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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ……

WRONG THOGHTS COME TO YOUR MIND

Being born again does not stop you from being tempted, but you must not yield to temptation. The Bible teaches that anytime we are tested, God always opens a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). So when wrong thoughts come to your mind, you must: 

(1) REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A NEW CREATION
These thoughts come to you as an outside force, a form of temptation from the devil. You do not manufacturer them in your mind especially now that you are born again. The

Bible says that we (born-again believers) have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2: 16). You must remember who you are now, a new creation! God always wants us to remember that we are new creations, and that he has given us the new life. This new life is what you have to believe in.

(2) WALK IN OBEDIENCE

Obey God! Let us suppose that the thought of a bad habit, comes to you. The pressure is so much on you to do that wrong thing; you might even go as far as the beginning stages of the wrong deed. But right there when you remember that you are born again; new persons, you suddenly have the courage and boldness to shrug it off. Obey God! 

You see, being born again does not mean that wrong thoughts do not come to you but the point is you should not allow them to take a hold of you. 

Refuse them! Someone has rightly said, ‘you can’t stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building a next there.’

You may not be able to stop these thoughts from coming to you because they are an outside force but you can stop them from lodging within you. Don’t let the wrong thoughts lodge with you, don’t let them gain dominion or mastery over you. You can stop by thinking on the right things instead. (Philippians 4:8).

Suppose you were a stage artiste or performer and you wee to play the role of a woman, though you are actually a man. You would put on a woman’s dress and wig: and perform and talk like a woman, but you do not forget that you are a man at the end of the act. You get off the stage and you go back to the dressing room change and walk down the street. 

When you set out to work on Monday morning, you don’t forget that you are really a man. You talk like one and live like one. It
would be ridiculous for you to go back to work and talk like a woman, behaving the way you are acting onstage the other night.

The same thing applies to you now. You acted the wrong way before you were born again, but now you have anew life: the new life is the one you are supposed to live now. You have been playing the role of a woman for along time and sometimes you forget your
lines; but then you remember again that you are really a man, and you correct yourself. 

You wise up and say, “Oh I’m not a woman, I’m on stage, I’ve got to be real”. That is the way you should stop a bad habit. Say “Look “I’m born again! That’s my real nature.’ No matter the habit: when you remember (and you will remember), STOP! Say to yours: I’m born again! Stop it right there! 

Do not let the cycle go on and don’t be ashamed to tell anyone involved in it with you, “Oh I’m sorry I can’t do this because I’m born again.’ Get rid of bad habits by replacing them with good ones. Do this deliberately. Find out godly character traits from the Word of God, and train yourself in them through practice.

(3) BE A DOER, ACT THE WORD

God does not want us to be hearers only but doers of the Word: “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your owns selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his nature face in a glass: for he
beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” (James 1:22-25).

You become a doer of the word when you remember the word and act accordingly. And you will always remember it. That is one of the things the Holy Spirit does in us. Jesus said, “He will remind you of the things that I taught you’ (John 14:26. Thank God the Holy Spirit is right here; He helps us remember the Word! And when you remember, you must act on it. Don’t be troubled about remembering; the Holy Spirit will bring it to your remembrance.

But you must always be ready to obey Him when He brings these truths to your mind. 

(4) REMEMBER THAT SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION OVER YOU

You must remember one thing; these thoughts do not have the power to gain mastery over you unless you allow them “For sin shall not have dominion over you ….” (Romans 6:14). Sin shall not gain lordship over you, it will not have the upper h and because you are not under the law but under grace. That is what the Bible says about you.

God has delivered you from the powers of sin and of darkness, and delivered you into His kingdom: “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:” (Colossians 1:12-13).

That is where you are not that you are born again. That is why the powers of darkness cannot have dominion over you. Because they are in the realm of sin, you are in the realm of God’s life, which supercedes sin: so you see, they cannot have dominion.
If you have any questions, observations, prayer points or special requests please use the comment box below. Thanks and God Bless you. 

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