Do You Put Yourself in Bondage?

Mind Bondage

Mind bondage is a terrible thing. You can think yourself into bondage and then decide trying to come out of it is useless. In your heart you believe that the Scriptures are not really for you, that God’s promises will never work in your life; and you’re cast down instead of being elevated into the greatness of God. Your own tongue, your own mind can put you into bondage; but that same tongue, that same mind can be used to liberate you and to keep you liberated when you reach out for Peace Be Still.

What kind of mind do you have; what do you think about? The Bible tells us that as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind (I Peter 4:1). Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5). But we have the mind of Christ (I Corinthians 2:16). The Lord has made it possible for His children to have the mind of Jesus, but using the mind of Jesus is a part-time thing for many.

You will never find peace with others until you have peace on the inside. You will never have that mind you need until you take on the mind of Jesus. The self-mind that puffs up, that always pouts and feels hurt about something is caught up in a destructive bondage. Have you ever used hurt feelings to punish or manipulate another?