The Power of Thoughts
Dr. Aiko Hormann
The source of our words is our thoughts and what's
in our heart.
The words we speak are an outer manifestation of
what is inside the heart. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks (Matthew 12:34; Luke 6:45).
If we speak words of hate, then there is hate
inside of our heart. If we speak words of doubt, then there is doubt and
unbelief inside us. If we speak words of love and kindness, then love reigns in
our heart.
Jesus said that what proceeds from our mouths is
what defiles us. “Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that
which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man” (Matthew 15:11).
Jesus said that the words we speak proceed from the
deepest recesses of our heart. “But those things which proceed out of the mouth
come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart
proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false
witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with
unwashed hands defiles not a man” (Matt 15:18-20).
Thoughts, plus the condition of our hearts, always
precedes our actions or words. Whatever is going on in the inner man eventually
is displayed through words and deeds.
Thoughts also trigger emotions, whether good or bad
emotions. If a person continually dwells on negative thoughts, then they will
continue to battle negative emotions. If a person dwells on positive thoughts,
then they will feel more at peace and have a continual song of praise.
The Apostle Paul, in Phil 4:8, tells us the kind of
thoughts to dwell on. He says to
meditate on thoughts that are:
1. true
2. honest
3. just
4. pure
5. lovely
6. of good report
7. virtuous
8. praiseworthy
An individual becomes in life what they continually
think and say. A person can rise no higher than how they think of themselves or
perceive something to be. Proverbs 23:7 says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so
is he (or so does he become).”
As our mind and heart expands, then we are able to
expand. If a person thinks and believes that they will always live in poverty
and never rise above a certain financial level, then chances are that they
won't. Until their thinking changes on the matter, then they will remain stuck
where they are.
The Lord is always encouraging us to come up
higher, and to believe Him to do what seems to be impossible for us.
Romans 12:2 tells us that we are transformed by the
renewing of the mind. The Word of God renews our minds.
Often times we can't seem to breakthrough and
receive all of God's blessings that He's promised. Sometimes it's a matter of
timing, but often it's a matter of “our soul being clogged up” (quoting from
what Dr. Aiko Hormann says in her research).
The soul consists of the mind, will and emotions.
The heart of man is influenced by both the spirit and the soul. At salvation,
our spirits were saved. But our souls are in the process of being reformed and
conformed into the likeness of Christ. The flesh part of us wants to sin and do
its own thing. Our flesh (carnal nature) wars with our spirit. There is the
daily battle of the flesh and spirit. Making the decision to yield to the Holy
Spirit involves dying to the flesh, dying to selfishness.
When someone hurts us, our initial reaction is to
operate in the flesh and strike back in anger. Paul said in Romans 8:7-10 that:
“the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please
God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none
of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the
Spirit is life because of righteousness.”
For years I struggled with negative and foreboding
thoughts because of the many years of verbal abuse. I battled daily with
thoughts of unworthiness and low self-value. I struggled with thoughts of
hopelessness. It was difficult forgetting the past and not continually dwelling
on past and present problems. Because of evil words spoken over my life, I
battled with strongholds in the mind, believing certain lies of the devil.
Although verbal abuse was almost daily for many
years and many cruel angry words were said to me, there were a few lies in
particular that plagued me the most — day and night. I was repeatedly, more than I can count, told
that I was “useless”, that I might as well not even try to accomplish something
because I would fail, and was also told that no man would ever love me. The tape would play over and over again in my
mind. I seemed to remain trapped in a prison of these lies, and would weep
often because I felt the situation was impossible.
The Lord would confirm to me over and over again
things He planned to do in my life. He would speak through His Word, through
rhema words in my spirit, and through several prophecies (the same basic
message spoken by many different people who don't all know each other, spoken
over the years at different times). Over the years I received at least fifteen
prophecies, maybe more. I wrote down most of them, but forgot to record some of
them. So I don't really know for sure how many prophetic words were spoken, but
it was many.
Anyways, for several years I couldn't seem to get
past some verbal abuse statements said to me in my youth (which was opposite of
what God kept on saying to me). I seemed to give more weight to the lies
spoken, then to all the words God kept on confirming to me over and over again.
I had to make a decision and choose whose report I
was going to believe. I choose to believe what God says. I sure am thankful
that God is patient and gracious, and works with us. I was always putting
myself down and condemning myself, like being a cruel taskmaster to my own
self. If someone said or did a certain thing that upset me, a trigger mechanism
would go off and unhealed traumatic memories would flood my mind (and I would
experience the emotions related to the event of a particular memory).
The primary area that the enemy targets is our
mind. If he can lead us into deception, then he has a certain amount of control
over us. And as was said earlier, we are in life what we think and say. When
the devil gets us to believe a lie, then the lie becomes a stronghold in the
mind. It entraps us into a prison of our own limited or wrong thinking.
A stronghold causes us to believe a lie rather than
God's truth. A stronghold is imaginations that exalt themselves above the
knowledge of God (or in other words, the person with the stronghold in the mind
exalts the lie above the truth of God's Word). The lie carries more weight than
what God says.
