the word a engrafted process. When the word is coming, your whole senses reject the word because it is not natural with you. But the more you put yourself under the word and the divine antibiotic, you keep taking the word. Divine inoculations. You are receiving the word. Something happens to you. You become one with the word. I wish above all things that you prosper and be in good health. You will prosper. So the first prosper is material prosperity and be in good health, even as your mind is being renewed. Yeah. So when your mind is renewed, you are even blessed financially. God wants you to be blessed. But that's not the total truth. God doesn't merely want you to be. You are blessed. God wants you to be a blessing. Many believers are seeking to be blessed. That can be selfishness. You want to be fine. You have no lack. You can provide for your family. You have about two or three cars in your home. You can travel wherever you want to travel. But that's not the goal of riches. Yes, you have to be a blessing. You don't have enough, but it should spill over to people. It should spill over. God is not against your prosperity. He's against your greed. He wants you to be a blessing. Hallelujah. When your mind is renewed, you don't have to access your inheritance in Christ. Look at the Israelites. They saw themselves as grasshoppers. God promised them the promised land with all of its blessings, land that flows with milk and honey, with figs, pomegranates, vines, and all of that, but they disqualified themselves. They had only a renewed mind. You know, the total land mass, the land God gave them, was actually 300,000 square miles. But they inherited only 10%. The land of Israel occupied only 30,000 square miles of what God originally gave them. But God's original plan was 300,000 square miles. That's the land he originally gave them. So they only inherited 10% of what God promised them to inherit. All you know, what God has promised you, you have inherited 2%. Hallelujah. When your mind is renewed, you can walk in what the Bible calls true holiness. There is true holiness. Hallelujah. When the mind is renewed, true holiness. When you get in the Word, without the Word, you cannot live properly for God. You will struggle. in Romans 6 verse 6 the Bible says that knowing this that our old man is crucified with Christ that the body of sin might be destroyed but henceforth we should not say sin so the old man is crucified true or false do you know that according to faith the old man is crucified but according to experience the old man is alive because you still feel the anger you still feel the search that the frustration rising you still feel the last is that not so you can see the last is rising frustration is rising depression is lingering you know you see all of these things all of these negative desires but the bible tells us that the old man is crucified yet i can feel i can i have all of these negative feelings i feel i feel the anger i feel like slapping someone who has offended me i feel the provocation you know i feel the last i feel the head i feel the envy that envy the feeling of envy jealousy malice they are all there so by experience i have the feeling yet when you read the bible the bible says the old man is crucified yet i can feel the envy the feeling of is dead you don't seem to reconcile the two that's romans 6 verse 6 but when you go to verse 11 verse 14 it says likewise reckon yourself to be dead indeed to sin reckon yourself to be dead no reckoning is a it's an accountant term or jizomai reconcile the fact you go to the teller when you give the teller 1000 ghana deposit 1000 ghana into your account tell her that the teller has 10 000 ghana she has to write 1000 ghana this fact must be reconciled so he says reckon yourself to be dead the bible says you are dead so you appropriate the fact that you are dead what does that mean what does that mean have you ever been on the on a boat before or a cruise ship for a while you have never been on it i prophesy you and your wife and your husband your first vacation you'll be on a cruise ship fully sponsored yeah fully sponsored are still taking your wife to singapore and new zealand hallelujah everyone who said amen you angels are preparing the packages for you blessed is she that believeth there shall be a performance of those things which are spoken of the lord it will come to pass we also have the same spirit of faith according as it is written i believe therefore have i spoken prophesy your future right now open your mouth and prophesy your future declare your future is bright your future is hopeful good things are coming to you to the praise of god's glory you are going to marry the right person yeah thank you jesus hallelujah please be seated when you leave the boat all day the yacht or something and you step on the on the underground you have the feeling that you are still on on water you have that feeling meanwhile your leg is on the land but for a while it's as if you are still on water or if you've been to anglican church or catholic church with those huge bells you are going to marry the right person here thank you jesus hallelujah please be seated when you leave the boat or the yacht or something and you step on the on the ground you have the feeling that you are still on on water you have that feeling meanwhile your leg is on the land but for a while it's as if you are still on water or if you've been to anglican church or catholic church with those huge bells and they sound those bells sometimes after they have finished sounding the bells in your ear the bell is still sounding but the bell the sounding has ended but you can still feel in your ears let me give you the last example have you ever when you are driving there comes a time when you are in the traffic receive your cars in jesus name your husband will give you the gate of a car on your birthday no not your wife your husband will give you that's what you have you husbands are going to be well dusted