Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, Battlefield of the Mind.

Our thought life is the battlefield where the enemy tries to overwhelm and control us.

If we let our thoughts go in a wrong direction, our actions follow.

Whether it's worry, insecurity, anger, or fear, the enemy uses our thoughts to try and rob

us of the peaceful and fulfilling life Jesus' sacrifice to provide for us.

The battle is fierce, and that's why it's important we renew our mind daily through God's

word.

In this series, Joyce will share practical steps about how

to fight the battle in our mind and replace negative thoughts with confidence, peace, and security.

Now, here's Joyce with the series, Battlefield of the Mind.

Now, the next verse is going to tell us really that this stronghold that we're talking about

has something to do with the mind.

Inasmuch as we refute arguments, theories, reasonings, where does all that stuff go on in your mind?

You ever had an argument with yourself?

Has God ever been leading you to do something and you reasoned your way right out of it?

People have so many theories about God that some of them can't believe in God.

So we refute arguments, theories, reasonings, and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against

the true knowledge of God, which is found in this book, the Bible. And we, we lead, we lead

every thought captive and every purpose captive unto the obedience of Jesus Christ.

Now, if I can put it to you plain and simple, what you have to do is you have to get to

know what's in this book so well.

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