Summary
Our thoughts profoundly influence the direction of our lives. What we think determines what happens to us; as free moral agents with authority over our minds, we must always be ready for Satan’s attack on our thoughts and emotions. He wants to establish strongholds in our minds and permanently set up residency there; his goal is to defeat and destroy us by trapping us with negative thinking. This is destructive and deadly; not only does wrong thinking affect our relationships with others, but it also destroys our mental and physical health over time. We win the battle by learning to think like God and letting Him shape our thinking. When the devil tries to feed his thoughts to our minds, we defeat him by pushing back and believing what God says instead. Planting His Word in our minds like a seed and letting it grow allows it to cast out all the enemy’s lies and renew our minds to God’s truth.
