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The Battle for Your Garden
Dr. Creflo A. Dollar
There is a very real spiritual battle that is going on in the life of every
Christian and it revolves around your spiritual "garden," which is the ground
of your heart. The enemy is constantly seeking to overtake Believers' lives
by planting the wrong kinds of seeds within them. He does this through thought
injections that are designed to create wrong images in their minds. As a
soldier in the army of the Lord, it is your responsibility to vigilantly guard
your heart and mind with the Word of God. This will keep the weeds out of
your garden and ensure that the seed of God's Word grows up in your life to
produce
an abundant harvest.
Every day, Christians are barraged with images, words and suggestions that
try to sway them away from the truth of God's Word. Whether it is a news report
that glorifies the work of the enemy, an ungodly television show or even a
billboard that promotes an ungodly lifestyle, there is no escaping the fact
that we live in an environment that is determined to plant the wrong seeds in
us. But God has given us His bag of seed that we must plant in our hearts.
It will grow healing, deliverance, financial wealth, joy, peace, happiness
and all kinds of promises from God.
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The key to making sure your garden stays "weed-free" is to guard it. You must
continually keep scriptures before your eyes, in your ears and coming out
of your mouth. Satan is on a mission to try and dominate your life and all he
does to accomplish his goal is get you thinking about his suggestions. Though
they may sound good, don't take the bait.
It is critical that you become a custodian over your thought life and refuse
to accept the enticement of the devil. Adam and Eve fell prey to his schemes
in the Garden of Eden because they failed to guard what God had entrusted to
them. Satan showed up in the form of a serpent and made a suggestion to Eve.
His question, "Hath God said...?" planted a seed of doubt in her mind as to
the validity of God's instructions to her and her husband. Although God had
already told them that if they ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good
and evil they would surely die, Satan challenged God's Word. Isn't that what
he is doing today in the lives of Christians? God has said one thing, and he
comes with a contradictory statement to try and get us to doubt or question
whether or not God's way is best.
Unfortunately, Adam and Eve succumbed to the temptation of the devil. Once
they "took" his thought injection, they began to be moved by their emotion,
noticing
that the fruit looked good and appealed to their hunger cravings at the time.
Their feelings led them to act in a way that separated them from their
connection
and fellowship with God. Their decision to disobey ushered a curse into the
earth. They allowed the devil to pollute their garden simply by accepting his
thoughts.
You may be wondering how you can avoid being infected by the enemy's
thoughts. Although you may not be able to stop the thoughts from coming, you
don't
have to accept them when they come. The Bible gives clear instructions on how
to handle ungodly thoughts when they show up. Second Corinthians 10:4,5 says,
"(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into
captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." Your weapon against
negative
thoughts is the Word of God! When those suggestions come to your mind, open
your mouth and confess God's promises in faith. This is what it means to capture
your thoughts and cast them down. There is no thought or imagination that can
stand against the Word. It is the final authority in your life.
Don't ever get slack where guarding your heart is concerned for the issues of
your life flow out of it (Proverbs 4:23). Be a good custodian over your thought
life and feed your spirit the Word of God on a continual basis. When you do,
you will protect your garden and see the promises of God become a reality
in your life.
Dr. Creflo A. Dollar
O. Addison Gethers
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