Category: The Power of a Sound & Healthy Mind

Spiritual tools For the Creation of a Powerful Mind!

 

 

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2Timothy 1:7

If the God of the universe, being an unlimited God, lives within us and seeks to live through us, consequently, we will possess unlimited potential, unlimited authority, and unlimited power in submission to God. There are, therefore, no impossibilities before God. I believe God is moving now to break His people free from old cycles and old belief systems to get His people ready for a season of explosive power ahead! The Battle is fierce; we are in a war and the battle is for the mind of man!

God has Blueprinted and pre-coded a marvelous destiny within us, determined by Him from before time. The enemy has worked aggressively to implant faulty code and error into the DNA structure of generational lines through sin and iniquity. He presently is working to hack the human brain (according to the WEF). Satan is after our DNA in order to bring us harm by manipulating our code and invading our structure to control and alter our destiny.

Because of this, God is presently emphasizing the health of our brains and minds. His intention is to perform a supernatural work to facilitate our thinking processes toward being united with His. His intention is for His people to be able to discern accurately and think critically, that they may rise and stand as the sons of God in this extraordinary hour of history.

The LORD is the Head of the Body; He is the Brain, and He is the Mind. The LORD’s Supernatural Omnipotent Brain is presently creating new neural pathways to bring transformation, regeneration, resurrection power, and Life into our brains, supplying it with the capacity to fully possess the Mind of Christ with all its virtues and power. A neural pathway is a series of connected neurons that send signals from one part of the brain to another.  God is sending supernatural signals from His brain to ours to release life and power.

The Lord highlighted the word regeneration to me, it means renewal or restoration of a body part; a body, restored to a better, higher, or more worthy state. He has promised us in His Word the power of a sound mind. A fierce battle is now being waged for control of the mind and the brain of the Body of Christ!  Alzheimer’s and Dementia, lies, confusion, and the demonic distortion of truth are on the rise. The spoken lie is given power when received and can become a curse that steals health, potential, the wonderful possibilities of a life, and its true destiny in God.

According to scripture, when we commit our actions and decisions unto God, He will establish our thoughts—He directs our thinking (Prov. 16:3). The word thought in this passage is the Hebrew word machashabah meaning imagination, purpose, and thought. God will invade our imaginations, our purposes, and our thoughts with His!

THE BRAINS POTENTIAL

Misguided faith, shaping a person’s beliefs has ‘substance’ and will become ‘evidence’, drawing circumstances and experiences to affirm their beliefs, and therefore shape their life and destiny, negatively (or positively Heb. 11:1). This is sometimes called the belief-expectation cycle. Diabolical spiritual entities then support the process by continually working to plant thoughts to reinforce these ungodly beliefs over a person’s lifetime, successfully keeping them bound in captivity to lies.  

People, or even whole societies, will accept a lie as the truth when it is told repeatedly over time. This has been proven through numerous instances over History—e.g. Hitler’s demonic propaganda regarding the Jews, and the present attempt by certain nations to re-write history. Germans were well-educated people, yet they chose to believe the lies and the propaganda and follow an insane leader on a disastrous path.

Propaganda is a powerful tool, as it reinforces a lie through repetition.  No one is exempt from falling into this trap, except for those who walk closely with the Lord and who are led by the Holy Spirit. God created our brains to respond to faith—according to what we believe and therefore what we confess and declare with our mouths. We become what we repeatedly say and repeatedly do! Scripture tells us that as a man thinks in our hearts, so is he (Prov. 23:7).

From the moment of birth, the brain continually receives and processes information from the senses, from the soul—mind, will, and emotions—and from the spiritual realm, whether good or evil.  The brain processes all the information it receives, and based on a choice to believe, will produce for the individual, a worldview. God created the soul and the supercomputer we call the brain to be the servant of man’s spirit—the spirit being the place of communion between God and man, and for the Christian the seat of His throne. Yet, for the world, the soul through intellect has become master.

“For those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be Spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.”  Romans 8:5-7

Our will, our attitude, and our speech—that is what we say—reflect our core beliefs, and the conclusions formed are registered in the brain. The brain is a great servant and serves our beliefs whether they are Godly and true, or ungodly and false!  An ungodly belief is any belief that is not in agreement with the Word of God or aligned with the principles of God. It is a belief that exalts itself above the truth and knowledge of God (2 Cor. 10:5).

