Captive No More: Freedom From Pain, Shame and GuiltSample

# The Fortress of a Transformed Mind > “He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him.” > Colossians 1:22 When we talk about readying our fortress with praying, reading the Bible, and submitting to the Holy Spirit, we are building a defensive posture in our daily walk with Christ. The further we pull away from the bowels of Satan’s suppression of past personal pain, the more involved he and his demons become in getting you back into a crooked environment. I’ve purposefully mentioned defensive protection because I want to now talk about offensive weapons. The most important weapon you have in the fight for your freedom is your mind. It is an incredible machine and a supercomputer that by all scientific estimates is only performing at ten percent of its intended capacity. As magnificent as the human brain is, it serves as a blessing and a curse to most of us. Our ability to transform our minds is an important piece of the fortress-building process. The fuel for the shift from a carnally-driven organism into a spiritual weapon is God’s word. Feeding our brain with the liberal media’s diet of movies, television, news, and social media causes the brain to operate in a chaotic stream of sex, violence and an abnormal appreciation of the world we live in and others imagined. Cursing, and talking about the vile things of this world burns brain potential, as does gossip and speaking wicked of others. Transforming our mind serves the purpose of connecting us to Christ today and in the future as we grow closer in our walk with Him. We cannot truly be free and connected to Christ if we continue fueling our thought-life with things of this world. There are so many benefits to transforming your mind into a spiritual fortress for your war against a painful past. Consider what we’ve discussed, and I pray you will gain an appreciation for the role of your mind in the war for independence from past pain. Think about it! ## Call To Action 1. Write out in detail what thoughts slip into your mind the most that you’d have trouble explaining to your wife, loved ones, and Jesus. 2. Write out in detail how you handle those thoughts. 3. Write out in detail what fuel you use to feed your thought life. 4. Write out in detail what information you can meditate to recharge spiritual thinking.