By Christopher Haverly
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THE FORWARD MIND In this post, you will find out more about the mind-sets caused by evil spirits. We have looked at the high-minded and the carnally minded. Here we look at the shortcomings of the forward mind. WHAT CAUSES THE FORWARD MIND? The forward mind is caused by the spirit of bondage […]
FLESHLY MIND AND CARNALLY MINDED We continue to look at the mind-sets caused by evil spirits. In this post, the fleshing mind or carnally minded. The fleshly mind or carnally minded is caused by the spirit of infirmity (Luke 13:11), physical or mental weakness. The fleshly mind is described in Romans 8:5-7: “For […]
WHAT IS ADDICTION? Dr. Earl R. Henslin, a Christian who is a Doctor of Psychology and author of the excellent work, Forgiven and Free, says: “Addiction is anything that consumes the focus of our attention: anything that distracts us from God, anything that prevents us from facing ourselves, or anything that hinders us […]
REMEMBERING IN THE BIBLE The Bible speaks of remembering in several places. In Luke 24, when the women returned to Jesus’ tomb to discover He was gone, two angels spoke to them and told them to remember (verse 6) the words Jesus had spoken to them. In verse 8, “They remembered His words.” […]
THE SECOND PETER PRINCIPLE The enemy wants you to forget. God wants you to remember (Revelations 2:5 and 3:3). There is a rather long passage in 2 Peter 1:4-10, that I call The Second Peter Principle, which clearly makes this point. Let us read it from The Amplified Bible. “By means of these […]
4 SOURCES OF TRUTH The Bible points us to four sources of truth, all of which are centred in God, surrounded by Jesus Christ His Son, the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit of God. Truth came by Jesus Christ. John 1:17 says: “For the law was given by Moses, but […]
In Biblical Therapy, we deal with the lies people believe. These lies provide the dynamics for their addictions and life-controlling problems. It is a lie-versus-truth process. The lie-versus-truth problem is skilfully outlined in 1 John 1:5-10: “This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is […]
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus established the Biblical Therapy process of exposing and correcting lies. He exposed a whole series of religious lies in Matthew Chapter 5 by using the phrase: “Ye have heard it said, but I say unto you . . .” EXPOSING THE […]
THE SAME CONSEQUENCES Not every thought we have is true, though it may feel true. The problem with believing a lie is it may as well be the truth because the consequences are the same. If you believe you are shameful because you were sexually violated as a child, it does not matter that […]
OUR MIND MAKES US VULNERABLE Though Biblical Therapy’s primary counselling focus is on a person’s belief system that is discovering the lies that influence thought, emotion, and action, gaining an understanding of the spiritual condition of the mind is extremely important. The mind of man can be either spiritually healthy or unhealthy. In addressing human […]
