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!)
Yes, Lance, I need to know how to memorize Scripture!!!!
Yes! Bible memorizing technique would be helpfull ! Please tell.
I would like to learn how to memorize chunks of scriptures at a time!
Yes, I would like to learn more about memorizing Scripture.
Yes, please. I know Michael Brown memorized in Hebrew as he said it is easier to remember, but my Hebrew is not THAT advanced.Praise God for all the work you do. I follow and quietly learn very much from you. I travel frequently to Africa and preach for a month in each country. There is also a battle for the soul of Africa. For this reason, I would love to learn more memorization techniques. I am leaving tomorrow for once month in Cameroon.
Thanks for this encouragement on scripture memory. I recently downloaded the Scripture Memory Fellowship app. It’s a great tool and you get prizes for Scriptures memorized!
I FaceTime with my grandsons, ages 9 and 6, every Monday morning to review their scripture memory work with them. That keeps those verses sharp in my own mind, and reviews them for me as well as learning their new ones! When my own kids were little I spent 15 minutes each day before school, from kindergarten through high school, with each of them (I have 2 kids) memorizing large portions of scripture, as well as catechisms, the Gettysburg Address, the preamble to the constitution, and other school information. It’s rewarding to see that they have that value for their own children now, and started teaching them verses as soon as they could talk.
Thank you Lance
Bless you
My only goal is to live a life led by the Holy Spirit.
I want Him to lead me in all things
I got saved at the age of 40
So I have much junk in the system
In order for me to separate my soul thinking to spirit thinks I must devour and feed myself the Words of God. – Hebrews 4:12
Also Faith comes from hearing the Words of God.
Also it my weapon to smoke HaSatan and his buddies
My mentor and my brother in Yeshua is walking by the Holy Spirit all the time
Holy Sporit of funny, He is a genius and He is so kind
So thank you for encouraging
I need to be consistent in memorizing the Words of God so they can be written in my heart
Times are coming only those who walk in the Spirit will be able to survive
I agree with all you said
Bless you Lance
I pray everyone take your advice seriously and feed our inneman rather the soul man
I am reading ” The Spiritual man” by Watchman Nee.
It opened my eyes big time
I had no idea the difference between soul and the spirit
Now I do
So again bless you
Continue to grow and bring much glory to God’s Kingdom
We have not a minute to waste
Your sister in Christ
Subashini
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If I’m not too late, I’m very interested in the technique to memorize scripture!
Yes please share how you are able to memorize chunks of scripture. Thank you so much.