“Battlefield of the Mind” Book Summary

Introduction
For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). 2 Corinthians 10:4,5

How can we express the importance of our thoughts sufficiently in order to convey the true meaning of Proverbs 23:7: For as he [a person] thinks in his heart, so is he…?

The longer I serve God and study His Word, the more I realize the importance of thoughts and words. On a fairly regular basis, I find the Holy Spirit leading me to study in these areas.

As long as we are on this earth we will need to study in the areas of thoughts and words. No matter how much we know in any area, there are always new things to learn, and things we have previously learned that we need to be refreshed in. 

What does Proverbs 23:7 really mean? The King James Version says, . .As he [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he . . Another translation states, “As a man thinks in his heart, so does he become.”

The mind is the leader or forerunner of all actions. Romans 8:5 makes it clear: For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.

Our actions are a direct result of our thoughts. If we have a negative mind, we will have a negative life. If, on the other hand, we renew our mind according to God’s Word, we will, as Romans 12:2 promises, prove out in our experience “the good and acceptable and perfect will of God” for our lives.

The mind is the battlefield. It is a vital necessity that we line up our
thoughts with God’s thoughts. This is a process that will take time and study.

Don’t ever give up, because little by little you are changing. The more you change your mind for the better, the more your life will also change for the better. When you begin to see God’s good plan for you in your thinking, you will begin to walk in it.

Chapter 1 – The Mind Is the Battlefield
For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. EPHESIANS 6:12

From this Scripture we see that we are in a war. A careful study of this verse informs us that our warfare is not with other human beings but with the devil and his demons. Our enemy, Satan, attempts to defeat us with strategy and deceit, through well-laid plans and deliberate deception.

The devil is a liar. Jesus called him … the father of lies and of all that is false (John 8:44.) He lies to you and me. He tells us things about ourselves, about other people and about circumstances that are just not true. He does not, however, tell us the entire lie all at one time.

He begins by bombarding our mind with a cleverly devised pattern of little nagging thoughts, suspicions, doubts, fears, wonderings, reasonings and theories. He moves slowly and cautiously (after all, well-laid plans take time). Remember, he has a strategy for his warfare. He has studied us for a long time.

TEARING DOWN STRONGHOLDS
Through careful strategy and cunning deceit, Satan attempts to set up “strongholds” in our mind.  A stronghold is an area in which we are held in bondage (in prison) due to a certain way of thinking.

The Apostle Paul tells us that we have the weapons we need to overcome Satan’s strongholds. We will learn more about these weapons later, but right now, please notice that once again we see that we are engaged in warfare, spiritual warfare. 2 Cor. 10:5 shows us clearly the location of the battlefield on which this warfare is waged.

The devil argues with us; he offers us theories and reasonings. All of this activity goes on in the mind. The mind is the battlefield!

(Story of Mary – very negative wife and mom…)  Mary knows that her attitude is wrong. She wants to change. She has received counseling from two people, and she gets in almost every prayer line asking for victory over anger, rebellion, unforgiveness, resentment and bitterness. Why hasn’t she seen more improvement?

The answer is found in Romans 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

Mary has strongholds in her mind. They have been there for years. She doesn’t even understand how they got there. She knows she shouldn’t be rebellious, bossy, nagging, etc., but she doesn’t know what to do to change her nature. It seems that she simply reacts in certain situations in an unseemly way because she can’t control her actions.

Mary can’t control her actions because she doesn’t control her thoughts.
She doesn’t control her thoughts because there are strongholds in her mind that the devil set up early in her life.

Satan begins to initiate his well-laid plans and to sow his deliberate deception at a very young age. In Mary’s case, her problems started long ago, in childhood.

THE WEAPONS OF THE WORD
…If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. John 8:31,32

Here Jesus tells us how we are to win the victory over the lies of Satan. We must get the knowledge of God’s truth in us, renew our minds with His Word, then use the weapons of 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 to tear down strongholds and every high and lofty thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.

These “weapons” are the Word received through preaching, teaching, books, tapes, seminars and private Bible study. But we must “abide” (continue) in the Word until it becomes revelation given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Continuing is important. In Mark 4:24 Jesus says, “The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you.”  I repeat, we must continue using the weapon of the Word.

Two other spiritual weapons available to us are praise and prayer. Praise defeats the devil quicker than any other battle plan, but it must be genuine heart praise, not just lip service or a method being tried to see if it works. Also, praise and prayer both involve the Word. We praise God according to His Word and His goodness.