too much to distribute keys to your wives now when you are driving and you're in the traffic in the traffic this is it and the cars on your left hand are moving your leg is on the brake you have the imagery that the car is moving how many of you have experienced that before not not by faith but by sight yeah you can feel yeah when i started driving it happened to me i started driving and i was that i was in the traffic and i felt the cars on my left were moving so i had the feeling that my car was moving so i took my leg from the brake and i went to hit the cabin ahead of me i hate that it happened twice because i had my feelings were telling me that the car is moving but meanwhile my leg was on the brick i had to reckon that my leg was on the brick but i gave heat to my feelings and i crashed do you understand my leg is on the brick but i have these feelings my feelings are telling me the car is moving but the truth was that my leg was on the brick so the old man is dead but my feelings are telling me the old man is alive but the Bible says I had to reckon that the old man is dead so you see that means that those feelings you are feeling are unreal you shouldn't give attention to those feelings you should know that you are dead and those feelings are just passing they are just it's a farce and a delusion the real you is not those feelings so I learned so a few months ago it happened to me so I felt my car was moving then I said I reckon I put my leg on the brake because the car has stopped it's not moving so I have to reckon the fact that it has stopped not what my feelings are telling me my feelings are saying the car is moving but the fact is the car has stopped so I have to reckon the fact I have to make the fact factual that the car is not moving make that fact factual it's a language of faith all these feelings it's not you the old man is dead when you have all these feelings know who you are in Christ you are a new creation you don't respond to your feelings you respond to the word of God hallelujah once your mind is renewed when you have all these negative feelings you don't give expression to them they are lying signs it's like the deposit the old man left in the flesh it's not you it's not you so don't give don't fulfill the desires of the flesh the flesh has desires to fulfill is to feel to the full and to give expression and action to your feelings so you don't have to do that praise God some years ago a certain man of God said don't let your erection determine your direction yeah that's serious right hallelujah praise God and renewed mind once your mind is renewed a lot of things changes your outlook in life your perception everything changes you work in love you work in kindness you work in humility let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus Philippians 2 verse 9 verse 5 and 6 let this mind be in you which also was in Christ Jesus who being in the form of God taught it's not robbery to be equal with God but made himself of no reputation now at the beginning of the chapter we are told admonished to esteem others better than ourselves so it's an admonition against self-promotion self-seeking ambition when your mind is renewed you don't promote yourself in fact you prefer others to you it's not easy for you to honor someone else beyond yourself it's not common in the realm of the human but a renewed mind will do that and that's what Jesus did give honor to others give them opportunities let them go let them be preferred because you your honor comes from God and God will honor you yeah and the same mind Jesus had the Bible says if a spiritual man let that mind be so it's not potentially we have the mind of Christ but you have to give expression it's not that should be expressive it's not potential energy must become what kinetic it must be an expression that mind must be active not passive Isaiah 55 verse 8 let's read Isaiah 55 verse 8 for my thoughts my God is speaking my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are my ways your ways saith the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts your thoughts praise God now God is speaking he says my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are my ways your ways he mentions thoughts and ways my thoughts God is saying the way I think is not the way you think my thinking is not your thinking and my ways are not your ways if you can have God's thinking you can have God's ways because your thinking produces your ways your ways are how you live the principles by which you act you see your living the way you live right now is the product of the way you think your living is the product of your thinking your living is actually your ways but your ways are produced by your thoughts as he thinketh in his heart so is he so your manner of life tells me what your thought patterns are the way you behave tells me the central theme of your thinking so God is saying my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are my ways your ways and God now brings a difference as the heavens are higher than the earth that's very huge so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts your thoughts so God's thoughts are heavenly man's thoughts are earthly how high is heaven from the earth in miles I can't tell science tell us that it will take 40 billion light years to reach the edge of the universe 40 billion light years I don't think that's even the proper estimation because they don't know all of the unknown they speak of the unknown universe if it would take 40 billion light years light years to reach the edge of the universe how much more we quantify in miles or in light years the distance between heaven and earth so God's thoughts are so high God's thoughts are transcendent they are transcended infinite eternal everlasting transcendent eternal very high very far praise God but do you know you can have God's thoughts though they are very high very high high and far removed now let's continue the verse verse 9 for as the heavens are