REPROGRAMMING THE BRAIN

Having intentionality about protecting our brains and our thinking processes is now crucial.  God’s power combined with the practice of disciplining our minds will bring great transformation to our lives. In science this is referred to as neuroplasticity:

According to Colorado State, Healthy aging center, Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural pathways throughout life and in response to experiences. While the brain usually does this itself in response to injury or disease, when humans focus their attention enough, they can slowly rewire these pathways themselves.

Our brains will revert to old patterns and pathways if not interrupted with new and consistent data. Our brains function like a computer and are in need of new programs and new software. Our spirits can fix the faulty programs in the brain; therefore our spirit must be at the forefront, in the lead, not our flesh.

Dr. Frank Minirth in his book A Brilliant Mind says: Most of us naturally use less than 5% of our overall brain potential. The development of the other 95% lies in our own hands. The brain can be tuned developed and improved. It is the most highly developed computer ever made, and yet the circuits and the cells must be sharpened until it becomes analogous to a highly tuned engine…Learning not only causes new synapsis but to a degree also causes neurogenesis, the formation of new brain cells. You can indeed expand the capacity of your mind from the normal adult’s 5% to a much higher percentage.

He goes on to say: You must concentrate to memorize, but concentration is not the whole process of word memorization: perhaps I should add the word COMMAND. When you direct the brain to do a task, it releases powerful chemicals in the direction requested. When you concentrate and then tell your brain to memorize something, potent chemicals are released to aid in the memorization. If what we take into our brains, then, ultimately defines us, what kinds of things do you want to put into your brain? How do you want to be defined? I believe that utilizing the bible in memorization exercises can define you in a more positive way. (Emphasis mine)

If this is the case, then, it is critical that the Body of Christ begins to command our brains and reprogram them with the software of the Word of God. Let us cast down vain imaginations, take every ungodly thought captive, and receive and dream the imaginations and thoughts of God.

We must intentionally train our brains to believe by repeatedly commanding them in an authoritative way with the Word of God. We can command our brains in regard to our health, our beliefs about finances, and the virtues we desire to function in. We do this as we simultaneously recognize, reject, resist, and refuse every thought that exalts itself above God’s thoughts then replace them with the Word of God.!

“Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things HE SAYS will be done, he will have whatever HE SAYS. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, BELIEVE that you receive them, and you will have them.” Mark 11:23

Let us work to intentionally become re-programmed with the supernatural software of the Word of God. Demons search out sin and ungodly beliefs and are drawn to it, likewise Holy Spirit, Jesus, and the Father are drawn to the Word and to our faith in Christ. When the Commandments of God were taken out of the schools, the world sank into depravity! The Lord highlighted this scripture to me.

 “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. have I not commanded you? be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the lord your god is with you wherever you go.”

The word mouth in this passage, is the Hebrew word is peh, and, as has been shared by many, we are in the decade of peh—a decade where the voices of God’s people will be given great authority. The word meditate is hâgâh  which means to murmur in pleasure, to ponder, imagine, meditate, roar, speak, study, talk, utter. The word observe is shâmar and means guard; to protect, attend to, be circumspect, take heed, keep, mark, look closely, preserve, regard, reserve, wait for, watchman.

These definitions all show the high bar of reverence and love for the Word of God He expects from us—a reverence that moves us to discipline and receives an empowered and transformed mind that will overcome and defeat the enemy’s diabolic plan over the next seven years of this decade. (This word is built upon the previous Word the Lord gave me Neurons Are Firing!)

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NEURONS ARE FIRING!

I was in a recent meeting with many leaders where after I found myself thinking deeply about one of whom I know quite well. He is a pastor and an excellent teacher. I was deep in thought about his leadership style and how he functions in it, when I suddenly saw his brain light up, glowing in yellow and orange colors. I then heard the Lord say the words, “Neurons are firing,” and heard Him say, “I am transforming his mind to accommodate the work I have called him to in the next season beginning in 2023. There is an apostolic work coded in his DNA, assigned to him for this hour, and I must regenerate his thinking processes so that he is able to see it, comprehend it and begin to move in a new sphere of authority.”

I then sensed from the Lord that this was a work he intended to do on a broad scale across the body of Christ—everyone was getting an upgrade to be repositioned through an experience of expanded vision. I looked up the word neurons firing, as I did not know what it meant. I discovered the definition reflected an apostolic dynamic describing what God intended to accomplish: A neuron is activated by other neurons to which it is connected. In turn, its own activation stimulates other connected neurons to activation.

