The best way to get your mind back under God’s control is to think the truth. The helmet that we are to wear as believers is the helmet of what? Salvation. Pull on the straps and fasten your helmet of salvation tightly. Surrender again your mind to God’s control. Energized by grace, allow God’s truth to saturate your mind and see what He can do with you.
The “helmet of salvation” was Paul’s confidence of knowing that he was saved and would be saved. That mind of his, guarded by God, was assured of the past, present, and future aspects of his salvation allowed him to stand against all of Satan’s vicious assaults.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; NKJV
Paul told Timothy to stir up the gift given to him. We aren’t sure what exactly it was; it might have been faith or the teaching gifts of a pastor. But it was miraculous and came by the laying on of Paul’s hands, from God.
2 Timothy 1:6-7 Therefore, I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. NKJV
As you begin each day, each month, and as we come to the end of this month, one of our greatest privileges is to open and enjoy the gift of salvation God has given to us. By faith, we please God when we believe what He’s said about us. We need to not live by what others say or have said about us all our lives.
From GEW-13b – Women with Grace-Energized Minds (070729PM)
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