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. Tell me about your strategy to memorize large chunks of scripture.
Lance,
I would like to know your simple technique that helped you memorize whole chunks of the Bible.
yes, is this still available?
I am 79 years old and still love learning. I feel after coming through many trials and frustrations that God is now calling me to greater things in His service. At this age it is not easy to memorize scripture as I have in the past but I feel a need for this in order to witness to others. Any help or suggestions from you would be greatly appreciated. I feel such an urgency in my spirit, even at this age, when most of my friends are just waiting for the rapture. Thank you for all the material you give out, I listen to all!
Im a new subscriber. Im 71 years old. Can I still memorize scripture? I want to, like I used to when I was 35 and 40.
Please tell me your process. I saw you mentioned Twitter. I am not on FB or Twitter.
I already do that use scriptures declaring them over me, affirm them etc… 🙂
I find it is very very powerful and i teach it in my PE classes or sessions with those who are accepting of it 🙂
” I have been given authority to walk on scorpions and snakes and to overcome all the power of my enemy so that nothing can harm me”
“With man this is impossible BUT with God all things are possible” i
Psalm 91 is my prayer (oops my bad i have neglected that of late ) will get right on to that 🙂
Jesus said if you say to this mountain ( problem) etc be thou removed and cast into the sea and believe it to be removed, then it will be removed …
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you
Be strong and Courageous
Do not be terrified
Do not be discouraged
For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go
NB: I think the issue Lance, is that which is stipulated in the scriptures, is that those who have eyes will see, those who have ears will hear, so if you don’t read the scripture the word and like see the awesome power of God in those scriptures you won’t understand it, you want apply it, you won’t really believe it, cause you don’t have the FAITH & understanding to and cause you don’t have that relationship with Holy Spirit to enable you to see it or to hear it or to understand it or to truly believe or to truly walk in Faith & Agape Love, you won’t see the power of the Word, the power of Almighty God, cause you don’t really really believe it, which means you don’t therefore have Faith, walk in Faith, and to do that is not easy as a human being hence the importance of daily God spending time with God Jesus Holy Spirit chatting reading scripture and praying etc… before you go about the rest of the day, which i admit i have neglected due to being highly busy etc… but today for me is all about getting back on track with that, my only day of rest and consciously hanging out with Holy Spirit which connects me to Jesus God YHWH 🙂 and when i do that I am so in heaven and just love it! I love hanging out with God Jesus Holy Spirit & Holy Angels love it, it is so joyfully peacefully satisfyingly blissful 🙂 heavenly
NB: I have experienced going to that third realm as stated in the scriptures
Brother Lance,
I would love to know the techniques you willingly want to share regarding memorizing chunks of scripture. I have memorized many over the years but as a 78yo great grandmother it is becoming harder and harder. Again I would love to accept your techniques and be able to do this, because I do understand the importance of being able to recall these “gems” Father G-d has given us.
Blessings,
Brenda Elrod
Hi I wanted to tell you a dream that I had maybe one year ago so that you can help me discern its message.
I just saw two golden rectangular paper thin plates of gold where it was carved out the image of a racing horse in each one of them.
A few days later just by coincidence I stumbled upon a video of that profet that received the sign of the two horses that won the triple crown as a sign of the timing for the election of Donald trump, so I knew it had some relation to the president. I understood the simbolism but I think that for my dream it means more and it’s a profetic image showing the two presidential races and because they where carved out of gold it means victory.
Could I learn these techniques at 72?
Yes Lance, I would you like to learn a simple technique to help me memorize whole chunks of the Bible. How valuable that would be!
Thank you!