higher than the earth verse 10 for as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven and the snow and returneth not thither but watereth the earth and maketh it bad and bring forth that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth now he's still talking about his thoughts God is still speaking about his high thoughts God is telling us in these verses that he compares his thoughts to the rain and the snow the rain and the snow they come down to us that's how God's thoughts can come down to us now he says he spoke of the rain as the rain and the snow as the rain comes down and as the snow comes down so shall my word what is a word? words are thoughts clothed in vocabulary your word is your thoughts unveiled so when thoughts are clothed in vocabulary we call them words so God says that his thought comes down as the rain and as the snow in his word so if you can have his word you can have his word you can have his thought so what it means is that when you take the word and begin to meditate on the word you are taking on God's thought not just reading but meditating taking God's thought when you meditate on the word you are taking God's thought and I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on the word the word with peace have they which love their law and nothing shall offend them the word the word you are imbibing God's thought what is God's thought? we see in the Bible Philippians 4.8 Philippians 4.8 shows us the pattern of God's thought Philippians 4.8 says finally brethren whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are good report if there be any virtue if there be any praise think on this think on this we are given the opportunity to think like God whatsoever things are pure lovely honest lovely pure lovely honest just and of good report that's God's mentality so if you are the Bible says if there be any virtue if there be any praise think on this so you have power to reject certain thoughts sometimes in conversations your friends come and talk the subject of consideration just judge it it has no virtue it has no praise so you shouldn't give yourself to think about these things sometimes gossip can be very sweet very sweet it's a kind of craving it's a desire of the flesh ah can come to you under the pretext of praying for the person or something like that but under the pretext of having a special bed in for the wrong things that are happening yet gossip is still gossip aha so there are thoughts that comes to your mind thoughts of envy thoughts of bitterness thoughts of offense unforgiveness they never remind you of those who have offended you or something that happened in the past and you can't Keep prudent on these things. These things. What you're thinking about has no virtue. It's not lovely. It's not pure. It's not just. So you can reject it. Praise God. You can't reject a thought by thinking. You can't think to do another thought. You can't reject a thought by speaking. Yeah. Speak the word. Speak the word. That's what to do. Praise God. Now let me show you God's mentality. How God thinks. So you can think the same way. There's a way God thinks. Psalm 60. Verse 8. Verse 7. Psalm 60. Moab is my washpot. Over Edom I will cast my shoe. I'll cast out my shoe. No. 7 says Gilead is mine. And Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the strength of my head. Judah is my lawgiver. That's King James. You can read from other versions. NLT, NIV, NET, AMPC. Ephraim also is the helmet of my head. The word is helmet. Ephraim is the helmet. Now this is God speaking. God says Ephraim is the helmet of my head. What does it mean? Now when you read it in the Hebrew. It's very interesting. The Hebrew actually says double faithfulness. It's the helmet of my head. Ephraim means double faithfulness. Ephraim is plural. It's a plural word in the Hebrew. Double faithfulness. So double faithfulness is the helmet of my head. God is speaking. So when God thinks. His thought is double faithfulness. So you know what? When God is thinking of you. He sees you to be faithful. God sees that you are going to make it. God doesn't see his children as failures. So when God sees you. He sees you as his beloved. He sees you in his love. He doesn't see you in your weaknesses. He doesn't even see you in your sins. He sees you in Christ. He sees you in the beloved. To the praise of the glory of his grace. Wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved. That's how he sees you. He sees you in the preciousness of his son. And God sees that you are going to make it. You are not going to fail. It doesn't matter the present predicament in the situations. God sees that you are making a headway. He sees that you are going to prevail. For I know the thought I think towards you. Not of evil. But of good. To bring you to an expected end. God's thinking concerning you. It's not just fruitfulness. Double fruitfulness. Now to take on God's thought. You also begin to think fruitful. When the word is coming in. Your thought is fruitful. You are hopeful. You have certain confidence. Expectation of good. Your thought patterns. Have fruitfulness. It doesn't matter if your results are not even fine. But you know you are going to be fine. You see, fruitfulness. Yeah. Maybe academically things are not well. But you think fruitfulness. Double fruitfulness. It's very important. As he thinketh in his heart, so is he. So, your thought patterns are fruitfulness. As you see your future. You see that you are going to make it. You see that your marriage. Is going to succeed. You see fruitfulness in your marriage. Success in your marriage. You see God is giving you good success. Joshua 1.9 mentions good success. That is all around success. Not every success is a good success. There are people who are getting wealthy. But their health are breaking down. And health is higher than finances. You know. The money is coming but your health is breaking down. It's not good success. The money is coming but you don't have a good relationship