Prayer is relationship with the Godhead. It is coming and asking for help or talking to God about something that bothers us.  It is fellowship, friendship, and an opportunity to express gratitude for all that God is and does.

If you want to have an effective prayer life, develop a good personal relationship with the Father. Know that He loves you, that He is full of mercy, that He will help you. Get to know Jesus. He is your Friend. He died for you. Get to know the Holy Spirit. He is with you all the time as your Helper. Let Him help you.

Learn to fill your prayers with the Word of God. Psalm 9:10 says that we seek God on the authority of His Word and the right of our necessity (need).

We can use the weapon of the Word in various ways. We can pray the Word, speak the Word, sing the Word, and study the Word.  As Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians, our weapons are not carnal (fleshly) weapons; they are spiritual. We need spiritual weapons because we are fighting master spirits, yes, even the devil himself. Even Jesus used the weapon of the Word in the wilderness to defeat the devil. (Luke 4:1-13.) Each time the devil lied to Him, Jesus responded with, “It is written,” and quoted him the Word.

THE WAY OUT
Satan takes our circumstances and builds strongholds in our lives—he wages war on the battlefield of the mind. But, thank God, we have weapons to tear down the strongholds. God doesn’t abandon us and leave us helpless. First Corinthians 10:13 promises us that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, but with every temptation He will also provide the way out, the escape.

Their problems are internal—in their thoughts and attitudes. Their outward behavior is only a result of their inner life.

Satan knows well that if he can control our thoughts, he can control our actions.

You may have some major strongholds in your life that need to be broken. Let me encourage you by saying, “God is on your side.” There is a war going on, and your mind is the battlefield. But the good news is that God is fighting on your side.

Chapter 2 – A Vital Necessity
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…. PROVERBS 23:7

This one Scripture alone lets us know how very important it is that we think properly. Thoughts are powerful, and according to the book of Proverbs, they have creative ability. If our thoughts are going to affect what we become, then thinking right thoughts should certainly be a priority for us. 

I want to impress on you the absolute necessity of getting your thinking in line with God’s Word. You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

THE MIND OF THE FLESH VERSUS THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT
For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. Romans 8:5

In the King James Version the eighth chapter of Romans teaches us that if we “mind” the things of the flesh, we will walk in the flesh; but if we “mind” the things of the Spirit, we will walk in the Spirit. Let me put it another way: If we think fleshly thoughts, wrong thoughts, negative thoughts, we cannot walk in the Spirit.

Renewed, God-like thinking is a vital necessity to a successful Christian life.

I would like for you to consider this matter of getting the mind renewed.  Your life may be in a state of chaos because of years of wrong thinking. If so, it is important for you to come to grips with the fact that your life will not get straightened out until your mind does. You should consider this area one of vital necessity. Be serious about tearing down the strongholds Satan has built in your mind. Use your weapons of the Word, praise and prayer.

A VITAL NECESSITY
For the believer, right thinking is a vital necessity. A vital necessity is something that is so important that one simply cannot live without it—like a heart beat is vital, or blood pressure is vital. These are things without which there is no life.

The Lord impressed this truth on me years ago concerning personal fellowship with Him in prayer and the Word. I was having a terrible time disciplining myself to do these things until He showed me that they are a vital necessity. Just as my physical life is dependent upon my vital signs, so my spiritual life is dependent upon spending regular, quality time with God, Once I learned that fellowship with Him is vital, I gave it priority in my life.

In the same way, once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more
serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

 AS YOU THINK. SO ARE YOU
Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit. Matthew 12:33.

The Bible says that a tree is known by its fruit. The same is true in our lives. Thoughts bear fruit. Think good thoughts, and the fruit in your life will be good. Think bad thoughts, and the fruit in your life will be bad.

Chapter 3 – Don’t Give Up!
And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. GALATIANS 6:9.

In Galatians 6:9 the Apostle Paul simply encourages us to keep on keeping on! Don’t be a quitter! Don’t have that old “give-up” spirit. God is looking for people who will go all the way through with Him.

GO THROUGH
Whatever you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you. Isaiah 43:2.

Whatever you may be facing or experiencing right now in your life, I am encouraging you to go through it and not give up!  The way God helps us make spiritual progress is by being with us to strengthen and encourage us to “keep on keeping on” in rough times. It’s easy to quit; it takes faith to go through.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live. Deuteronomy 30:19.

There are thousands upon thousands of thoughts presented to us every day. The mind has to be renewed to follow after the Spirit and not the flesh. Our carnal (worldly, fleshly) minds have had so much practice operating freely that we surely don’t have to use any effort to think wrong thoughts.

On the other hand, we have to purposely choose right thinking. After we have finally decided to be like-minded with God, then we will need to choose and to continue to choose right thoughts.

When we begin to feel that the battle of the mind is just too difficult and that we aren’t going to make it, then we must be able to cast down that kind of thinking and choose to think that we are going to make it! Not only must we choose to think that we are going to make it, but we must also decide not to quit. Bombarded with doubts and fears, we must take a stand and say: “I will never give up! God is on my side, He loves me, and He is helping me!”

DON’T GIVE UP!

When the battle seems endless and you think you’ll never make it, remember that you are
reprogramming a very carnal, fleshly, worldly mind to think as God thinks. Impossible? No! Difficult? Yes!

Let me urge you to make a quality decision that you are going to get your mind renewed and learn to choose your thoughts carefully. Make up your mind that you will not quit and give up until victory is complete and you have taken possession of your rightful inheritance.

Chapter 4 – Little by Little

The renewing of your mind will take place little by little, so don’t be discouraged if progress seems slow.

NO CONDEMNATION
Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation…for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. Romans 8:1

Refuse to feel condemned when you have setbacks or bad days. Just get back up, dust yourself off and start again. When a baby is learning to walk, he falls many, many times before he enjoys confidence in walking. However, one thing in a baby’s favor is the fact that, even though he may cry a while after he has fallen, he always gets right back up and tries again.

The devil will try his hardest to stop you in this area of renewing the mind.

He knows that his control over you is finished once you have learned to choose right thoughts and reject wrong ones. He will attempt to stop you through discouragement and condemnation.

When condemnation comes, use your “Word weapon.” Quote Romans 8:1, reminding Satan and yourself that you do not walk after the flesh but after the Spirit. Walking after the flesh is depending on yourself; walking after the Spirit is depending on God.

You become what you think. Think discouraging thoughts, and you’ll get discouraged.

Think condemning thoughts, and you’ll come under condemnation. Change your thinking and be set free!

Chapter 5 – Be Positive
…it shall be done for you as you have believed…. MATTHEW 8:13

Jesus has set me free to enjoy the good things in life! I am free to believe that with faith and hope in Him, the bad things can be turned around for good.

The pathway to freedom begins when we face the problem without making excuses for it. I’m sure that if you are a negative person there is a reason for it—there always is. But remember, as a Christian, according to the Bible, you are a new person now.

The hardest part of being set free from negativism is facing the truth and saying, “I’m a negative person, and I want to change. I can’t change myself, but I believe God will change me as I trust Him. I know it will take time, and I’m not going to get discouraged with myself. God has begun a good work in me, and He is well able to bring it to full completion.” (Philippians 1:6.)

Chapter 6 – Mind Binding Spirits
Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  PHILIPPIANS 4:6,7 KJV

Nearly every deliverance God has brought to me has been progressive
and has come about by believing and confessing the Word of God.

John 8:31,32 and Psalm 107:20 are my testimony. In John 8:31,32 Jesus says, …If you abide (continue) in My word,…you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. Psalm 107:20 says of the Lord, He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction.

Although I was accustomed to a gradual process of freedom from spiritual oppression, when I dealt with the mind-binding spirits, I felt I knew immediately that something had happened in my mind.  Within minutes I was able to believe again in areas where I had been struggling just prior to my time of prayer. 

When the evil spirits were oppressing my mind, I couldn’t seem to believe much of anything. I thought things like “well, I probably just made all that up. I just believe that because I wanted to, but it probably won’t ever happen.” But when the spirits left, the ability to believe came rushing back. This experience clarified to me more than ever how aggressively the devil comes against our minds. He knows that if he can control our thoughts he can control our life.

As Christians, we need to learn to decide to believe. God often gives us faith (a product of the Spirit) for things that our minds just can’t always seem to come into agreement with. The mind wants to understand everything—the why, the when and the how of it all. Often, when that understanding is not given by God, the mind refuses to believe what it cannot understand. In fact, as believers, we may know something in our hearts (our inner being), but our minds war against it. 

I had decided years earlier to believe what the Word says and to believe what God spoke to my heart and the promises He gave me personally by His Spirit, even if I didn’t understand why, when, or how it would come to pass in my life. As children of God, one of the privileges we have is believing the impossible.

But I felt truly unable to believe and hindered in believing the impossible when the mind – binding spirits were affecting me. I could not simply make a decision to think differently. My thinking was bound by these spirits, and I just couldn’t bring myself to believe.

Thank God that through the Holy Spirit He showed me how to pray and his power prevailed over the enemy, giving me victory, returning my mind to clarity and peace, and restoring my ability to believe.

I’m sure that you are reading this book right now because you were led to it. You too may be having problems in your thinking and ability to believe what God says. If so, I encourage you to pray in Jesus name,. By the power of His blood, believe and speak aloud that Jesus has victory over every evil spirit and that because you are in Him, you have victory too. Speak boldly in faith and declare that you resist all evil spirits that hinder godly thoughts. If you feel your mind is sluggish, lazy, and unable to believe, then ask God to set you free from mind – binding spirits, and speak aloud that they may have no authority over you.

The devil never runs out of fiery darts to throw against us when we are trying to go forward. Stir up the faith God has put in your heart, and remember James 1:2–8, which teaches us that we can ask God for wisdom in trials and He will give it to us and will show us what to do.

The mind–binding spirits were a problem for me, a fiery dart I had not encountered before. But God showed me how to pray, and I was set free.

Chapter 7 – Think About What You’re Thinking About
I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. PSALM 119:15

The Word of God teaches us what we should spend our time thinking about.  The psalmist said that he thought about or meditated on the precepts of God. That means that he spent a lot of time pondering and thinking on the ways of God, His instructions and His teachings. Psalm 1:3 says that the person who does this …shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].

It is very beneficial to think about God’s Word. The more time a
person spends meditating on the Word, the more he will reap from it.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU THINK!
…Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear. Mark 4:24

What a great Scripture! It tells us that the more time we spend thinking about the Word we read and hear, the more power and ability we will have to do it—the more revelation knowledge we will have about what we have read or heard. Basically, this tells us that we will get from the Word of God what we put into it.

Notice especially the promise that the amount of thought and study we devote to the Word will determine the amount of virtue and knowledge that will come back to us.

Most people do not delve into the Word of God very deeply. As a result, they get confused about why they are not powerful Christians living victorious lives.

The truth is that most of them really don’t put much effort of their own into the study of the Word. They may go out and hear others teach and preach the Word. They may listen to sermon tapes or read the Bible occasionally, but they are not really dedicated to making the Word a major part of their lives, including spending time thinking about it.

The flesh is basically lazy, and many people want to get something for nothing (with no effort on their part); however, that really is not the way it works. I will say it again, a person will get out of the Word what he is willing to put into it.

MEDITATE ON THE WORD
Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. Psalm 1:1,2.

Proverbs 4:20 says, My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. If we put Proverbs 4:20 together with these definitions of the word “meditate,” we see that we attend to God’s Word by meditating on it, by pondering on it, by contemplating it, by rehearsing or practicing it in our thinking. The basic idea is that if we want to do what the Word of God says, we must spend time thinking about it.

Remember the old saying, “Practice makes perfect”? We really do not expect to be experts at anything in life without a lot of practice, so why would we expect our faith walk to be any different?

MEDITATION PRODUCES SUCCESS
This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. Joshua 1:8

If you want to be a success and prosper in all your dealings, the Bible says you must meditate on the Word of God day and night. How much time do you spend thinking about the Word of God? If you are having problems in any area of your life, an honest answer to this question may reveal the reason.

For most of my life, I didn’t think about what I was thinking about. I simply thought whatever fell into my head. I had no revelation that Satan could inject thoughts into my mind. Much of what was in my head was either lies that Satan was telling me or just plain nonsense—things that really were not worth spending my time thinking about. The devil was controlling my life because he was controlling my thoughts.

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT!
Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature], obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind…. Ephesians 2:3

One thing the Lord told me when He began to teach me about the battlefield of the mind became a major turning point for me. He said, “Think about what you’re thinking about.” As I began to do so, it was not long before I began to see why I was having so much trouble in my life.  My mind was a mess! I was thinking all the wrong things.

