Overcoming in the Mind

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025

MATTHEW 11:28-30
28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and

learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and
my burden is light.

SMYRNAEAN CHURCH AGE - CHURCH AGE BOOK

116-2) The proof of His love is ELECTION--that no matter what happened, His love was proven truly by the
fact they were chosen unto salvation (because God hath chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth). He may commit you to death as He did Paul. He may commit you to suffering
as He did Job. That is His prerogative. He is sovereign. But it is all with a purpose. If He did not have a purpose,
then He would be the author of frustration and not of peace. His purpose is that after we have suffered awhile
we would be made perfect, be established, strengthened and settled.

ACTS 5:40-41
40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that

they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41And they departed from the presence of the
council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

ACTS 16:23-25
23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep
them safely: 24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet
fast in the stocks. 25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard
them.

JOHN 19:8-11
8When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 9And went again into the judgment hall, and
saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou
not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 11Jesus
answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he
that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

62-0311 - THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT

60) And so an army, first, in getting ready for a battle, first there's got to be a select, some soldiers. They've
got to be dressed for fighting. They've got to be trained for fighting. And I believe that the greatest battle that
was ever fought, is now ready to go in action. I believe that God has been selecting His soldiers. I believe He's
been dressing them, training them. And the battle front is now set, getting ready to start.

62-0311 - THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT

67) There has to be a place selected. And in this, there's a--a mutual ground, no-man's-land, and they fight
here at this place. They just don't, one fight over here, and one down here, and one run over here. There's a
battle front where they meet and test their powers, where each army tests its strength against the other
army, a mutual meeting place. Now, don't (get) miss this.
68) When this great battle started on earth, there had to be a mutual meeting place. There had to be a place
selected for the battle to begin, and for the battle to rage. And that battlegrounds begin in the human mind.
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There is where the battle starts. The human mind was chosen for the place of the battle, where it was begin,
and that is because that decisions are made from the mind, the head. Now, they never started it from some
organization. They never started it from some mechanical affair. The grounds never started there. Therefore,
that organization can never, never do the work of God, because the battlegrounds, where you've got to meet
your enemy, is in the mind. You've got to make your choice. It meets you.

ROMANS 12:1-2
1Ibeseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God.

I CORINTHIANS 2:16
16Forwho hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

63-1127 - THE WORLD IS AGAIN FALLING APART

196) If the mind of Christ is in us, then we will recognize that Word to be the Truth, and It lives right through
us. You can't help it, It's Christ!

PSALM 73:25-26
25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. 26My flesh and my

heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

I PETER 1:13
13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought

unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

3525 » nepho {nay'-fo}

-- be sober (4)
-- watch (2) [6]
1) to be sober, to be calm and collected in spirit; to be temperate,
dispassionate, circumspect.

DEUTERONOMY 20:1-4
1When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than
thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the

people, 3And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let
not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; 4For the LORD
your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

JOHN 14:25-28
25These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26But the Comforter, which is the Holy

Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the
world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28Ye have heard how I

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said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto
the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

62-0311 - THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT

76) Now remember, it's not Christian Science, now, mind over matter. That hasn't... The mind accepts the
Life, which is the Word of God, and there brings the Life. Just your thought doesn't do it. But, the Word of
God, brought in the channel of your thought. See? It's not the thought, as Christian Science make it, mind over
matter. No. That isn't it. But, your mind accepts It. It grasps It. What is your mind controlled by? Your spirit.
And your spirit catches the Word of God, and that's the thing that's got Life in It. It brings Life into you. Oh,
brother! When that takes place, when Life comes down that channel, into you, the Word of God is manifested
in you.

II CORINTHIANS 10:3-5
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not

carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every
high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;

HEBREWS 12:1-3
1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every

weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the

cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3For consider him that
endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

PROVERBS 23:7
7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

59-0409 - MARY'S BELIEF

E-9) …Let's be positive in our thinking. Let's believe that this night now, the revival will break in Angelus
Temple tonight. Let's believe that this is the night that God will do the exceedingly abundantly above all that
we could do or think He will do it tonight. Don't take no for the answer. It's when we think those things, you
create an atmosphere around you.

60-1127M - IT WASN'T SO FROM THE BEGINNING

E-8) Did you ever meet people that you just loved to be with? You've had that, and why, they create that
atmosphere by their life, the way they live, and the things they think about, and the love they have for you.

58-0625 - A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS HERE

E-17) …Don't have nothing else in your mind. Keep thinking that. "If there be any praise, if there be any
virtue, think on these things." You cannot get anything from God with a negative thought. "He that cometh to
God, must believe that He is, and a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him."

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-8
6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be
made known unto God. 7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus. 8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
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whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

64-0823E - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2

98) 290. Question: Brother Branham, what shall we do? Something has settled over me that I cannot
break through. Last fall, I dreamed I was lost in white sand. It was getting dark; I couldn't find my way. This
dream has stayed with me since last fall. Now, I am as one groping in darkness. My son (E-r-v--), Ervin and
wife were included in my dream. Now, they are also in darkness. We are in desperation. I believe God will
show you what is in our hearts now. If we are wrong or sinning places, tell us. We want to be right.
I don't know the lady, but I just feel if you're here, lady, that here is your trouble. You have let something
happen to you that's made you nervous, because being in "white sands" represents purity and righteous. And
you're just letting Satan put one over on you. Your dream proved that there's nothing wrong. You're only
nervous, and by doing this and thinking this, you're making the rest of your family nervous. Stop doing it; claim
your God given rights. Your dream proves by the interpretation that you are in white sand. Everything's all
right. It's you, yourself, nervous.
And you let one member of the family get nervous, it goes to the next member, and the next member, and
the first thing you're all fussing and going on. And one member of the family gets kinda upset about
something, it upsets the other, and the other, and the other, and the first thing you know the whole family's
upset. It's Satan. Then if one member of the family rejoices, let the rest of them rejoice with it. So every one of
the family try to do that.
100) Try, each one of you children, to help your papa, mama. Mama, you... Papa, you try to help the
children. Don't let that gloomy, unbelieving spirit get around you. You are Christians. You are borned of the
Spirit of God. You're the salt of the earth. You have God given rights. And the Bible said, "If there be any
praise, if there be any virtue, think on these things." Don't think about the wrong thing.
And sister, I think that's your trouble, sister dear.

55-1115 - BLIND BARTIMAEUS

E-30) Don't think, setting there in a wheelchair, you, that you're hopeless, helpless. You're not. Don't let that
negative thought ever pass through. Don't let it anchor. You can't help it from going through your mind (That's
right.), but don't let it stop.
Like the old farmer said, "I can't keep the birds from flying over my place." But he had a double-barreled
shotgun, said, "I can sure keep them from roosting." So you do the same thing, and you too. See? Don't let
them roost. Let them pass right on through. Now, here's the shotgun to use. Both New and Old Testament's a
double barrel, very good too. I'll tell you, It keeps them all away.

PSALM 19:14
14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my

strength, and my redeemer.