{"id":17199,"date":"2011-03-20T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/2011\/03\/20\/strengthen-your-mind-through-scriptures\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:02:23","slug":"strengthen-your-mind-through-scriptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/strengthen-your-mind-through-scriptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthen your mind through the Scriptures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"><\/div>\n<p>By Akpeli Othuke Andrew<\/p>\n<p>Our bodies don\u2019t work too well without adequate exercise; neither do our minds! Ever go back upstairs to remind yourself of why you originally went downstairs? Are names, numbers and appointments you remembered effortlessly in the past becoming increasingly elusive? Do you sometimes wonder if you are \u2018losing it?\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>Doctors say that in most cases mindless hours in front of television, avoiding intellectual stimulation and exertion, resulting in the shrinking of our mind\u2019s capacity, including our memory. \u2018Brain fitness\u2019 experts assures us that our brains don\u2019t grow old from working too hard, but from hardly working at all. \u2018Brain plasticity\u2019- the capability of our mind to retain or regain flexibility is a matter of exercise. <\/p>\n<p>When you just let your mind \u2018vegetate\u2019 and don\u2019t stretch it with thoughtful reading, rational thinking, intellectual analysis and conversation, It loses plasticity and becomes old at any age. On the other hand, if you challenge your mind regularly, your brain gets younger as you get older (the problem is not how old your brain is, but how old your thinking is). Here\u2019s is a great way to strengthen you\u2019re your mind: \u2018Study to [show yourself] approved unto God, a workman\u2026that needed not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth.\u2019 The word \u2018study\u2019 in Greek text means to exert yourself mentally, to push your mind to study God\u2019s word. Like a \u2018work man,\u2019 make it work! God promises that if you meditate on His word daily you will become \u2018\u2026like a tree planted by the streams of water\u2026which yields its fruit in season and whose leaves does not wither. Whatever he does prospers\u2019(Psalms 1:3 NIV). Don\u2019t let your mind \u2018wither,\u2019 exercise and strengthen it by the Scriptures!<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to add your comments in the box below. To publish your articles on Breeze Magazine for free, send a mail to breezemagazine@yahoo.com<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Akpeli Othuke Andrew Our bodies don\u2019t work too well without adequate exercise; neither do our minds! Ever go back upstairs to remind yourself of why you originally went downstairs? Are names, numbers and appointments you remembered effortlessly in the past becoming increasingly elusive? Do you sometimes wonder if you are \u2018losing it?\u2019 Doctors say&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48034,48035,48036],"class_list":["post-17199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bible-study-for-mental-growth","tag-christian-spiritual-growth-tips","tag-scripture-and-mind-renewal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449606,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17199\/revisions\/449606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}