Riding Bucephalus
Developing a Victory Mindset
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Thoughts are a powerful thing. Have you ever heard this maxim? “If you think you can or you think you can’t, you are right.” This quote is sometimes attributed to Henry Ford. The riddle carries a great deal of truth. If you think you can, you can! You are right! If you think you can’t, you can’t! You are right! The Bible says you are what you think. “For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7) Several years ago I wrote a book called Good News from a Far Country, the Kingdom Invasion of the Mind. The book was based on one verse, Romans 12:2. “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Genuine change is impossible apart from a change of thinking. If you desire to change, it must begin in your thought life. The Greek word that Paul uses for “transformed” is the English word we use to describe a caterpillar becoming a butterfly, metamorphosis. If you are tired of the life of a caterpillar and are ready for the freedom of the butterfly, change your thinking. Your life with God will never be transformed without a corresponding change in your thought life. Jesus said, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.” (John 8:23) Jesus’ thought system is from Heaven, from above. It is radically different from the thought system of the world. Invite and welcome as a valued and cherished guest the Kingdom invasion of the mind. Think like God!
In 1960, Dr. Maxwell Maltz wrote a blockbuster book that sold over 30 million copies, Psyco-Cybernetics. In this book, Maltz contends that a change in thinking requires twenty-one days. It takes twenty-one days for an old image or former way of thinking to be dissolved and replaced with a new image. For twenty-one days, I am going to feed you some extremely encouraging information and knowledge that will transform your notion of God from feeble and inadequate to powerful and majestic. I’m asking that you read one vignette a day and meditate the corresponding power verse or verses. A change of mind is on the way!
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Life on this planet is lived just above your neck between your two ears. You are what you think. The Bible talks about the “mind of Christ”. That phrase is referring to the way Jesus thought. We are encouraged to download that mind, that way of thinking. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5) In other words, think like Jesus. Biblical Christianity has always contended that Jesus is God in the flesh.
Jesus is God incarnate. When you think like Jesus, you are thinking like God. We know how Jesus thought. Just read the Scriptures. God does not know what defeat is experientially. He has never known anything other than victory. God does not know what fear is experientially. He has never known fear. Fear is a chaotic bundle of dark thoughts. Defeat is a series of fearful thoughts. Victory is a mental perspective.
In this book, I am going to lay out a pattern for developing a victory mindset. Simply put, I want you to download the thinking of Heaven. Jesus’ thought system is from above. It is not of this world. My passion is that you invite and welcome as a valued and cherished guest the Kingdom invasion of the mind. Think like God.
About the Author
William Kell was born in Bristol, Virginia. He married his high school sweetheart, Janet Gemmell. They have four children and eleven grandchildren. William is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary. He has served as organizing pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church and Shiloh New Covenant Church. He and his wife founded Elijah House Academy in 1989, a school for children in the city. He served for twenty-three years as Executive Director. Janet is a graduate of Converse College with a BA in Elementary Education. She earned a Masters degree in Christian Education from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education. She served as Principal of Elijah House Academy for twenty-three years.
Dr. Kell is also author of Good News from a Far Country: The Kingdom Invasion of the Mind.
Dr. Kell is available to lead a Kingdom seminar at your local church. He can be contacted at wrkell@elijahhouseacademy.org.