Battlefield of the Mind
Chapter 21 Study questions

1.) Read Genesis 3:12-13
     Name one major cause for wilderness living? __________________________________________

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2.) Read Genesis 16:1-6 NKJV
     a.) Give an example from your own life of blaming other. _______________________________

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     b.) Why does Satan work hard on our minds - building strongholds that will prevent us from facing the truth? _________________________________________________________________________

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c.) Why do we avoid facing the truth about ourselves and our behavior? _____________________

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3.) Read Numbers 21:5
     Have you ever gone around and around the same mountains in your life? What were your excuses?

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4.) Read Numbers 13:1-3; 25-28
     a.) Who plants “ifs” and “buts” in our minds? How should we defeat this tactic? ____________

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     b.) Name one reason our problems often defeat us. ___________________________________

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5.) Read Psalm 51:1-6
     What does verse 6 mean when it says that God desires truth “in the inner being”? __________

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6.) Read 1 John 1:8-10; Romans 3:20-24
     a.) What must we do to truly repent? _______________________________________________

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     b.) Where is our justification found? _________________________________________________

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     c.) How are you and I made right with God after sinning? _______________________________

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7.) Read John 1:1-5; 8:32
     a.) What is one of the most powerful weapons against the kingdom of darkness? Why?

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     b.) Jesus said it is truth that sets us free. How is the truth revealed? ____________________

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8.) Read John 16:12-13; Hebrews 13:5
     a.) Who is “The Spirit of Truth”? ___________________________________________________

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     b.) What is the major facet of His ministry to us? Why? ________________________________

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     c.) What has God promised you to help you hang on to the truth about yourself? ___________

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     d.) What is left for you to do now that you are on your way out of the wilderness? _________

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