As part of my venture to be intentional and come alongside others to help this year, I’m sharing some thoughts from some books I read this year. This is my third read of the year: Winning the War in your Mind, by Craig Groeschel. Solid read. The first list is 15 direct quotes taken from the book. The second list consists of my takeaways – or what was most useful to me.
I’d be curious to know which quotes hit home with you.
15 Quotes from Winning the War in your Mind.
- If you think you’re trapped, if you believe there’s a lock on the door, you’ve bought into a lie. And, it is the lie, nothing else, that is holding you back.
- Your mind is a battlefield, and the battle for your life is always won or lost in your mind.
- You cannot change what you do not confront. If you ignore the battle, you lost the battle.
- Who you are today is a result of your thoughts in the past. Who you become in the future will reflect what you think about today.
- The days of being neutral must be over.
- You cannot defeat what you cannot define. You have to identify the lie that has become a stronghold for you.
- What we put in our minds come out in our lives. Every action we take, every word we say, and every attitude we express originates in our thoughts. But what’s crazy is how little attention we give to what goes into our minds.
- What consumes our minds controls our lives.
- Satan is not very creative. He is very repetitive. He knows that if he tells you a life often enough, you will eventually believe it.
- The journey to your destiny starts with your thoughts. The right thoughts lead to the right life.
- You find what you are looking for.
- We get fixated on the presence of our problems, and we lose our focus on the presence of God.
- When we don’t focus on God’s presence, we don’t pray. Instead, we go it alone. We find our thoughts moving in the wrong direction, and our lives quickly follow.
- Paul and Silas did not praise God because he showed up; God showed up because they praised him.
- Don’t drop your guard.
What is useful to me.
- I know this stuff. I could have written half the book. So why do I often get in the rut of believing the lies?
- What lie(s) am I believing that I don’t always live the abundant life?
- What is consuming my mind? What should be consuming my mind? How can I change that today?
- Discover what I don’t like (results) about my life or business. Trace it back to the lie (thoughts) that started it.
- What do I need to give up – e.g. TV, reading, stuff, other people/influences? – in order to live the dream life that God has called me to live?
- I may need to change what I’m looking for because I don’t always like what I “find”.
- I am in a war. I am the object of the war. I cannot – CANNOT — be a spectator.
- What thoughts can I change today that will change my results tomorrow?
- It’s time for action.
- Stop and pray. Stop and pray. Stop. And. Pray.
What are your favorite quotes from the first list? Leave them in the comments below.
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