with your spouse. The money is coming but you've lost the touch with your children. But God wants to give you all around success. So, when you get into the Word. You see, you take on God's mode of thinking. God's thought patterns. You think like God. Whatever you think. You don't think failure. You see success, victory. You don't see yourself backsliding. You see yourself intimate with Christ. You see yourself in deep fellowship with Christ. You see yourself walking in his glory, in his light. Yeah, you don't see yourself that in the future, aside from your wife, you'll have a side-check. You don't see a side-check. Yeah. Yeah. What you see is that you are loving your wife and you know, you are, everything is nice and wonderful, double fruitfulness. You see yourself in peace, in joy. You will give birth fruitfully. You didn't have complications in childbearing. Yeah. Your childbirth will be, will be smoother. Hallelujah. Yeah. The things you are hearing, you can be hearing so much negative things that. It comes a kind of belief system and a stronghold in your mind. And already you are casing yourself for failure, but your word must reprogram your mind to think like God. Yeah. If your thought patterns are not right, you have problems with faith. You cannot believe. If you're thinking is wrong, your belief system will also be wrong. See yourself. You'll be a centenarian. You'll live beyond 90. When people are retiring at 60. You'll not be tired. They are tired, that's why they retire. But by the time they say you should retire, you have your personal businesses and your act, you are active serving God because as your days are, so shall your strength be. He will satisfy you with long life and show you his salvation. Hallelujah. Double fruitfulness. Double fruitfulness. Your outlook in life. Double fruitfulness. Double fruitfulness. Double fruitfulness. you see success, you see health you see victory, what is your legal foundation? The cross Masha Katak Jesus purchased it for me he purchased it for me he says double fruitfulness is the helmet, helmet is for defense it's an armor it's an armor that covers the head that means that if double fruitfulness is the armor, the helmet of your head that means it's for defense against all onslaughts, every kind of thought that comes to invade you to make you a loser, to make you a victim in life, so all the thought of failure of weaknesses and all this thought comes but there is a defense on your head and the defense is I know I'm going to be fruitful, no matter what I hear from men, from friends, from the world my thoughts is defended there is a helmet on my head that is double fruitfulness and forever I'm going to be fruitful fruitful, it doesn't matter how dry my pocket is it doesn't matter how dry my bank account is, that is not my life that is not my destiny, you know how wealthy I am, God supplies all my need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus, that is my net worth that is my estimation and God cannot lie and that is what I believe there is a helmet on my head, it doesn't matter what that school teacher told you, it doesn't matter what people are telling you, that you don't make it you are a failure and all of that, God believes in you, so believe in yourself as God believes in you, there is a helmet when we speak of spiritual warfare, many believers don't know the dynamics of spiritual warfare when the Bible says spiritual warfare it's not casting out demons spiritual warfare is not even binding and loosing it includes it but that is not spiritual warfare in its entirety, check the New Testament spiritual warfare practically basically deals with the mind the mind 2 Corinthians chapter 10 from verse 4 though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh now let's see how the war is we do not war after the flesh and it says for the weapons of our warfare our military engagement are not psychicals, are not fleshly but mighty through God through God to the pulling down of strongholds we call that okoroma you know in the Greek the word stronghold is the word for a castle and a fortress sorry yes, a prison and a fortress a castle is a fortress it's the same word for both a prison and a fortress a prison prevents the inmate from going out a fortress prevents outsiders from coming in so a stronghold means that you cannot help yourself, others cannot help you you can have a mental stronghold that whatever you hear you are not a stronghold you are imprisoned with that stronghold and no matter what others tell you you are still incapacitated by that stronghold you know it is strong strong the weapons of our warfare are not canals but they are mighty through God through the pulling down of strongholds what are they? casting down imaginations so these are things you image yourself in the things you image yourself in yeah maybe you are diagnosed with a disease the devil now gives you a mental picture you can even see your funeral person you can see your obituary picture you can see your casket, your funeral and the devil gives you a visual image your funeral is being played in your mind I'm telling you you have no idea that you are in a battlefield though we walk in the flesh we do not war the word is we are constantly warring and that is the mind And most of the times, you are deceived to think that you are thinking that thought is coming from within. No, it's an expectation. center force yeah especially all of a sudden you you are crippled with kind of incapacitating fear thought of fear thought of death thought of not succeeding in life thought of failure not going to make it in life and all sort of things not going to excel in the christian walk and different kinds of thoughts when this thought comes you see yourself and these imaginations are wild things you image yourself in the devil give you pictures and you see yourself you have a visual image the word imagination in the hebrew is the same word for conception that's a greek hebrew word conception is the word