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!!!
