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Psalm 119:112 - Manage Your Mind!

Psalm 119:112 (NLT) I am determined to keep 
your decrees to the very end.  

Psalm 119:112 CEV) I have made up my mind to 
obey your laws forever, no matter what. 

Psalm 119:112 (CWR) From the depths of my 
heart I want to keep all your commandments until 
the end of my life. 

Psalm 119:112 (TLB) I am determined to obey 
you until I die.  

INTRODUCTION

Gods Word Davids Instructor.  The 
principles taught in the schools of the prophets were 
the same that molded David's character and 
shaped his life. The word of God was his 
instructor. "Through Thy precepts," he said, "I get 
understanding  I have inclined mine heart to perform 
Thy statutes." Psalm 119:104-112. It was this 
that caused the Lord to pronounce David, when in 
his youth He called him to the throne, "a man 
after Mine own heart." Acts 13:22. {Ed 48.1} 
[Remnant SOP SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   The reason why most people are 
ineffective in life is that theyve never learned how 
to fight the battle of the mind. 
   If you want to learn to manage your mind, 
you have to be delivered from destructive 
thoughts. That isnt easy, because there are three 
enemies that keep you from fulfilling all your good 
intentions of changing your life. 
   1. The first enemy is your old nature.
   Paul says in Romans 7:23, There is 
another power within me that is at war with my mind. 
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is 
still within me (NLT). 
   Do you ever find yourself doing things 
that you dont really want to do? Thats the 
battle in your brain between your old, sinful 
nature and your good intentions. 
   2. The second enemy is Satan.
   Satan cannot force you to do anything, 
but he can make suggestions, and those 
suggestions are incredibly powerful. He is constantly 
planting negative thoughts in your mind. Hell use 
other people or hell use the TV or hell just 
throw a thought in your mind. 
   3. The third enemy is the worlds value 
system. 
   Does anything in our society encourage 
self-discipline? Not much. Advertisements tell us, You 
deserve a break today. Have it your way. We do it 
all for you. 
   The Bible says in 1 John 2:16, For 
everything in the world - the lust of the flesh, the 
lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - comes 
not from the Father but from the world 
(NIV). 
   With enemies like that, no wonder we 
struggle with discouragement and despair and 
failure! 
   So how do you fight this battle? Look at 
what 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says: Though we live 
in the world, we do not wage war as the world 
does. The weapons we fight with are not the 
weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have 
divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish 
arguments and every pretension that sets itself up 
against the knowledge of God, and we take captive 
every thought to make it obedient to Christ 
(NIV). 
   You have a choice. Your mind has to 
listen to you. God didnt give you just a mind. 
He gave you a will! The best time to win the 
battle with temptation is before it begins. 
   I have made up my mind to obey your 
laws forever, no matter what (Psalm 119:112 
CEV). [Daily Devotional by Rick Warren: 
https://pastorrick.com/devotional/] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS TOPIC

Take Every Thought Captive! 
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2019/20190803-0937.html 

What You Think - You Are! 
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2019/20190809-1031.html 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs  

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

Most Important Decision in Life: 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGnEuGwvXqU?rel=0 

A Man without Equal by Bill Bright: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVa7UoruIo 

Seeking God Made Real: 
http://vimeo.com/31489782 

Prayer Made Real: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8VdMV26VE 

Importance of Choice: 
http://creationhealth.com/CREATION-Health/Choice [click on video]  

Medical Seminar on Healthful Living by David 
DeRose, MD, MPH: 
https://www.smartlifestyletv.com/lifestart 

LINKS FOR BIBLE STUDIES 

Lifting Up Jesus Bible Studies: 
http://www.liftingupjesus.net/ 

Amazing Facts Bible Studies: 
http://www.amazingfacts.org/bible-study/bible-study-guides.aspx  

Glow Tract Video Bible Studies: 
http://www.bibleresearch.info/ 

LINKS FOR BIBLE PROPHECY SEMINARS

The Last Day of Prophecy by Pastor Doug 
Batchelor: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmGvdtMCf1aJTiC59-lPtuUMEq_uEn0BK 

Prophecies Decoded by Pastor Ron Clouzet: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A435C5373550657