POP 354 - Brain Management - Part 1

In this new series talks about the importance of "brain management".

Sometimes it's hard enough to fight the battle when the enemy is on the outside of me, but what do I do when the enemy seems like he's on the inside of me, because sometimes it feels like the enemy is me!

My own thoughts and my own emotions sometimes gang up on me and conspire against me in a very powerful way, and it's at these times I need a self-awarness to fight agaisnt my very own thoughts and emotions in the attempt to manage what's going on between my ears on the inside of me.

Brain management!

In this series Tony identifies and shares common "lies" that often hold power over men in their struggle with sexual purity.

Examples:

"I can't resist temptation." (That's a lie because you can resist temptation.)

"My sexual sin is my wife's fault." (That's a lie because you're responsbile for your own choices and actions.)

"Lots of men look at porn so it's no big deal if I look at porn." (That's a lie because what other people do does not give you the right to do the same thing.)

It's incredibly important that we have the ability to identify the lies, because if we beleive a lie, it becomes our truth, because we're believing it's true, even thought it's a lie, and the lie therefore assuems a positon of power and authority in our life, and we then begin to act and make decisions based upon the lie.

To be the men of purity God is calling us to be we need "brain management".

We need the abiltiy to take rebel and mutiny thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ.

We need to renew our minds so we can approve the good, pleasing and perfect will of God.

We need to gird out loins with the truth and figth the lies with the sword of the Spirit.

Welcome to "Brain Management", and be BLESSED in Jesus' Name!