WHY YOU NEED TO RENEW YOUR MIND DAILY.

There is a battle that is going on daily for control of your mind.  This battle deals with your self-image and your identity in Christ.  To understand the battle, you must first understand the participants.  On one side there is the God the Father, Jesus, & the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life.”, and the Holy Spirit’s full name is the Holy Spirit of Truth.  On the other side there is the devil, who Jesus called the father of lies.  These two opposing sides utilize the TRUTH in your Spirit and the LIES in your flesh to control your mind, emotions, and actions.  If you renew your mind daily with the truth and die to your lie-based, flesh-based, self-image you will experience spiritual growth in your life.  If, however, you do not renew your mind with the truth you will not grow spiritually.   

The ARMOR OF GOD STATEMENTS are a list of personalized scriptures that tell you the truth of how God sees you once you are born again.   By repeating these statements daily, you will begin to see yourself through the eyes of God’s word and understand how God sees you.  Jesus tells us that whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.  The ARMOR OF GOD STATEMENTS are a first step to taking up your cross and dying to your lie-based self-image, and putting on your true image that God the Father sees because of our union with Christ by faith.

Paul tells us in Ephesians 6 to put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.  18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

In Romans 12 Paul tells us, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

When you SPEAK THE ARMOR OF GOD STATEMENTS daily you are putting on the armor of God, renewing your mind and achieving victory in your spiritual life.  This is the foundation of our spiritual life, and is essential to defeating the enemy and his lies!

I hope you enjoy the challenge!

THE ARMOR OF GOD STATEMENTS

BELT OF TRUTH

Thank You Father, that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and that I come to you through him. (John 14:6)

Thank You Father that I know the Truth and the Truth has set me free. (John 8:32)

Thank You Father that I worship You in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:23-24)

Thank You Father that you sent the Holy Spirit of Truth to guide me to all truth and to tell me what is yet to come. (John 16:13)

Thank You Father that the Holy Spirit of Truth lives in me. (John 14:17)

Thank You Father that I have an advocate, the Spirit of Truth.  (John 15:26)

Thank You Father that I have been established, anointed and sealed by You in Christ, and I have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing my inheritance to come. (Ephesians 1:13,14)

Thank You Father that I am chosen for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and faith in truth. (2 Thessalonians 2:13)

Thank You Father that I am sanctified by Christ, and I am of one family with the Sanctifier, therefore He is not ashamed to call me brother/sister. (Hebrews 2:11)

Thank You Father that through faith I am Your son/daughter and one in Christ. (Gal. 3:26-28)

Thank You Father that I am Abraham’s seed…an heir of the promise. (Gal. 3:29)

Thank You Father that you sent the Spirit of your Son to live in my heart, the Spirit that calls out Father, and I am Your child and Your heir since I am Your son/daughter. (Gal.4:6,7)

Thank You Father that I am a saint, a person sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be part of Your Holy People. (I Cor. 1:2)

Thank You Father that in Christ I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. (Eph 1:3)

Thank You Father that in Him I was predestined…determined by You…to be adopted as Your son/daughter.   (Ephesians 1:5)

BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Thank You Father that You made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for me, so that in Him I have been made the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Thank You Father that I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy, and I am without blame before You. (Ephesians 1:4)

Thank You Father that Christ has reconciled me in His physical body through His death to present me holy and blameless in Your sight and free from accusation. (Col. 1:22)

Thank You Father that Christ Himself is in me. (Colossians 1:27)

Thank You Father that I am chosen of You, holy and dearly loved, and I clothe myself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. (Col. 3:12)

Thank You Father that I have been justified through faith…completely forgiven and made righteous. (Romans 5:1)

Thank You Father that I have the right to come boldly before Your throne to find mercy and grace in a time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

Thank You Father that I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. The debt against me has been cancelled. (Colossians 1:14)

Thank You Father that through faith in Him, I may approach You with boldness, freedom, and confidence. (Ephesian 3:12)

Thank You Father that I put on the new self, which is created in God’s image in the righteousness and holiness of the truth. (Eph. 4:24)

Thank You Father that I am clean. (John 15:3)

Thank You Father that I am a slave of righteousness. (Romans 6:18)

Thank You Father that I am free from sin and enslaved to righteousness. (Romans 6:22)

Thank You Father that I am free forever from condemnation because I am in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)

Thank You Father that in Him I have been redeemed through His blood and forgiven of my sins according to the riches of His grace.(Ephesians 1:7)

Thank You Father that I have been sanctified in Christ and called to holiness. (1 Corinthians 1:2)

READINESS OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE

Thank You Father that I am anointed by Christ and in Him. (1 John 2:27)

Thank You Father that I am the salt of the earth. (Matt. 5:13)

Thank You Father that I am the light of the world. (Matt, 5:14)

Thank You Father that I am commissioned to make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:19,20)

Thank You Father that I am your child. (John 1:12)

Thank You Father that I have eternal life, I can never perish; neither can anyone snatch me out of Your hand. (John 10:28)