I first learned about Dr. Aiko Hormann when she was
interviewed on the “Joni Show” (Marcus & Joni Lamb, Daystar Network). Dr.
Aiko Hormann is a Christian research scientist filled with the Holy Spirit who
specializes in the functions of the brain. In addition to her medical expertise
from her research, she has many years of experience in the area of deliverance
and ministering healing to the soul (mind, will and emotions).
Dr. Hormann explains in detail the correlation
between the spirit, soul, and body with the use of visual charts and
illustrations. She talks about the war between the flesh and spirit, the
condition of the heart, the renewal of the mind, strongholds in the mind,
obsessive thought patterns, and how to get free. She also talks about healing
for the emotions and healing for past memories.
She talks about the power of thoughts (literal
power, yet unseen power). Dr. Hormann discovered through research and actual
studies that thoughts carry more power activity than sound waves emitted from a
local radio or television station. Thoughts are very powerful, but words are
even MORE powerful.
Dr. Aiko Hormann talks about the airwave activity
of thoughts, depending on positive thoughts or negative thoughts. Worshipping
the Lord and dwelling on God's Word invite angelic (good angelic) visitation,
whereas thoughts of hate and unbelief are an invitation to demonic activity
seeking to find a door or entrance to wreak havoc in your life. If a born again
Christian has areas of their soul that are unhealed, especially in the mind,
then the devil takes advantage and attacks with oppression, harassment, deception
(believing lies).
Dr. Hormann says that sin, old memories, past
hurts, negative emotions, etc clog the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives,
and blessings are delayed. When our mind and heart gets unclogged, then the
river of the Holy Ghost is no longer dammed up.
She also talks about the parts of the brain that
store memories. When something traumatic or hurtful happens, the memory is
stored in a certain part of the brain (like a computer file). And not only the
memory is stored in a file, but the emotions that go along with the memory are
also stored.
Dr. Hormann gave the names of these parts of the
brain (there is more than one area of the brain that stores memories). When a
trigger mechanism goes off (like someone doing something to push your buttons),
then that old computer file in the brain comes up and you experience the
emotions you originally experienced when the event originally took place.
Dr. Hormann explains that actually God has placed
within our body three brains that control the body, mind and emotions and
explains it in detail in her teaching on the 3 brains:
1. head – mind; commands given to every part of the
body
2. heart
3. deepest gut
Dr. Aiko Hormann says that when she prays for
people concerning the healing of memories and emotions, then she also includes
in her prayer the physical aspect. She identifies the exact name of the part of
the brain that stores memories, and prays that the file in the brain that
stores the old memory would be healed and that the trauma and emotions attached
to the memory would be disconnected from the file. It doesn't mean a person
necessarily forgets what happened, but that the emotional and psychological responses
that are triggered from memories are no longer there.
Dr. Aiko Hormann said that she once ministered to a
woman who had four ongoing issues that she had been battling with for years.
First, the woman ALWAYS felt guilt about
everything, even when good things happened.
Second, she battled with fear.
Third, she struggled with severe anxiety.
Fourth, whenever her husband would show her
affection, even non-sexual, she would jump out of her skin. The marriage
suffered.
The first thing Dr. Aiko Hormann did was to ask the
Holy Spirit to reveal the ROOT of the problem. And by a word of knowledge (1
Corinthians 12:7-11), the Holy Ghost revealed to Dr. Aiko Hormann that the
woman had been sexually violated as a child. The woman recalled that indeed she
had been molested by an uncle.
When the root of the issue was revealed, then Dr.
Aiko Hormann also prayed for physical healing of the brain where the memory and
emotional responses was stored. And the woman had to release any unforgiveness
in order to unclog her soul. The Lord completely healed this woman, and she was
set free from all four symptoms. And her marriage was healed too.
For God so loved this world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God did not send His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him would be saved.
The thief (Satan the devil) comes only for to kill, steal and destroy. But Jesus has come to give us life, and life more abundantly, until it overflows.
I urge you to come to the Cross today and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will wash away all your sins and make you as clean and white as fresh snow.
Just pray this prayer and mean it with your heart:
Dear Lord Jesus (if you are not able to call him Lord yet, then just say "Jesus")
I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I give my life over to You. I believe that You died and rose again, and that if I call on the Name of the Lord I shall be saved.
I accept you into my heart right now, and confess that You are Lord and have risen from the dead and forever live to make intercession for me.
Thank You for washing my heart pure and clean and making me whole, and for giving me peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Thank You that now I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. The old has gone and the new has come.
And there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh (carnality and sin), but walk after the Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, I believe you got born again and are now heaven bound and will be with the Lord forever and have eternal life. Your sins are now forgiven. You are accepted in the Beloved.
I would encourage you to find a good Bible based local church to help you grow in your faith, to learn the Word of God, to praise and worship Him, and to have fellowship with the saints.
Serving Christ is the best decision you will ever make.
God bless you!!!
