The Word says that Jesus came to call the sick. He came for those that desperately need him. He came to set the captives free. I began to really see that this is what the Bible says and I began to believe it. Scripture says we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)

For those of us who have received Christ Jesus as our personal savior, His spirit comes and takes up residency and, literally, the soundness of His mind overtakes us. As I continue to see what the Bible says about me, repeating His words over and over again, God’s Word gets down into the deepest recesses of my mind. Old thoughts are replaced with the new thoughts of Christ, and we learn to believe it and act on it. We learn to rely on God’s love and acceptance and His transforming power.

Part of claiming my right to the power, love and sound mind in Christ was seeking professional help. I had to ignore the spirit of fear that would have kept me isolated when I needed the community of a professional healer who could walk with me into the areas of my past that the Lord wanted to heal. 

The enemy knows that on the other side of dealing with the past in the healing power of Christ Jesus, your deliverer will set you into a place of effectiveness, ministry and anointing. The enemy has everything to lose if you get healed. He will do whatever it takes to prevent you from claiming your right to power, love and a sound mind in Christ. 

Life can be like a rollercoaster. You wake up every morning and you don’t know what will happen that day, but God does. He is your constant source of stability. His Word is your solid foundation. One of the first places you can begin is the declaration of this truth: “My God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind! I have the right to think with the mind of Christ!”

This Week
Recognize and reclaim your right, in Christ, to the powerful love and sound mind God has given you.

Prayer
“Lord, I thank you in Jesus’ miraculous, powerful and delivering name that you do not give me a spirit of fear. You have, by way of the Holy Spirit of Your own person, given me the power to endure anything. Enable me to show your greatness, love and sound mind. Amen.”  

Watch Beth Moore all this week on LIFE Today as she joins James and Betty Robison with the new series, "A Beautiful Mind."

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Original publication date: June 15, 2009