Thank You Father that I have been given peace and I will not be afraid. (John 14:27)

Thank You Father that I am an enemy of the devil. (I Peter 5:8)

Thank You Father that I am your child, and I will resemble Christ when He returns. (John 3:2)

Thank You Father that I am loved by You, and You sent Your Son as an atoning sacrifice for my sins. (1 John 4:10)

Thank You Father that I am born of You, and the evil one, the devil, cannot touch me. (1 John 5:18)

Thank You Father that by His stripes I am healed. (Isaiah 53:5)

Thank You Father that I am a branch of the true vine. I remain in Christ and He remains in me, and I will bear His fruit. (John 15:5)

Thank You Father that I am victorious through Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:57)

Thank You Father that I am led by You in triumphal procession. (2 Cor. 2:14)

Thank You Father that I am to You the sweet fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. (2 Cor. 2:15)

Thank You Father that Jesus died for me and therefore I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ who was raised again. (2 Cor. 5:14,15)

Thank You Father that I am Your workmanship…Your handiwork…born anew in Christ to do Your work. (Ephesians. 2:10)

SHIELD OF FAITH

Thank You Father that I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by You by which I am a partaker of Your divine nature. (2 Peter 1:4)

Thank You Father that I have been given faith. (Romans 12:3)

Thank You Father that I am firmly rooted in Christ, and I am now being built up in Him. (Colossians. 2:7)

Thank You Father that I have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. (Colossians 2:10)

Thank You Father that I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life. (Colossians 3:4)

Thank You Father that I am Christ’s friend. (John 15:15)

Thank You Father that I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit-fruit that will last-and so whatever I ask in Jesus name You, my Father will give me. (John 15:16)

Thank You Father that I have been given the glory that You gave to Christ. (John 17:22)

Thank You Father that my old self was crucified with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule over my life and I am no longer a slave to sin. (Romans 6:6)

Thank You Father that I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for Your own possession. (1 Peter 2:9)

Thank You Father that I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live, and I abstain from sinful desires which wage war against my soul.  (1 Peter 2:11)

Thank You Father that I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him.  (Romans 8:17)

Thank You Father that I am more than a conqueror through Christ, who loves me.  (Romans 8:37)

Thank You Father that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in me, who I received from You and I am not my own. (1 Corinthians 6:19)

Thank You Father that I am called. (1 Corinthians 7:17)

HELMET OF SALVATION

Thank You Father that I am forgiven on the account of Jesus’ name. (1 John 2:12)

Thank You Father that I died with Christ, and I have been raised up with Christ and seated where Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father. (Col. 3:1-4)

Thank You Father that I have been buried with Christ in baptism, raised with Him through faith in the power of God, and made alive with Christ. (Col. 2:12,13)

Thank You Father that I have been saved and called to a holy life-not because of anything I have done but because of His purpose and grace.  (2 Timothy 1:9)

Thank You Father that I have been rescued from the dominion of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of Christ. (Col. 1:13)

Thank You Father that I have been redeemed by the blood of Christ. (Revelation 5:9)

Thank You Father that I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling and I fix my thoughts on Jesus, who is my apostle and high priest. (Hebrews 3:1)

Thank You Father that I have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God. (1 Peter 1:23)

Thank You Father that I am one of Your living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to You through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)

Thank You Father that I am a new creation in Christ: The old has passed away, all things are new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Thank You Father that I am reconciled to You, and I am a minister of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18,19)

Thank You Father that I am a member of Christ’s Body. (1 Corinthians 12:27)

Thank You Father that I am given strength in exchange for weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:10)

Thank You Father that I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I am now living in the body, I live by faith in Your Son who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

Thank You Father that when I believed in Christ, I was sealed in Him with the promised Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13)

Thank You Father that I have been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven. (Eph. 2:6)

SWORD OF THE SPIRIT

Thank You Father that I have received Your Spirit into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by You. (1 Cor. 2:12)

Thank You Father that I have been given the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)

Thank You Father that I am a temple…a dwelling place…of God. Your Spirit and Your life dwell in me. (1 Corinthians 3:16)

Thank You Father that I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. (1 Cor. 6:17)

Thank You Father that I am a son/daughter of light and not of darkness. (1 Thess. 5:5)

Thank You Father that I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline, not fear and timidity. (2 Timothy. 1:7)

Thank You Father that I have been rescued from the dominion of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of Christ. (Col. 1:13)

Thank You Father that through your Spirit I am Your son/daughter; You are my adopted Father. (Rom 8: 15)

Thank You Father that through Him I have direct access to You by the Holy Spirit. (Eph. 2:18)

Thank You Father that I am a fellow citizen with the rest of Your family, and a member of Your household. (Ephesians 2:19)

Thank You Father that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

Thank You Father that I have been given grace in Christ Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:4)

Thank You Father that I have been placed into Christ, who has become my righteousness, holiness, and redemption. (1 Cor. 1:30)

Thank You Father that I am being transformed into the likeness of Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:18)