Winning the Battle in Your Mind

• By candidasullivan
• May 22, 2026
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Does your mind immediately jump to the worst-case scenario?

I do. If there is a tragic scenario that my mind can conjure up, you’d better believe that is what it goes to first. The images the devil gives me are never good. It’s always terrible and extremely painful. This is an example of spiritual and mental warfare. 

If the enemy can defeat me in my mind, then he can defeat me in the situation. Our mindset going into a situation is powerful. If we go into battle feeling defeated, we will put in only a little effort. I mean, why even bother, right?

But I believe we can turn this around. We can call on God. 

God knows what we are going through. 

He knows why we are going through it. 

And how to get through it. 

While the enemy paints us a picture of hopelessness, God is our hope. He has everything we need. He can help us endure any pain, get through any hardship, and even worship Him during it. God can bless us in the midst of the fire. And give us a beautiful testimony of overcoming to help others. 

Sweet friends, we are not defeated. Jesus won this battle through the cross and the resurrection. The enemy tries to get us to continue living in the darkness of sin, but we have redemption and a light inside that glorifies God. 

Satan continuously tries to dim our lights. He wants us to worry and fear what the enemy might do to us. When we get into a fearful mindset, we talk about our problems more than our blessings. 

I’ve been there. Lately, I’ve felt deeply attacked in many areas of my life. He has been attacking me every which way I turn. Every time I open my book to work on it, my computer crashes. Yesterday, it crashed, and I lost work that hadn’t been saved yet. I got frustrated and talked about my problems instead of praising my Lord, because He is blessing me to write something worthy of attack.  

If I give in to the desire to talk about my problems and magnify them, then I discredit the Lord. I don’t want to give the enemy any power over me. I write for my Lord. And regardless of how the enemy attacks me, he can’t stop God’s will. So if it’s God’s will that I finish this book, then Satan is not powerful enough to stop it. 

I want to program my mind to see God and find praise in any situation. When I compare my problems to the joy awaiting me, one thing is clear: they are not worthy to be compared. Heaven will be worth every earthly problem. 

Romans 8:18 King James Version

18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.