A Secure Confident Heart
The headlines can begin to overwhelm us
There is a difference between being informed and feeding fear
Your Body Believes & Responds to What Your Mind Tells It
Your brain can hardly tell the difference between real & imaginary experiences
Your nervous system will respond to an imaginary image like it’s real:
Movies, Commercials, Dreams, Fantasies - evoke emotions, terror, etc.
Imagine biting into a Lemon
Your imagination caused your body to respond
Physiological response
– released saliva to neutralize acid that wasn’t there
We must take control of our Minds and our Imaginations!
2 Cor 10:5 “cast down imaginations.. take every thought captive”
You mind, thoughts & emotions affect your immune system
Prov 17:22
A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.
Lev 17:11
Life is in the blood
Bones are our support system
Major function is production of blood cells in marrow
Red Blood Cells carry oxygen throughout the body
White Blood Cells fight infection, disease & invaders
When we learn to take control of our thoughts
Ps 112:7-8
He is not afraid of bad news.
His heart remains secure, full of confidence in the Lord.
8 His heart is steady, and he is not afraid.
How do we have secure, confident, steadfast hearts
and not be anxious or afraid?
Watch Your Diet
Eat the word – Don’t miss a meal
Jer 20:9
His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones;
Guard Your Hearts & Minds
Phil 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving specific petition
let your requests be made known to God.
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Grow Your Faith
Rom 10:17
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Rhema: spoken word
1. There’s the voice of the preacher vs. 14
2. The most important voice is yours
Sing a Song – important way to affirm the Word
Eph 5:19-20
Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
· Grateful, happy people are healthier
· Grateful, happy people live an average 7 to 9 years longer
How God Changes Your Brain, by Andrew Newberg, M.D.
· “Worship” improves the functioning of the nerve system in the brain in ways that improve physical and emotional health. (p. 6)
Make Sacrifices
Heb 13:15-16
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God,
that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have,
for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.