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view you and what God thinks about you. He magnifies your
weaknesses so you begin to lose confidence in yourself other
people, and God. Satan wants nothing more than to lead you
to believe that you came from nothing, are nothing, will always
be nothing, and are going nowhere. What a lie! He works
through people, sometimes even through your parents or peers,
to reinforce his lies. If you believe him, it will directly affect
your actions, habits, character, and destiny.
Jesus has given His followers authority over the enemy (Luke
10:19). All Satan can do is lie and attempt to convince you to
believe his lies. How can you know the difference? The Word
of God, the Bible, should always be your definer of truth. You
ultimately choose whether you will accept the lies of Satan or
believe the Word of God.
Renew Your Mind
The Word of God says that when we renew our minds, our
lives will be changed: "Don't copy the behavior and customs
of this world, but let God transform you into a new person
by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know
God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect"
(Romans 12:2,
NLT).
Renewing your mind means to do away
with ungodly thought patterns and to replace them with godly
ones. It is impossible to do this without God's help. The world
can help you change a behavior, but God helps you change
your beliefs and actions, which begins with a change inside the
human heart.
For thoughts to become beliefs takes time and repetition. Did
you know that memorizing and repeating information have a
physical effect on your brain? Scientific experiments seem to
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