yes sir is the same word for when god in genesis took clay and formed man the word form is the same word for imagination so imagination is formation so imagination is as good as the creation of it so as they as you begin to image yourself on a hospital hospital bed sick sick sick death death week if you keep that imagination you know what there's a conception process that is forming it's a formation before you realize you are there yeah jesus says if you see and look if you see a woman lustfully you have already you have already that's a powerful imagination it is done casting down imaginations and every high thing every proud argument that rises against the knowledge of god king james says high thing hyposoma is every proud argument so proud argument proud argument no proud argument proud argument god hasn't healed these days healing his past it's a proud argument against the word of god the knowledge of god healing his past yeah it's a proud argument proud argument you have to be poor to be holy or to serve god it's a proud argument yeah you have to have sex or cohabit before you marry the person it's a proud argument against the word of god yeah yeah philosophies of men will give you all the reasonable proofs but this is a proud argument that rises against the knowledge of god imaginations you know how the devil fights against you with thoughts but you don't see the man is a battlefield of the devil above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench the power of the devil above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked see the shield is for quenching darts, spears, javelins that is thrown against you but those darts are thrown against the mind but many believers they have been shot they have been hit to and fro here and there but they have taken no shield so every morning when they wake up they receive the first shot they wake up depressed hey life hey life you wake up negatively programmed you look at all that you are going to do in the day the task for the day is too much too burdensome so the depression and the frustration begins from your bed you have been shot you are not your feelings remember your feelings are not redeemed your feelings should not lead you you should lead your feelings you stand up and speak the word of life you don't have to take the shield of faith you don't have to take the shield of faith you don't have to take the shield of faith we also have the same spirit of faith according as it is written I believe therefore have I spoken we believe therefore we speak it is taking the word of God and speaking the word when I taught you to take the word of God and speak the word you have taken your shield every thought of fear that comes thought of defeat every thought of negativity every thought of depression frustration of weakness of sin of decadence take the word of God take your shield against every fiery dart keeps a good Christian is a talking Christian one who talks the word talking the word talking the word talking the word because the righteousness which is of faith speaketh it is speaking faith we speak speak speak speaking faith speaking faith we speak the word we speak the word we speak the word keep speaking the word when depression is coming why are you sitting down receiving all the arrows thinking those thoughts are from you you have been shot yeah sometimes you have been shot sometimes you can even read an article and it's like the feelings in your body conforms to what you are reading and now fear starts rising that hey all these sicknesses I'm sure then you begin to believe yourself that you are sure you are having some of these sicknesses the devil now begins to give you a lot of information you should begin to speak not you not you you are exempted not you you are exempted you are a different person take the shield of faith and keep talking the word keep speaking the word of life yeah whatever is suggested to you by the devil don't accept it because if you nurture those thoughts you will incubate them they affect your life hallelujah so the mind of a spiritual man is a mind that is renewed by the word and it opens the polytank for the life of God to flow and it's a life inundated by the word of God flat tied with peace and joy the more your mind is stayed on the word the more life becomes fruitful peace peace it doesn't matter what you're going to face at the lecture hall or all the practicals you have to do all the depressions all the harassment jesus becomes your daily bedding bearer you wake up in the day you know jesus in the morning jesus is your bedding bearer he's the one who has promised in some 68 19 that he's the one who bears your daily burdens he bears it you know he's with you you believe it you are not alone you have confidence in life joy in life that verse you can't get it in king james read it in amplified version or any t king james says he daily loads us with benefits but literally he daily bears our burdens and carries us so he will bear your burdens hallelujah praise god may you be renewed in the spirit of your mind be renewed in the attitude of your mind hallelujah i see your mind prospering i see you putting on the helmet of double fruitfulness any negative thought will bounce now in those days in a battlefield the enemy will aim at your head so the helmet was very important you have to be covered your thought patterns must be covered covered with double fruitfulness what you think of is fruitfulness i wanted to open your mouth and begin to prophesy your own life the very areas you have been attacked the very areas you have been attacked areas you have become depressed areas you are not confident the very areas of doubt and unbelief and uncertainty those very areas lift up your voice and begin to speak to it by the word of faith by the power of god god has not given you the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of sound mind thank you for listening to the word laundry
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