“You will remember that the location where Jesus was crucified was called “Golgotha,” which meant “ place of the skull.” …the first field of conflict where we must learn warfare is the battle ground of the mind; i.e., the “place of the skull.” For the territory of the uncrucified thought-life is the beachhead of satanic assault in our lives. …We must be crucified in the place of the skull. We must be renewed in the spirit of our minds!”

17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of[d] the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

There is a definite connection that I don’t have to stretch far to understand between belief and living as such. You live the way you believe.

It is in the decisions we make everyday that dictate us living in victory or defeat. #christianliving #christianity #churchplantinla #nwlachurch #newwavela #losangeles #christiansinlosangeles