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    A Mind Set Free: Overcoming Mental Strongholds Through Biblical Meditation: Overcoming Life
    A Mind Set Free: Overcoming Mental Strongholds Through Biblical Meditation: Overcoming Life
    A Mind Set Free: Overcoming Mental Strongholds Through Biblical Meditation: Overcoming Life
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    A Mind Set Free: Overcoming Mental Strongholds Through Biblical Meditation: Overcoming Life

    By Jimmy Evans

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    We live in a world filled with sexual imagery and seduction. These influences seek to assault us at every turn. The enemy has created this battlefield in order to corrupt our minds. But whether you're married or single, young or old, man or woman, this book will unlock the keys to how you can have "a mind set free" from the temptation that surrounds us every day. Jimmy Evans exposes such things as "The Secret of Satan's Success." He'll teach you about "The Promise and Process of Biblical Meditation," and discuss "The Four Pillars of Moral Integrity." As you employ the truths from this 115-page mini-book, you'll be equipped to fight and win as you "Enter the Battlefield". PRAISE FOR A MIND SET FREE: IN A DAY OF EXTREME EMPHASIS ON SEXUALITY AND SENSITIVITY, I rejoice when the concern of a gifted minister brings to the forefront the importance of purity. Jimmy Evans has approached this issue with compassion and a sincere desire to help set at liberty those who have been entangled in the web of distraction and deceit. I thank God for every attempt to help set captives free from all areas of bondage - but especially the bondage of sex, which has widespread negative effects. My earnest prayer is that God will bless the insights and help given in this book. JAMES ROBISON, President, LIFE Outreach International Fort Worth, Texas

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXO Publishing
    Release dateNov 30, 2018
    ISBN9781386315094
    A Mind Set Free: Overcoming Mental Strongholds Through Biblical Meditation: Overcoming Life
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    Jimmy Evans

    Jimmy Evans is the founder of and CEO of MarriageToday. The ministry’s national television program, MarriageToday with Jimmy and Karen, broadcasts daily to more than 110 million households in North America and more than two hundred countries worldwide. Jimmy and his wife, Karen, live in Dallas, Texas. 

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    • 5/5
      Excellent book. I discovered something that I was not aware of, and hope it will be life changing!
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      Thank you for practical yet relational explanation of Joshua 1.
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      Great book!!!! Will be recommending to my family and friends
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      "The truth of the matter is, until our minds are set free, we're not free. Until the transforming power of the blood of Jesus and the water of His word flow upon our minds, we are in bondage." (Jimmy Evans, "A Mind Set Free")

      This is one of the best books I have read on Biblical meditation. The author explains that biblical meditation is to take a Bible verse, text, chapter, or story and put it in your mind. He talks about taking a portion of Scripture and mentally rehearsing it until it causes you to consider God and the things of God. He says the word mediate is used in the Bible to mean two basic things: 1. "to consider or ponder", and 2. "to speak or murmur to oneself". He explains that this is like cow or sheep that chews it cud and "ruminates." He says, "Rumination is the process of chewing, swallowing, and then regurgitating to chew again.
      A sheep has multiple stomachs. The process of rumination causes the grass the sheep is eating to be refined over and over until passes into the final stomach and is digested in a pure form.
      Likewise, biblical meditation means to take a Bible verse, text, chapter, or story and put it in your mind."

      This book targets biblical meditation as it relates to sexual temptation. The author shares with his readers that as a young boy, he was exposed to pornography and this became a stronghold for him growing up. He shares that he obtained victory over sexual temptation through the process of biblical meditation. He addresses both men and woman in this book as it relates to sexual temptation. He relates how men are more visual, while woman are more emotional. One quote from this book that addresses this phenomenon:

      "Even through men are the largest group dealing with sexual temptation and bondage, woman are certainly not immune. Just as pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry oriented toward men, there are billions of dollars spent to attract women as well.
      Unlike men, woman aren't as visual when it comes to sex. Even through woman are certainly not blind to physical attractiveness, their sexual arousal is mainly connected to their emotions. Therefore, soap operas, romance novels, movies, television programs, and magazine articles court women's sexual interests on a daily basis.
      Even through these may be less graphic than male-oriented pornography, they are no less dangerous.
      The sexual fantasies and lies being showered upon woman today create deep deceptions and unrealistic expectations that can never be met in real life - just like pornography creates in men."


