Recovery is a process that can be facilitated by many factors to include: a belief in your ability to get better, support systems, medications, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
- A faith-based recovery mind set is freeing your self from the prison of your limitations, and realizing that God has indeed created you for a purpose. It is coming to the knowledge that the grace of God is available for you, and that He is concerned about everything that concerns you.
- A person with a faith-based recovery mindset understands that while the plan God has for their life may not be the plan that they envisioned, they remain determined to rest and to trust in His sovereign plan.
- A faith-based recovery mindset is choosing to take responsibility for your treatment, and not being afraid to seek help when needed. It is coming to the understanding that in order to live a healthy life, you may have to take medications, but that having to take medications does not decrease or imply that you lack faith in God.
- A faith based recovery mindset does not just accept the belief that things will always be the way that they are now, or that things will never get better.
- A faith based recovery mindset chooses to hope, to trust Jesus Christ, and to do the things that are necessary to facilitate recovery and life.
- A person with a faith-based recovery mindset understands, that even if they don’t get a miracle when they want it, God is still in control of their steps.
- A person with a faith-based recovery mindset is not just sitting down, idly waiting for a miracle. Instead, they are busy performing their Fathers business.
- A person with a faith-based recovery mindset does not wait until they are free of symptoms before they start to live their life. Instead, they are living their life to the fullest …..now.
Proverbs 23:7
For As He Thinketh In His Heart, So Is He
Our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are connected. Our behavior is controlled by the words that we have inside of us, whether they are words of life or words of death. So think about who is giving you those thoughts you are having. The spiritual battle we all face is won or lost by the words we allow to rule in our thoughts. Our thoughts will either draw us closer to the Lord Jesus Christ or further away.
We think an average of seven thoughts a second. Based on those figures, in a years’ time, we would have thought about 219,971,200 thoughts. If you multiply that figure by 70 (70 years) you get fifteen billion, forty million, twelve thousand and eight hundred thoughts. Who is in control of those thoughts? God or the Devil? Are the thoughts in your mind bringing you victory or defeat?
The mind is the control tower, it sends orders to the rest of your members and causes them to submit. That is why the devil puts up such a fight for control of your mind. You see, once his thoughts are in your mind he is in control and God is out of control. The mind is the foundation of your success and victory. So you have to know how to stay God conscience and to fortify it. So don’t just put any kind of thought in your mind. Remember, every thought you think affects you on an eternal basis. So fleece your thoughts with The Word of God. Guard your thoughts at all times.
Don’t let anything take the place of the Lord in your mind.
2 Corinthians 10: 4-5
For The Weapons Of Our Warfare Are Not Carnal, But Mighty Through God To The Pulling Down Of Strong Holds;) Casting Down Imaginations, And Every High Thing That Exalteth Itself Against The Knowledge Of God, And Bringing Into Captivity Every Thought To The Obedience Of Christ
Your mind has been called full time into the Gospel of Jesus Christ you are not to be part time in the gospel. Your quality of thinking should coincide with God’s character and His character never wavers. In short, your thinking should be based on The Word of God at all times. You should acknowledge God in all aspects of your life to include your thoughts.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust In The Lord With All Thine Heart; And Lean Not Unto Thine Own Understanding. In All Thy Ways Acknowledge Him, And He Shall Direct Thy Paths
When you acknowledge Him in all your ways you bless Him, you are saying He is qualified in everything. The worse crime a child of God can commit is not to use God’s Word by faith in their minds.
St John 10:10
I Am The Door: By Me If Any Man Enter In, He Shall Be Saved, And Shall Go In And Out, And Find Pasture. The Thief Cometh Not, But For To Steal, And To Kill, And To Destroy: I Am Come That They Might Have Life, And That They Might Have It More Abundantly
THE MIND IS WHERE THE POWER IS
Your mind can handle any problem that comes up. Why? Because you have the mind of Christ. The mind of a saint carries The Word of God. And when The Word of God is rightly divided it will destroy the works of the devil. When saints are operating in the Word of God the world cannot touch the saints because they have the mind of the Creator. Unfortunately many people of God dilute their potential.
How? By walking in the ways of the ungodly and yielding to ungodly ideas that come to your mind. Listen, evil thoughts go through everyone’s mind but you must learn to pray them away. Do not meditate on them. Your mind in subjection to God can deliver you from yourself. So use the Word of God, meditate and believe what it says.
Listen, you’re either believing God and doubting the devil, or doubting God and believing a lie there is no in between. When you try to focus on what God has said and on words of unbelief at the same time, you become unstable. You become up and down in your emotions and start to struggle in your faith. But God never created us to be up and down or struggling in our faith.
James 1:6-8
But Let Him Ask In Faith, Nothing Wavering. For He That Wavereth Is Like A Wave Of The Sea Driven With The Wind And Tossed. For Let Not That Man Think That He Shall Receive Any Thing Of The Lord. A Double Minded Man Is Unstable In All His Ways.
Unfortunately, if you use your time meditating on struggling words (any word that is contrary to The Word of God), you will have a struggling life. So meditate on God’s word and have a victorious life instead! Seek God and His Word at all times.
Psalms 1:2
But His Delight Is In The Law Of The Lord; And In His Law Doth He Meditate Day And Night
Seek God to know how He feels about Himself. Read and meditate on God’s Word daily. The scriptures are designed to lead you and guide you into all truth. They can’t however do that if you don’t use them. The health and strength of your mind depends on The Word of God in you. So rehearse them over and over again in your thoughts. The more you meditate on The Word of God the more The Word of God will grow in your mind until you are filled with the mind of Christ. So you have to stay God’s conscience and fortify your mind with The Word of God.
Your behavior consists of the words that you have inside of you, whether they are words of life or words of death. Whatever word you are using right now is controlling you. And you will be rewarded by the way you choose to think. So ask yourself what have you been putting into your mind to train it? Is it making you more like Jesus or more like the devil in your thought pattern?
Joshua 1:8
This Book Of The Law Shall Not Depart Out Of Thy Mouth; But Thou Shalt Meditate Therein Day And Night, That Thou Mayest Observe To Do According To All That Is Written Therein: For Then Thou Shalt Make Thy Way Prosperous, And Then Thou Shalt Have Good Success.
MEDITATE
Luke 21:33
Heaven And Earth Shall Pass Away: But My Words Shall Not Pass Away
There is no shadow or variance in God’s Word. If He spoke it, He will bring it to pass. You can count on Him! So refuse to use any other words except The Word of God. Become a word warrior. Remember when Jesus was in the wilderness after He had fasted 40 days? He told the devil what was written. Well, we will have to do the same thing. Using the Word of God we will have to go to war against every thought that is contrary to the plan of God. That is why it is important to study and mediate so that we will be able to speak The Word to our trials.
Ephesians 6:10-17
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
God has given us the power to think the devil out of our existence but we must stay within the boundaries of The Word of God. The spiritual battle we all face is won or lost by the words we allow to rule in our minds. With our words we can think ourselves into defeat or perpetual deliverance like Jesus Christ. It is a battle but don’t tell yourself anything God didn’t tell you through His word.
2 Timothy 2:15
Study To Shew Thyself Approved Unto God, A Workman That Needeth Not To Be Ashamed, Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth.