You have access to the mind of Christ! Think about that. Your limited understanding can expand to the point where God mingles His thoughts with yours. The gifts of revelation, prophecy, discerning of spirits, and words of knowledge are all accessible to you!
BUT…
Jesus told the disciples, “I have many things to say to you, but you can’t bear them now.” Can't bear it now? Think. What would Jesus love to tell you that He can’t tell you because you simply can’t handle the conversation? The disciples would not remain in this condition for long however, and neither will you if you follow this closely.
Jesus went on to explain how He would get them ready for more, and deeper, understanding. To paraphrase, in John 16 He said, “The Holy Spirit is not only going to reveal to you everything that I am saying, He will reveal your future and things to come. He will teach you from the inside out. He is the spirit of truth.”
The key is this—your mind interacting intentionally with God's Spirit of truth!
- Renew your mind to walk in ALL truth: It is possible to have a day by day walk with the supernatural mind of Christ and this is made possible through the Holy Spirit. Remember, “Man does not live by bread alone but by EVERY word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Deuteronomy 8:3). Don't just feed one or two familiar themes, explore the whole Bible—every word! I want to be able to walk in all truth. Derek Prince once said, “Your relationship with the Word of God reveals your relationship with God.” Sad to say, most of us look at Bible study as if it were boring school work. Truth is, the Word of God is a spiritual book that feeds your revelation capacity. Your soul feeds on whatever stimulates your mind and emotions. Your body feeds on physical food. Your spirit feeds on communion with God and His Word.
- The words of Jesus are powerful: Jesus said, “My words are spirit and they are life” (John 6:63). They contain within them the thought structures of how God thinks. Remember in the movie The Matrix when Neo gets a download from the Matrix into his memory and is instantly transformed into a Kung Fu master? Well, when you plug yourself into the Word of God you literally, intravenously, tap into the mind of God Himself. God begins by the Holy Spirit to renew your thought structures, to breathe into the very membranes of the way that you think. He starts to infuse His truth into you—in the same way the tree feeds the branches that bear fruit. Suddenly your soul and your body and your circumstances start to fall under the authority of the very Word of God.
- Commit scripture to memory and you tap into God’s heart: When you memorize chunks of scripture it’s like taking a cosmic antioxidant into your brain that eats up all the corrosion and junk that you don’t even realize you have accumulated over a lifetime of exposure to demonic, carnal, and soulish thought structures. As the Word of God takes root in your heart, it sets off like a time capsule and it comes back to you in the moment you need it in ways and in layers that you can hardly imagine.
As a final note of encouragement, ponder this: Jesus defeated the devil after 40 days of fasting by quoting just one book of the Bible. He didn’t fly all over the Old Testament scripture. Three times He quoted Deuteronomy in response to Satan. Imagine, one book of the Bible is all you need to defeat the most powerful temptations and attacks of the devil if you have it memorized, internalized, and ready to fire back at the moment of temptation.
Question: What changes can you make today to begin to implement scripture memorization into your daily routine? Tell me about it below!
As One!
Lance
P.S. Would you like to learn a simple technique that helped me memorize whole chunks of the Bible? If you guys are interested, tell me in the comments, and I will explain it on an upcoming broadcast! (This is a cool video app you can get for free if you use Twitter!)
God revealed to me a treasure chest to represent the thoughts He thinks toward us. Each item of coins and crowns and jewel are of His thinking placed within our lives by Him when He formed us in Mothers womb. They are to be mind or discovered by us. Each representative of a gift or talent or anointing at each level of discovery. I was only to trust Him and dive deep as deep calls onto deep in that discovery. Later I learned and shared of our uniquness ….we all think act respond and articulate in the uniqueness of our dna line . Just as Jesus had a set time to come into the world and a nativity background and prophetic words to fulfill so do we as individuals. Who He is and what He did as well as the way He did things was all predetermined and as He was in this world so are we…in more ways than we realize. We are the treasures set in earthen vessels and to have His mind is to know and discover not only who we are and who’s we are but to know the path choices to follow to reach the expected end for us and pass on the undone elements to our seed or children and children’s children …the good inheritance. The word of God is Christian in the flesh…we are a speaking living epistle of His words toward us. I do not memorize the word’s of His book so much as love Him by spending time in Him ..in the book… to drink and eat ..to absorb what He has for me to feed apon …and then allow the word to be incorporated into who I am. Filled and poured out..I am become His new River of life working in and through me…I am His vessel to work the work He has filled me with. I think of it as a Goblet in the hands of the King ..may He taste and see that the bitter and the sweet of my life has become a new wine that pleases His pallette ..if not pleasing and fulfilling change me is my heart cry…write more on my heart to change me teach me more that He may do and be all possible through me. A vessel is empty and void of anything without His filling. Without the potters wheel I am a clump of uselessness . When His love completely fills me all things work through Him and by Him. Love is the principal thing by it I am free and filled and useful. Without love ..am nothing. He is His word if I open my mouth to speak as He has filled me I speak for Him. If I open my mouth to speak without Him come only the issues of my life not His. …..my train of thought on the subject may He be the author.
Yes yes my husband Ray and I would love to practice this new technique and to teach it to others. We are part of your periscope even tried now for many months. Met you at destiny worship center in Destin Florida at the business meeting lunch. Little then did we know what an impact you would have in our lives daily.
Yes I would be interested in learning your techniques for memorizing Bible scripture. Tank you.
Yes! My husband Ray and I would love to learn this technique for memory. Learned to prophesy at MorningStar conferences in the 90s then moved to Florida to be part of CI for seven years have been a part of your tribe, daily periscopians for many months and the dream trip webinar. Met you at Destiny worship Center in Destin Florida at the business lunch. Never knew then what an impact you would have on our lives daily here in Utah. We are now part of K2 the church who are planting churches all over Utah to catch those coming out of the Mormon church and need the love of Christ to set them free. Can’t wait for the day you come here. Our new Ministry with David Bartosiewicz is “Have you Experienced Jesus ” and “EX Mormon Files” on YouTube. Ray is the cameraman. Interviews with Mormons and Christ believers that is absolutely fascinating and powerful. Dave is gifted in his non confrontational approach. Can’t wait to see you again in person.
My personal witness involves another line of scripture…..you know where Jesus tells them not to worry about what to say that the Holy Spirit will remind them. Jesus was also led by the Holy Spirit in what to say to the devil. It’s where Eve failed and Adam failed. They listened to someone else’s voice. The easiest way to “memorize” scripture for me has been to let the Holy Spirit guide the teaching. It sticks and He knows how I learn. From there I have discovered not only richer relationship, but He calls to mind the verses I need when I need them and then He adds and adds to broaden the foundation of what He has already taught me. I find myself leaning on His understanding of scripture and not my own understanding (which can happen I might add when we study scripture without the Spirit of Truth). Since He is the Spirit of Truth that guides to all truth, it has been better for me to let Him pick out what scriptures, when, and what time. In this way I have been able to notice actually effortlessly living the word as I go and as we move on to a different angle of loving Him and each other, I have often discovered I am not only partially living that way already, scripture becomes a confirming light to the fruit already coming but I understand it better because I am already starting to walk it out….but that is how it has worked for me. Everyone is different.
I would love to utilize in greater capacity the mind of Christ that is mine. I don’t have a twitter account… never saw the need. is your free app available in another format?
Absolutely interested in learning the Bible in multiple passages.
Yes Lance, it would be a big help to me to be able to remember bible quotes, as you suggested!
Thank you and Bless you!
Pamela
The Lord saved me at 31, gave me the gift of composition and began giving me scripture songs to sing and play, which not only taught me the Word, but brought revelation from His heart by the Holy Spirit.
Yes I would like to know more about memorizing scripture. I know some , but want more of GOD.