The Lord then said, “My apostles and prophets are My eyes and My ears; teachers are My mouth; pastors carry My heart, and the evangelists are My feet. The apostles and prophets I have called for this critical hour require an upgrade to understand and perceive My thinking and the plans I must now have executed. Their minds must be enlarged to perceive the blueprint of this final era. Apostles and prophets must understand the architectural blueprint of the eschatological global framework that supports My work to consummate all things in Christ. Apostles and prophets must possess the ability to see and understand the height, width, and depth of the dimensions of My end-time work in Christ, and along with the teacher, have the ability to unpack it to the body of Christ.

My apostles and prophets will be prepared to hear and to see in an expanded capacity they have not yet known. This work in them is necessary as they would otherwise build in error something contrary to what I am now building and lead others on in the same vein.

When My son Jesus came, He brought a new wineskin suited to the dynamic of the new work that was about to unfold—one of greater dimensions than the disciple’s ability to perceive. A reworking and rewiring of their thinking processes had to take place for them to envision a wineskin that would include Gentiles and stretch around the world to gather in the nations. Their brains were rewired and refired when the Holy Spirit constrained them in My will, as tongues of fire settled on their heads bringing the needed transformation.

Until that point, they had no understanding of My will. The disciples did not understand much of Jesus’ words. So also, you should not presume to think you understand my next moves. Just be ready for the Holy Spirit. Be bowed, be yielded, and be humbled before Me. There will otherwise be missteps as there have been in the past. This is My work, don’t presume to think you know the way ahead. Some of you are working based on logic and logical conclusions. I work outside of logic. Your eyes have not seen nor have your ears heard what I have prepared for this season.
Presently, the minds of My people are too small, having mindsets that are old and outdated and in need of reconstruction. As the days draw to a close before Christ returns, the Body will be activated and fired to bring it to submission to one mind—My Mind. This is My work, and it shall be done. Some will yield and submit, some will not. Paul told you that you must be transformed and renewed in your mind, only then would you be able to test and give assent to what My perfect will is. You must allow the Holy Spirit to renovate your minds to bring them into conformity with Mine. Be prepared and expectant, positioned, and ready to receive.

There is a reason I placed apostles first and prophets second—they will receive the blueprint embedded with my directions and plans for this next decade and release it in an ordered flow into the body of Christ, following the protocols that I have established. My true apostles and prophets are built to withstand the assault and the challenges of the closing days. Those who therefore attempt to move into these positions independently will pay a high cost.

The finishing work on the body of Christ will be in the head, particularly in the brain, bringing it into conformity with The Head. This will work to establish a true governmental and heavenly order in which I can work. In the days ahead, your brains will be refired and aligned to Mine.

Sometimes the mind continues to function according to the deep grooves carved into it by life and the traumas of life. Because of this, the brain will work to sabotage the breakthroughs that have been gained and the new work that is to begin, returning you to a place of defeat. The brain must be rewired to begin to think differently by practice or by a miraculous Sovereign event like what took place at Pentecost, or when Saul was transformed and became another man when the Spirit came upon him.

I then saw a picture of a manufacturing plant functioning and serving the owner well. I then saw time pass, and the equipment became old and outdated. The workers became sluggish and were not performing well. The owner then brought in brand-new equipment and technology. He renovated the building and sent all the workers for retraining so the plant could produce at maximum output with the excellence that the times demanded. This is the work God is now doing in His House. It is a renovation work. He is moving out some of the old, upgrading others, and bringing in the new. It is a new model, modeled after the King of Glory.

“Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you.” 1Samuel 10:6

Critical Thinking For Critical Times!

 

The Year of Release I have been writing about is the coming Jewish Shmita year. The Shmita was to be a Sabbath year of rest, a year when slaves were released from captivity and fortunes were restored—it was therefore a time of rest, deliverance, and financial restoration. It was a year of freedom and release.

The Year of Release, I believe will stretch into a Decade of Release, having a new spiritual Dynamic. We have entered a Kingdom era and God’s plan is for His Kingdom to come to Earth!  As this is such a critical time, it demands Critical Thinking! I heard the Lord say the words critical thinking, so I went digging.

There is much written in regard to critical thinking, so it is important to differentiate between the Kingdom’s approach from the world’s. According to the Foundation for Critical Thinking, it is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action.

