Living Among Lions (9/28/22)
Part of Living Among Lions—How to thrive like Daniel in today's Babylon
September 28, 2022

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Psalms 104:33-34 - The Power of Meditation
* The warfare for your soul takes place on the battlefield of your

.
* Satan is our who makes for our .
* His accusations come in the form of our thoughts:
* Accusations against .
* Accusations against .
* closely follows:
* Compare up - .
* Compare down - .
* If we want to win, we have to wage war in our mind.
* Romans 12:2 - “…be transformed by the renewal of your mind.”
* Philippians 4:8 - “…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
* David’s prayer journal reveals he knew the power of what goes on in his mind.
* Psalms 104:34a - “May my meditation be pleasing to Him…”
* Meditate - “to think or focus one’s mind for a period of time; to think deeply or carefully about something.”
* This isn’t just about thinking, it’s about thinking.
* Psalms 104:34b - “…as I rejoice in the Lord.”
* The stuff you think about subconsciously needs to be laced with .
* What fuels joy? Gratitude & Praise.
* To get yourself in the proper meditating mindset, Praise comes first!
* Psalms 104:33 - “I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my god as long as I live.”
* Praise - “to express warm and of.”

Galatians 5:7 - Rooting Out Your Problem
* When you make your peace with God, Satan declares

on you.
* He uses and to disrupt the freedom you have.
* Satan wants to rob, kill, destroy - he wants to rob you of your .
* Paul was talking about freedom in Christ.
* He didn’t want people going back into the bondage of religion.
* He taught over Religion.
* Vs 4 - don’t fall away from grace.
* Vs 5 - we await “His” righteousness.
* Conformity to God’s standards that puts us in “right relationship” with Him.
* How do we know we have it?
* Vs 6 - when we operate in love toward others.
* = trusting God and keeping our focus on Him.
* = compassion (suffer together) with standards.
* When we operate like this Satan targets us.
* He targets our minds with bad ideas.
* God loves all people but not all ideas.
* Vs 7 - you were expressing your faith through love…
* WHO told you something that changed it?
* To get to the true root, asking “why” and “what” are important…
* …but “ ” is the only way you’ll truly overcome.
* Vs 8 - do the ideas you have draw you closer to God?
* Vs 9 - a little idea can ruin a lot of you.
* Even good people can have bad ideas (Peter).
* Vs 10 - get rid of the “who’s” who don’t draw you closer to the Lord.