Thanks to Starbucks
I have received a free month of the program, Lumosity.
It is geared toward improving memory and attention, using games designed by neuroscientists.
While there are applications, pills, and
tricks to improve mental clarity and function on biological levels; it is also
wise we use the Bible to keep our mind fixed on the things that are Spiritual
and of real life context.
As you will hear Joyce
Meyer say time and time again, "The battlefield is in the mind". A
healthy mind, leads to a healthy life. A healthy mind, that is attuned to the
Creator of all things, has the ability to weather any storm.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:12
Ephesians 6:12
For some of you thinking positively may come easy. For
others, you may have a negative, unsettling, or destructive thought enter your
noggin, and instead of immediately rebuking it, you allow it to fester, and
take over your entire head space until you are unsure why God even created you
in the first place (or lead you to a choice we should have not made). As we are told in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brothers and sisters, 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." It is very important that we learn to control our
minds, and not allow it to run rampant. Which comes first by being able to identify
good vs. bad thoughts, and immediately shutting down anything that is contrary
to God's word, and who we are as children of God.
However this change, just like any other, does not have to
be accomplished alone! We only need seek God, and ask Him to help us and to put
on our armor daily. We need to ask Almighty God to restore our minds and put
them in alignment with His will; we petition Him that we see ourselves as He
sees us (which we know is with love beyond measure since sent He sent His son
to die a horrific death on our behalf, so we might be reconciled to Him as
Jesus was resurrected from the dead).
In conclusion remember, "In all these things we are more than conquerors
through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:37-39
