Keith Battle - What's Going on in My Head? - Part 3

All right, I’m in part three of a series called «What’s Going On in My Head,» and for your musical pleasure, we are singing music. Hey, what’s going on in your head? What’s going on in your head? What’s going on in your head? We aren’t even doing the little cute stuff at the end. All right, y’all, Proverbs 4:23. If you have a Bible, go to Proverbs 4:23. Whether you have a digital copy or one in your hand, or one of those Bibles that turns into a pocketbook that you can zip up and carry around, whatever you have, Proverbs 4:23. And if you are physically able, please stand as we show reverence to the word of God. It’s everlasting; His truth endures through all generations. This word was good for our grandparents' grandparents. It’s an eternal word, timeless, and His principles are flawless. Everything God has spoken is worthy of my attention. In His word, He gives light. The Bible says, «At the entrance of Your word, it gives light.» Yes, yes, at the entrance of Your word, I get light. Just when I enter into it, light comes on. It’s a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Woo! Check this out: it’s a lamp to my feet, which means it guides my steps, but it’s also a light to my path, meaning it shows me my future. I get my vision from His word, and I get my next step from His word. Anything that is that powerful is worthy of my attention, so I stand up when it’s read, and I sit down to have it taught to me so that I can live it out in my life. Is that how you feel? Let’s go! Proverbs 4:23. The Good News Translation says, «Be careful how you think.» Everybody say, «Think!» Your life is shaped by your thoughts. Your whole life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 in the Easy Translation says, «Be very careful to keep your mind safe.» I think our world is unsafe because people’s minds are unsafe. You have to decide now whether you’re going to go to a homecoming or a graduation because people’s minds aren’t safe. Your mind isn’t safe; you do unsafe things to people around you. But when your mind is at peace, you show up around people differently. You understand what I’m saying? When you have peace of mind, you walk away from situations that could escalate, and you drive away from things that could escalate because you show up differently because you have peace of mind. I’m not going to fight you, and I’m not trying to shoot you because I’m not operating on that frequency. Who understands what I’m saying? That’s our problem; we need to get our minds right. But when your mind is always in the red, angry and rebellious, wanting revenge, when you’re stuck in that place, it shows up in how you interact with people. Gun violence is the result of people who don’t have mental wellness. You cannot solve problems by taking lives. We need to get our heads right. This is so important. Go back to the verse; we need our minds to be safe. I’m in the Easy Translation: the thoughts you think make you the person that you are. One more translation in the ERV says, «Above all, be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life.» You may be seated now. In this series, I want to review what we covered in Parts one and two because, more than any series we’ve done, I want this to stick. Raise your hand if there are some seats near you as some people are trying to get a seat. More than any series, I want this to be mastered. I’m not interested in just dumping information and bombarding you with more content. I want mastery in this; I want you to master this stuff so you can master your mind. This information should be a part of your life for perpetuity, a way to think back on this information and how you think because your thinking is so, so, so connected to how you feel, and that is connected to how you speak, how you show up, and how you interact with people. In part one of this series, we talked about four things. The first thing we discussed is thought awareness, and at its core, that is the foundation of this whole series. You have to know what you’re thinking. You can’t just let your thoughts wander. If your thoughts are wandering, stalk them—wander with them. Where are you going? Where are you taking me? What are you trying to make me say? You have to follow your thoughts because they’re leading you to say things and do things that could be dangerous. So you have to be aware—be aware of thought awareness, which leads to thought analysis. Thank you, Patrick Huber, for this amazing graphic for this series on the brain. What I find interesting, without me even asking, is that when you look at all the negative thoughts we can have over here, they’re in red, and when you look at the positive thoughts we can have, they’re in green. What we want is a green mind…