      And exactly how can men and women be set free from these sexual mental strongholds...the answer...biblical meditation...and the process is explained in this book!

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    A Mind Set Free - Jimmy Evans

    Introduction

    As a pastor for more than twenty-five years, I have ministered to hundreds of men individually and to thousands of men in groups. One of the universal struggles men are dealing with is unprecedented sexual temptation.

    We live in a world of sexual imagery and seduction; these influences are everywhere we turn. As men, we are visually aroused when it comes to sex. Capitalizing on this, advertisers, entertainers, and porn peddlers bombard us with sexual images they know will attract us.

    Whether it is television, magazines, computers, movies, billboards, or just a pretty girl walking down the street, our minds are being deluged with images that have the potential of destroying our lives.

    I can’t count the number of men I know whose lives have been deeply scarred or whose marriages have ended in divorce because of sexual sin. In every case, the sin that ultimately damaged a life or destroyed a marriage and family began with the silent, private acceptance of sexual thoughts and images that were wrong.

    One of the hallmark features of sexual sin is that of escalation. Anyone who believes sin truly satisfies is deceived.

    Sexual sin, whether mental, visual, or physical, begins a downward spiral of diminishing satisfaction and demand for greater stimulation. What previously satisfied is no longer enough. Once hooked, a man must live to satisfy the proverbial monkey on his back. Then, what was designed by God to be a beautiful, satisfying act of love between a husband and wife is reduced to a raw animal function.

    Devoid of anything sacred, sex becomes a self-centered pleasure fix, and women become objects to satisfy an insatiable sexual appetite. And so goes the dark tunnel that descends into the abyss of sexual bondage.

    Even though men are the largest group dealing with sexual temptation and bondage, women are certainly not immune. Just as pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry oriented toward men, there are billions of dollars spent to attract women as well.

    Unlike men, women aren’t as visual when it comes to sex. Even though women are certainly not blind to physical attractiveness, their sexual arousal is mainly connected to their emotions. Therefore, soap operas, romance novels, movies, television programs, and magazine articles court women’s sexual interests on a daily basis.

    Even though these may be less graphic than male-oriented pornography, they are no less dangerous.

    The sexual fantasies and lies being showered upon women today create deep deceptions and unrealistic expectations that can never be met in real life – just like pornography creates in men.

    The result for many women is the tendency to enter relationships with deceptive thinking that leads to greater frustration and disappointment, as well as the inclination for some married women to look for emotional and/or sexual satisfaction apart from their spouses.

    Just like men, women are being sexually tempted in an unprecedented manner. They are being courted by well-produced, highly attractive entertainment of every type to capture their sexual imagination and to lure their fallen nature.

    When women accept the information being designed to appeal to them – regardless of how pleasant or entertaining – they are petting a hungry lion. I have witnessed unspeakable pain, as well as many divorces and incredible family devastation, caused by the sinful sexual behavior of deceived women.

    Regardless of the sexual differences between men and women, the answer to sexual temptation and bondage is the same. That answer is biblical meditation. I know that may surprise you and even seem a little simplistic when it comes to stopping the raging power of sexual impulses, but it is true. I know from experience – personally, and as a pastor.

    While growing up, I lived in a normal middle-class neighborhood. I spent most of my time playing with the kids who lived on my block. We were typical for our age.

    Then one day, a neighbor friend down the street brought his father’s Playboy magazine for us to look at. It was the first time I had seen a naked female. I was perplexed and aroused. From that time on, he brought his father’s magazines for us to examine on a regular basis. It was the beginning of a long season in my life of sexual temptation and deception.

    As I got older, I was exposed to raunchier material than Playboy. In fact, Playboy seemed mild compared to many of the things I saw, especially in collage.

    At one party I attended in college, an XXX–rated film was shown. Again, it was the first time I had seen anything like it. Not only was I aroused, but I was also fascinated by the women in it. They were sexually aggressive and totally uninhibited. This film fixed in my mind a deep deception about women and sex

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