The Lord, however, revealed that Spirit-led Critical thinking is the God-given ability to cut through what is false from what is true, by applying strategic revelation received from God, in His Word, or directly, to arrive at accurate conclusions with which to proceed and take action. What may seem logical or reasonable to the world’s standards, yet does not align with the Word and precepts of God, becomes evident in Spirit-led critical thinking. It is vital to grasp this way of thinking as the Leviathan spirit is presently distorting and saturating all communications with deception and mind-control.

Satan employed this trick in the garden of Eden with both Adam and Eve. Neither was thinking critically by weighing the words spoken against the Word of God. Eve also did not spiritually discern the evil lurking behind words that seemed quite plausible in the moment.

In Matthew 16:22, Peter was also not discerning the greater significance of Jesus’ words, as they did not appear to be reasonable, triggering him to step out from his place of a disciple to rebuke Jesus. Peter did not recognize that evil was influencing his reasoning.  Jesus had to confront the demonic influence and rebuke him: “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”  In Matthew 4:7, Satan even tried to use the Word of God to sway Jesus. However, Jesus pierced through the deception with the Word of God.

Seemingly reasonable words and logical thinking can lead us on a path to destruction and even hell. Without taking the time to think critically, pray through and discern what God is saying, ensuring that it lines up with the Word of God, puts you on a trajectory toward great trouble. God’s higher ways never seem to make sense in the passion of the moment, so patience is also required. We need light! The light of Heaven that releases truth and revelation for the moment and direction for the season ahead.

It is essential to maintain our objectivity in the dichotomy of the present times, to stay balanced and grounded in Christ, in a season characterized by the best and the worst of times, and darkness and light—a time when the wheat and the tares are growing to their fullness.

God will have an administration suitable for this present dispensation; one that is tailored and equipped to meet the challenges of these times—just as he has had for every decade of this century (Please listen to our last podcast on Stewardship of the Time). Because we are alive, we are that generation—this is our destiny! It is, therefore, necessary to God’s interests that we think critically and strategically to:

  1. Understand the dynamics of the times.
  2. Understand God’s intentions for the times.
  3. Know the framework and boundaries of the times
  4. The enemy’s limits in the times (Dan. 7:25)
  5. Receive directions and tactical assignments to implement and steward the plan of God for the times.

How do we receive understanding? Light will be breaking through into our consciousness causing us to see and receive revelation. This requires a Breaker Anointing coming from another dimension that pierces the veil and opens the door or portal to allow light, revelation, and understanding to come through. A word escapes through the veil when someone is positioned rightly in a heart-to-heart connection with the Lord—the Breaker comes. Using critical thinking, we then apply what we have seen and heard into the equation.

The veil between the realms and dimensions is now getting thinner—to which both Heaven and the demonic are taking advantage of. This is a heightened spiritual time that we are living in that calls for the supernatural life of Christ in us to come forth.

The path ahead will require a close walk with our Lord and will necessitate becoming fully alive to our identity as supernatural saints in Christ as things may get much uglier before they get better. As the administrators of the season ahead, we must press in to receive all that God wants to deliver to us and begin to think critically as to how He would have it executed. Don’t worry if other people are not understanding what you are getting—in its time they will. It’s an important time to be intentional about grasping and processing what God is saying.

We will not be able to go through the coming days without being deeply rooted in Christ, having full assurance of His Lordship over our lives, and walking in the fear of the Lord. It is a time to be ready for anything. In the days ahead it will become necessary to recognize that many things are being deliberately labeled as conspiracies to deflect attention. Things can shift suddenly and like Elijah, we must be ready with our loins girded up, ready to run our supernatural race.

How are we as believers to stand in this hour without fear? Firstly, the fear of God must be our foundation. This is not a time to be complacent about God and about sin. The enemy is prowling about and sin is his attraction.

The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. Psalm 27:1-3

Second, it helps to have a history with God. If you don’t have one and are a new believer, then read someone else’s history, their biography, and their testimonies, and build your faith. The saints of God released in the High Call of serving God in this hour will have attained through much refining, a high level of character, integrity, and faithfulness.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,   having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. Ephesians 1:7-10

God significantly highlighted the word prudence to me as a word for the times. God will lavish on the saints “… all wisdom and prudence.” The definition of prudence reveals the high level of wisdom and insight God will give the Saints to steward His plan for the times, it is defined as: 

  • The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason.
  • Sagacity or shrewdness in the management of affairs; keen discernment and perception
  • Skill and good judgment in the use of resources
  • Caution or circumspection as to danger or risk; the ability to see ahead.

