Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

“Everyone is without excuse because Jesus always stands ready to fulfil His promise to set the captives free. He will walk us across the finish line of victory in any area if we are willing to go all the way through it with Him.”

This quote illustrates Meyer’s view of “victory” as the goal of the Christian life, with specific reference to attaining victory over sin. This quote also underscores Meyer’s insistence on responsibility and intentionality: God does everything necessary to secure his promises toward humanity, but individuals must still agree to walk with him and deal with their sins in order to receive his healing and blessing. This relates to the key takeaway to Obey God’s Commands in Order to Move Forward.

“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.”

This statement sums up the key takeaway to Be Positive, Not Negative. A positive mind aligns with God because God is positive toward the Christian, who is his adopted child and heir; he is always blessing, promising, giving, and leading the Christian toward righteousness. As such, positivity aligns one’s life with God’s intentions, whereas a negative mind has the potential to derail all of those benefits.

“Make up your mind that you will not quit and give up until victory is complete and you have taken possession of your rightful inheritance.”

One of Meyer’s repeated points is that people are empowered to decide which course they want to take, even in their mental lives. She encourages Christians simply to decide to believe the promises of the Bible, for instance. Here, she holds that Christians can decide not to quit but rather to press on until they attain the victorious Christian life.