Power of Agreement
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“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 10:5, NIV).
Years ago I woke up to the life changing truth that “as a man thinketh, so he becometh” (Proverbs 23:7). Do you know that the moment we have a thought is the moment we choose whether to come into agreement with that thought?
Our words indeed hold power as well! Proverbs 18:21 says that “the tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words.” The power of our thoughts is even greater because all belief begins there.
We have often heard it said that the battlefield is in the mind. Do you know how many thousands of thoughts we have run through your mind today? And it is those thoughts that we choose to come into agreement with that end up changing our perception on life. These thoughts manifest as we live on a day-to-day basis.
I was reminded of the power of agreement in reading about the life of Joseph. He had been imprisoned for about 12 years. Known for his gift of interpreting dreams, Pharaoh called upon him to interpret a dream he had. In hearing the interpretation that God gave to Joseph, Pharaoh immediately recognized that the Spirit of God was within him, and put him in charge of his entire house and made him ruler over the people as Pharaohs right hand man.
He set him over all the land of Egypt. Because of this, Egypt was spared from a famine that could have been detrimental. Because Pharaoh came into agreement with Joseph, his land and his people and many others were made secure and protected. That is what the power of agreement can do: It can save an entire nation!
I believe Pharaoh had a choice at that moment to either accept Joseph’s interpretation of his dream or to disregard it. I believe he took his thoughts hostage and weighed very carefully what he was going to come into agreement with.
No doubt, we have a choice with the thoughts what we come into agreement with as well, and that’s why it is so vital, to take our thoughts captive. One choice, one moment can change our lives forever. In Pharoah’s case, it saved an entire nation!
Questions: Why is the response we have to our thoughts so important?
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It is like you guys are following me around and looking into my deepest thought, my biggest battle going on right now is my mind and figuring out how to overcome what I think.I know the truth and yet sometimes it gets so wrapped up inside and it all gets mashed together, then it becomes confusion!! I thank you all for your wisdom and truth, I know God reveals more to me each day and soon my mind will be more clear and planned out, plus when I hear those lies, I will be able to cast them out!! God is amazing and wonderful, He has really blessed you ladies to help make me a better person and Christian!! I thank you for your support in my walk! Love always Corinne
Wow, what a simple, but truthful devotional! How funny, because I was just praying a prayer for the Lord to cleanse me of any unclean thoughts (esp. influences from the world, media, etc., which we are surrounded by day after day). Thank you for this timely reminder! I pray God helps each of us focus OUR thoughts on Him!! Lord, have mercy & help us to do that today. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!
thanks for giving me something to really think about
This deovtional expresses my experience today! I have lived with negative thoughts and they have held me captive. I am not good enough, I am not a very good person. I allowed these thoughts to control me. Recently I have been set free from lies from the enemy. This afternoon I came from the bank and I had made a bank error. I said outloud I am not a business woman. I should never. and than I stopped and said I am a business woman, I makes mistakes, I am not perfect and Satan leave now in the name of Jesus. I am accepted by God. I believe this not just in my head but I believe it in my heart! I use to become depressed from saying the opposite! Thanks for this devotional!
Dear Brigitte,
making the choice to read the Power to Change email today has changed the way i will be thinking about things for the rest of my life! i even wrote down some thoughts in my morning pages so i can revert back to them in my own handwriting. i have been ignorant of the power of my thoughts and how, way too much, i was unconsciously agreeing with all the negative ones. So many times, thoughts spin around in my head so fast and i’m agreeing with them and the next thing i know, i’m depressed or sad; not realizing the actual power of that agreement with the negative thought(sometimes the only way i can stop the flood is to start speaking in tongues) i’m beginning to be more aware that i can’t always trust what MY thoughts tell me and wheter to agree with them or not. i CAN believe and trust in what God says and come into agreement with THAT bec HE never lies. Even if i don’t understand why or don’t SEE the promise in my life at the very moment…i can STILL come into agreement with it. WOW! i guess you can say this light is going on within me and i now have HOPE of bringing my thoughts into a discipline they haven’t been accustomed to. Thank you SO much for sharing with us today. Many blessings to you.