Imagine that your mind is a gated community. Gated communities are typically more secure than un-gated communities.
Why?
Because gated communities have a guard to ensure that only people with a right to enter can come inside.
But suppose a gated community is always unguarded and the gate left wide open. Gangs have invaded the community and are bullying the residents.
The gangs have a goal: Steal, kill, and destroy.
Would you want to live in such a community?
Of course not.
And yet many Christians live in such a community mentally. Fear, anxiety, worry, self-defeating beliefs, hopeless thoughts and insecurity bully them. The enemy’s "gangs" have taken over their mental territory.
Proverbs 25:28 says, "Whoever has no rule
over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls."
But it is time to drive those gangs out and take back your territory. Praise God, He has given you a powerful weapon to do just that! Your heritage is to operate with the mind of Christ.
This is the last article in our Spiritual Warfare series, which details the armor of God (see Ephesians 6:14-17) and how it applies in your weight loss journey.This article covers 'the sword of the Spirit,' which is the word of God.
Think of yourself as like a Spiritual law enforcement officer. But instead of a gun as your enforcement weapon, you have a sword!
But you've got to learn how to use it.
Click here to read "Spiritual Warfare in Weight Loss (Part 6)