To Christian philosophers, prudence was considered the ‘mother’ of all virtues by its ability to see ahead and make right decisions.

“Prudence has a directive capacity with regard to the other virtues. It lights the way and measures the arena for their exercise…

Without prudence, bravery becomes foolhardiness; mercy sinks into weakness, free self-expression and kindness into censure, humility into degradation and arrogance, selflessness into corruption, and temperance into fanaticism. (Wikipedia)

God says: “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence…” Proverbs 8:12

Prudence will become a virtue, crucial for the times; it will be at the forefront in the attributes of those equipped in the fulness of resurrection power, who serve God in the high call of stewarding the times. It could be said that the tribe of Issachar functioned in the virtue of prudence—they were in possession of the wisdom and understanding needed for making the right decisions:

“…of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do…” 1 Chronicles 12:32

God is presently transitioning His people from one level of experience to another; one that has a very new dynamic that is vastly different from what have previously known. He is urging us to a new and deeper level of covenant relationship with him. He wants to take us to places that we’ve not experienced before! He is calling us to become signs and wonders to this generation. To be vessels of God’s rule and reign breaking into the earth!

Recently, while at a worship service, a friend began to make a circular motion with her arms. When she did that, I heard the Lord say, the wheels are turning and I saw a picture in my mind of a horse and buggy that carries hay, in the setting of rugged terrain. The ground was dirt and stones and the buggy had large wooden wheels. God revealed from this picture that through our worship we were pioneering new spiritual territory.

The big wooden wheels represented that in the early stages, it is sometimes slow going as we plow the ground of new territory. The wheels don’t always turn as quickly as we would like, and it takes time for the rocky terrain to become smooth paths and paved roads. The hay represented the harvest, and I sensed God say He is preparing for the harvest, that we were to keep digging the spiritual ground, through our praise and worship.

I then saw another picture of a beautiful shining Rolls Royce. It was not a typical Rolls Royce in that it looked like a new model. It was long and sleek, low off the ground, and appeared to be a sports model. It was designed with excellence, built for speed, powerful acceleration, and was clearly designed to carry royalty. It was a Divine engineering feat and technologically advanced beyond our age.

I sensed through this picture, God saying that as His people persevered in faithfulness, worship and obedience to His Word, that the paths were going to become smooth; and the rugged terrain transformed, into a highway. This vehicle was built for the high way of God, for the saints who were persevering in faith. It was a supernatural model built for this hour to carry a Royal Priesthood, and a chosen generation into the Glory of God. It would be a vehicle that would accelerate God’s purposes in this hour. It was a new model, built to function in a new dynamic. It could and would get the job done! It was built for speed; speeds that the enemy would not be able to match. It was a supernatural vehicle that could move in and out of dimensions in Christ—with Christ at the wheel.

We’re now about to enter the era of the supernatural and God has gone ahead to prepare for us a vehicle to carry us through—a new model, a new thing, a new wineskin, having a new heart-engine running on the high praises of His people. It’s important to not turn back to the old model, the old ways of doing things or even interacting with the Holy Spirit. God is taking us to a new place—a higher dimension having new ways to move in the Spirit. New sounds are being released—sounds that will carry us into new realms and Great Glory.

I believe God is saying to learn the new sounds, to think critically with a renewed mind, to learn and understand the new dynamic—to press in for the new to leave the old mindset behind.  I believe that we begin by simply fixing our eyes upon Him in worship, gazing on His beauty and Glory, exalting Him with all of our beings. I believe that is all we need to do, and He will lead us where we need to go. God will move in our praise, to bring in and establish His New Thing, to fashion a people for His New Wineskin.

The Lord will do it, we can’t strive to try to make it happen, and we cannot work it up. We have arrived at a season characterized by the rest of God, where we rest in Him and He moves in power to do the work. It’s not that we’re going to lie down and let him do everything—it is a holy partnership, but it requires quietness in him, listening for His voice, and simply following and allowing Him to do what only He can do. It is so important right now that we recognize our limitations apart from Him, to recognize and magnify the majesty and the magnitude of the power and ability of the God that we serve.