Rick Warren | – Choose To Manage Your Mind with Rick Warren

[support us] — Have you ever noticed that your mind doesn’t want to obey you? That’s why it’s important to learn how to manage your mind. Because our thoughts control our life, our mind is a battleground for sin, but it’s also the key to peace and happiness. In this message with Pastor Rick Warren, you’ll learn about three choices you must make every day for a healthy mind.

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(Mind Management) (Healthy Mind) (Brain Health) (Make good choices) (Make wise choices) (Mind health) (Manage your mind) (Romans 12) (Feed your mind with truth) (Free your mind from destructive thoughts) (Focus your mind on right things) (Mental battle) (Mental fight) (Steps for mental strength) (Mind matters) (Spiritual health) (Healthy mind) (Why is your mind important) (Rick Warren)

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  1. Boy was that a timely word for me. I am going through a testing time in my life and Rick this word has encouraged and inspired me just as your book The 40 Days of Purpose did so many years ago and made such an impact in my ilfe it truly turned my life around and set me in a new direction that God had planned for me. But i had to read that book so that God could challenge me and boy it sure did. It led my life in a whole new direction once I read the part that you wrote that said you cannot do anything for God. You need to empty your self and come to God as an empty vessel so that He can fill you up and work through you. The day I read that on the beach I surrended myself and told God who did i think I was to tell you what I wanted to do for you. I apologised and cried out for forgiveness and said here I am empty use me in whatever way YOU want. As soon as i said that I felt like a new person and as i walked back to my car and saw a vision and was weeping by the time I got to my car. I placed my head on the steering wheel and wept uncontrolably and my life took a whole new direction. Thank you for your teachings. That are truly inspired by God. God bless and continue to use you mightily. Lyn

  2. pastor rick I want you to know that I am thankful for the books that you wrote you let me know my purpose april 4,2014 I started following Christ 🙂 God bless you always and praying for your good health 🙂

  3. https://youtu.be/ncBxDmZWIMM
    Have you been attending church, but never heard about the threshing floor? Or did you just merely think of it as a parable of wheat and chaff? The threshing floor has directly to do with your soul and is being revealed NOW in this age ! It is like CPR to wake you up when you are senseless to sin and it is God's deep love to lead his children into eternal life instead of eternal punishment. Watch to understand the true meaning of the threshing floor. We must receive the eternal gospel, the new covenant proclaimed through the Spirit of Truth to be saved from death while being physically alive!

  4. what if the situation is "unjust" – i mean also legally, but you re just a smal unit overrun by the rich and powerholding party, no Money and Energy for lawyers even though you would have a case…i understand, don't hold a grudge, but should not justice be done….. thank you for your Ministry, Blessings for your Health Situation and for all, greetings from Vienna

  5. I have a question does Rick Warren still support same-sex marriage if yes why does he always quote this is what the Bible says it's not right but yet he supports his who is write him or God

  6. (Notes from website) "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think." Romans 12:2 (NLT)

    WHY I MUST MANAGE MY MIND?

    BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS CONTROL MY LIFE

    "Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts." Proverbs 4:23 (TEV)

    BECAUSE MY MIND IS THE BATTLEGROUND FOR SIN

    "I love to do God's will so far as my new nature is concerned; but there's something else deep within me that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin within me. In my mind I want to be God's servant, but instead I find myself still enslaved to sin." Romans 7:22-23 (LB)

    BECAUSE IT'S THE KEY TO PEACE AND HAPPINESS

    "If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace." Romans 8:6 (NLT)

    3 DAILY CHOICES I MUST MAKE TO MANAGE MY MIND

    1. I MUST FEED MY MIND WITH TRUTH

    "People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every WORD OF GOD." Matthew 4:4 (NLT)

    WHEN SHOULD I FEED MY MIND WITH GOD'S TRUTH?

    ALL THE TIME!

    "I rise early . . . to cry out for help and to put my hope in your words." Psalm 119:147 (NLT)

    "Lord, how I love your Word. I think about it all day long." Psalm 119:97

    "Even in the darkest of night, your teachings fill my mind." Ps.16:7(CEV)

    "Even when wicked people hide to ambush and kill me, I quietly keep mymind on your decrees." Psalm 119:95 (NLT)

    2. I MUST FREE MY MIND FROM DESTUCTIVE THOUGHTS

    3 Enemies battle against the truth & my best intentions:

    THE 1ST ENEMY OF MY MIND: MY OLD NATURE

    "I see in my body a principle at war with the law of my mind, taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells inside me." Romans 7:23 (NAB)

    "Those who are dominated by their old sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit." Romans 8:5 (NLT)

    THE 2ND ENEMY OF MY MIND: SATAN

    Paul: "(I've forgiven that man) so that Satan won't outsmart us. For we're very familiar with his evil schemes!" 2 Corinthians 2:11

    THE 3RD ENEMY OF MY MIND: THE WORLD'S VALUES

    "All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of this world." 1 John 2:16 (KJV)

    How to Fight:

    "Though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. [Our weapons] have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish any argument and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we TAKE CAPTIVE every thought to make it OBEDIENT to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

    A "STRONGHOLD": IS A LIE THAT I BELIEVE

    "I have made up my mind to obey your laws forever, no matter what." Psalm 119:112 (CEV)

    3. I MUST FOCUS MY MIND ON THE RIGHT THINGS

    THINK ABOUT JESUS

    "Keep your mind on Jesus Christ . . ." 2 Timothy 2:8 (CEV)

    "Think about Jesus' example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to him. So do not get tired and stop trying." Hebrews 12:3 (NCV)

    THINK ABOUT OTHERS

    "Don't just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing." Philippians 2:4 (LB)

    "Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds." Hebrews 10:24 (NCV)

    THINK ABOUT ETERNITY

    "Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth." Colossians 3:2 (NLT)

    "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him." 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NLT)

  7. I find that I can't manage my mind on my own. This only works for me when I acknowledge that I am not sufficient to do this on my own. I need to ask God for the strength to manage my mind, and to give me the wisdom to manage my mind… (which Pastor Warren does teach through this sermon when he says to feed our mind on the truth, and through the prayer at the end when strength is explicitly prayed for.) A great sermon!

  8. [The Worship God Accepts] https://youtu.be/EK4hqIrLLNs Have you ever thought that your worship, sermons and all your time in church might not be accepted by God? If He doesnt' accept your worship then you are worshipping idols!You must hear the Truth as the Truth to understand God's will! Don't be deceived but hear what the Spirit says to to the churches.

  9. I'm African-American Christian & a Democrat whose values are centered in moral justice. In the legacy of FDR, Truman, JFK and LBJ I am loyal to my party but more loyal to my Messiah Jesus Christ: I pursue peace with all people and holiness. I cannot hold my countrymen to that same standard…that would be legalism. Consequently, I vote my conscience & expect politicians to govern by rule of law & human rights.

  10. This man is a con artist he constantly name drops in order to get you to give a f*** about what he saying this man evades taxes with his business heliarc guitars as well as his welding business he had my cousin work for him for a week and then refused to pay him because my cousin will no longer allow him to talk down to him. This man is a con artist he constantly name drops in order to get you to give a f*** about what he saying this man evades taxes with his business heliarc guitars as well as his welding business he had my cousin work for him for a week and then refused to pay him because my cousin will no longer allow him to talk down to him

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