In this episode of Victorious Faith, Cherri Campbell addresses the pervasive issue of negative thoughts and showcases how believers can recognize and cast down these damaging ideas. Exploring the source of these thoughts, Cherri emphasizes that the devil seeks to infiltrate our minds from the outside, whereas God’s guidance comes from within. Through practical insights drawn from scripture, listeners will learn effective strategies to combat fear, worry, and temptation by leaning on the divine power within. Discover how recognizing the source of your thoughts is the first step to overcoming them and walking victoriously in your faith journey.
Welcome to Victorious Faith. We believe you will be blessed, encouraged, and receive fresh faith to begin your day as you listen to today’s message with international missionary and Bible teacher, Cherri Campbell.
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Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherri Campbell. This morning I want to talk about casting down negative thoughts. Whenever you get negative thoughts, bad thoughts, fearful thoughts, worried and anxious thoughts, or sinful thoughts, unclean thoughts, thoughts of temptation, you You must identify those thoughts, recognizing these are bad thoughts, and then recognizing these thoughts come from Satan and from his little demon imps that are tormenting me. You’ve got to recognize the source. Of the thoughts, you know, just because you have bad thoughts doesn’t mean they are yours. They’re not your thoughts. They’re not, especially when you’re born again. Listen to me when you’re born again. The spirit of God lives in your spirit and from your spirit, which is your inner man. And even in the old Testament, a lot of times it’ll talk about the belly. It’s in the core of your being in your inner man is your spirit. That’s where God lives. God lives in you. And from that place in your spirit, your inner man also called the heart, but it’s not the blood pump. It is the spiritual heart. It’s in your inner man. It’s even the belly and the core of your being. That’s where God is. That’s where the Holy Spirit is. And from that place, from inside of you, he can speak and rise thoughts into your mind. Now the devil is on the outside of you, worrying around you like flies. There’s a scripture that I don’t have at hand, but talks about the flies worrying around and buzzing around the head like flies. That’s the devil. He’s on the outside of you. God brings his thoughts to you into your mind from your heart. The devil brings his thoughts to you from outside. And he shoots them as arrows and fiery darts into your mind just by speaking and whispering them to you. You can hear them. Actually, I think the Bible says they swarm about me like bees, like bees. And so. The devil is able to speak to you thoughts. Now it is your job to recognize the thought, discern where it comes from, and then you cast it down. If it is a negative, evil thought, if it is a thought of fear or worry or anxiety, you must cast it down. Remember, look at… Second Corinthians chapter 10, second Corinthians 10. And it says. Verse three, for though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. Verse four, the weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. And actually the King James says not carnal. And that is better because it’s not of the flesh. They’re not of the flesh. They’re not fleshly carnal weapons. On the contrary, they have divine power. God’s power is in them to demolish strongholds. Now, what are strongholds? Primarily, it’s in the mind. These are strongholds in the mind, thought strongholds. And verse five, right there, that shows that if any of you say you cannot help what you think, you’re deceived. And that’s one of the weapons. That’s the biggest weapon Satan has is deception, making you or giving you a lie. And then you believing a lie. And that is one of his biggest weapons is deceiving you, telling you a lie. And then you believe the lie and he’ll tell you, you can’t help it. But these thoughts, these are strongholds in the mind. And it says in verse four, we have weapons that have divine power. The weapons we fight with have divine power, God’s power to demolish strongholds. So if you’re born again, you do have the weapons to demolish the strongholds in your mind. You have the weapons. You have the weapons, God’s weapons with God’s power to demolish strongholds in your mind. And verse five says we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. Now, what is that basically saying that everything that contradicts what God says all the way back to Genesis chapter three and Satan spoke to Eve and and said, did God really say, if you eat of the fruit, you would die? She said, yes. He said, Satan said, you will not die. You will become like God. Well, that is Satan’s main method. I mean, you got to learn the enemy MO. When you’re in a war, in World War II, The key to victory was learning the enemy MO method of operation strategies. Learn the devil strategies. And the number one strategy he has is to deceive you and lie to you. And what does he lie to you about? He lies to you about God. He is called in the book of Revelation, the accuser of the brethren. Well, guess what? He accuses brother against brother. He also, as in the book of Job, although he doesn’t have direct access anymore, he can accuse man before God. To God, accuse man before God or to God. But guess what? He also accuses God to you. Satan will accuse God. And that’s why probably every Christian, as well as, of course, every sinner, has accused God and blamed God for things that were bad. Things that did not go the way you wanted them to go. Things that happened that you did not want to happen. A loved one died of a sickness or disease or died in a car accident or And what do people say? God, why did you? And in your mind, there’s these thoughts. God let you down. God failed you. God didn’t do for you. Guess what? That’s from the devil. You need to shut it up. I want you to listen right now. Some of you have still been blaming God for the death of a loved one. You need to stop it right now. God has never, never failed you and his word never fails. Jesus said heaven and earth will pass away, but my word will never fail. His promises will never fail. His word will never fail. There is no one in the universe more faithful than God, because if God did not watch over his word to perform it, he would cease to be God. He would cease to be God. He is God by the very fact that he never changes. He is God by the very fact he is truth. And if he ever breaks his word, he will self-destruct. He will self-destruct. It is impossible for God to lie. And God is faithful to you. He has always been faithful to you. But the problem is, is that you were unaware of the devil’s schemes. Or your loved one was unaware of the devil’s schemes. And the devil, the wiles of the devil. We talked about this when we talked about the law of spiritual authority. And I spent at least a week. God told me to teach this to you. You must know your enemy. Know your enemy and know his strategy. Know your enemy and know his strategy. There is an enemy. His name is the devil. Your enemy is not God. God has never failed you. God has never wronged you. Satan is the one John 10, 10. It says he came to steal, to kill and to destroy. Satan is the one who is working against you, working against your family. And it says in another place that we are not unaware of his schemes. Paul was writing. Well, there’s a millions of Christians that are unaware of the devil’s schemes and strategies. You must learn to know your enemy and how he works. And he will accuse God to you and tell you God failed you. God does not come through for you. His promises don’t work. That’s a lie of the devil. Because. It is simply by believing God’s word that they come to pass and being consistent and steadfast. It is believing faith in God’s word is creative power to create those things. But if Satan can make you accuse God and say that doesn’t work, then you no longer have faith in God. And then you no longer have faith in what God says. And what happens then? You are an open target for destruction of the devil. When you no longer have faith in God and when you no longer have faith in what God said, then you are open game to the devil to come and steal everything you’ve got to destroy every area of your life. It is by your faith in God and in his word that will keep you strong through the storms. Everybody has storms. You’re not, don’t, that’s another thing. A lot of people are in self-pity. Woe is me. Get over it. You’re not alone. Everybody has storms. Everybody has things that they go through. But you’ve got to keep your heart and mind steadfast on God and your faith in God, his goodness and his love for you and your faith in his promises that he does watch over his word to perform it. If you don’t quit and give up and if you don’t believe the lies about God. And if you will turn your wrath from being against God and turn your wrath on the devil and you start casting down imaginations, as it says in chapter 10, verse five, we demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. That’s against the knowledge of God’s goodness and his faithfulness to you. And we take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ. You take captive those thoughts. You silence those lies. You cast them down. You don’t accept them. You say, shut up, devil. I don’t believe you. You’re a liar. God is true. And let every man be a liar. God is true. And he watches over his word to perform it. And I’m going to believe God’s word today. And I’m not going to change. I’m going to believe it tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, for the rest of my life. Now I’m out of time. Join me again tomorrow. Remember, God loves you. You’re blessed and highly favored by the Lord.
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