I went to church, and had done so for years, but I never actually thought about what I heard. It went in one ear and out the other, so to speak. I read some Scriptures in the Bible every day, but never thought about what I was reading. I was not attending to the Word. I was not giving any thought and study to what I was hearing. Therefore, no virtue or knowledge was coming back to me.

MEDITATE ON THE WORKS OF GOD
Never forget this: your mind plays an important role in your victory. I know that it is the power of the Holy Spirit working through the Word of God that brings victory into our lives. But we need to line up our thinking with God and His Word. If we refuse to do this or choose to think it is unimportant, we will never experience victory or be transformed.

BE TRANSFORMED BY RENEWING YOUR MIND
Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]. Romans 12:2

In this passage the Apostle Paul is saying that if we want to see God’s good and perfect will proven out in our lives, we can— if we have our minds renewed. Renewed to what? Renewed to God’s way of thinking. By this process of new thinking we will be changed or transformed into what God intends for us to be. Jesus has made this transformation possible by His death and resurrection. It becomes a reality in our lives by this process of the renewal of the mind.

Let me say at this point, to avoid any confusion, that right thinking has nothing to do with salvation. Salvation is based solely on the blood of Jesus, His death on the cross and His resurrection. Many people will be in heaven because they truly accepted Jesus as their Savior, but many of these same people will never have walked in victory or enjoyed the good plan God had for their lives because they did not get their mind renewed according to His Word.

For years, I was one of those people. I was born again. I was going to heaven. I went to church and followed a form of religion, but I little victory in my life because my mind was occupied with wrong thoughts.

Thinking about what you’re thinking about is very valuable because Satan usually deceives people into thinking that the source of their misery or trouble is something other than what it really is. He wants them to think they are unhappy due to what is going on around them (their circumstances), but the misery is actually due to what is going on inside them (their thoughts).

Part 2: Conditions of the Mind
…But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. 1 CORINTHIANS 2:16

Our minds are not born again with the New Birth experience—they have to be renewed. (Romans 12:2.) As I have said several times, the renewal of the mind is a process that requires time. Do not be devastated, even if you read the next part of this book and discover that most of the time your mind is in a condition that is abnormal for someone claiming Christ as Savior. Recognizing the problem is the first step toward recovery.

In my own case, I began to get a lot more serious about my relationship with the Lord several years ago, and it was at that time that He began revealing to me that many of my problems were rooted in wrong thinking. My mind was in a mess! I doubt that it was ever in the condition it should have been —and if it was, it did not last long.

I felt overwhelmed when I began to see how much wrong thinking I was addicted to. I would try to cast down the wrong thoughts that came into my mind, and they would come right back.

But, little by little, freedom and deliverance did come.

Satan will aggressively fight against the renewal of your
mind, but it is vital that you press on and continue to pray
and study in this area until you gain measurable victory.

When is your mind normal? Is it supposed to wander all over the place, or should you be able to keep it focused on what you’re doing? Should you be upset and confused, or should you be peaceful and reasonably sure of the direction you should be taking in life? Should your mind be full of doubt and unbelief, should you be anxious and worried, tormented by fear? Or is it the privilege of the child of God to cast all his care upon Him? (1 Peter 5:7.)

The Word of God teaches us that we have the mind of Christ. What do you think His mind was like when He lived on the earth—not only as the Son of God but also as the Son of Man?

Chapter 8 – When Is My Mind Normal?
[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones). EPHESIANS 1:17,18

 THE MIND-SPIRIT PRINCIPLE
For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man’s thoughts except the man’s own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 2:11

Since the Holy Spirit dwells in us, and since He knows the mind of God, one of His purposes is to reveal to us God’s wisdom and revelation. That wisdom and revelation is imparted to our spirit, and our spirit then enlightens the eyes of our heart, which is our mind. The Holy Spirit does this so we can understand on a practical level what is being ministered to us spiritually.

NORMAL OR ABNORMAL?

As believers, we are spiritual, and we are also natural. The natural does not always understand the spiritual; therefore, it is vitally necessary for our minds to be enlightened concerning what is going on in our spirits. The Holy Spirit desires to bring us this enlightenment, but the mind often misses what the spirit is attempting to reveal because it is too busy. A mind that is too busy is abnormal. The mind is normal when it is at rest—not blank, but at rest.

The mind should not be filled with reasoning, worry,
anxiety, fear and the like. It should be calm, quiet and serene.

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