Battlefield of the Mind
Chapter 18 Study questions

1.) Read Deuteronomy 30:11
     Why aren’t God’s commands too difficult for us? ______________________________________

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2.) Read John 14:16
     a.) When do things get hard? ______________________________________________________

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     b.) If everything in life were easy, what effect would it have on our lives? ________________

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     c.) The Holy Spirit is in us and with us all the time for what purpose? ____________________

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3.) Read Exodus 13:17; Hebrews 4:16
     a.) If you know God has asked you to do something, what should you do when things get hard?

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     b.) Why did God lead the Children of Israel the long, hard way? _________________________

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     c.) Did entering the Promised Land mean no more battles for the Israelites? _______________

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     d.) Why did God lead the Children of Israel the longer, harder route even though there was a shorter, easier one? ________________________________________________________________

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4.) Read Galatians 6:9; Luke 4:1-13
     a.) Why is it important that we not give up in the mind, lose heart, grow weary and faint?

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     b.) How was Jesus’ forty-day fast in the wilderness different from the Israelites’ forty-year wandering in the wilderness? _________________________________________________________

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5.) Read 1 Peter 4:1-2
What secret concerning how to make it through difficult things and times does this passage teach us?

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6.) Read Philippians 4:12-13 AMP;(read verse 13 in NKJV)
     a.) What does right thinking do for us? _____________________________________________

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     b.) If you are a whiner and a complainer, what should you do? __________________________

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