Discipleship: learning to think, act and love like
Spiritual stronghold: fortress…fortified position.
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” —Psalm 18:2 NIV
Believing
The Bible also talks about
Some strongholds start out bad and get
Other strongholds are bad…but they don’t necessarily
If you allow grief to grow
“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” —2 Corinthians 10:3–5 NIV
Your current feelings are not permanent, they are temporary. You are not in a pit…you are in a
Your
The key point: you have to do something about this
If you are willing to change the way you
Be a
Deal with the problem, but refuse to
When you are in painful depression or anxiety, which is the best area to start your healing process?
- Emotional help?
- Physical help?
- Spiritual help?
Answer: all of the above
The positive healing starts when you make a
“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.” —Philippians 4:8 NIV
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