Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table by Louie Giglio
Week 3: Chapter 2 — The Battle Is for Your Mind
Read Chapter 2 of Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table. Primary Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3–5; Romans 12:2.
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Giglio zeros in this week on the specific arena where spiritual warfare is most often fought — not on a battlefield outside us, but in the thoughts we allow to take root in our minds.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Giglio argues that the battle for your life is really a battle for your mind — and that what you think will ultimately determine how you live. Do you agree? Can you point to a season of your life when your thought life directly shaped the direction your life took?
2.The phrase "take every thought captive" (2 Corinthians 10:5) is central to this chapter. What does it mean to you to *take* a thought captive, rather than just trying to stop thinking it? What is the active move Giglio is describing?
3.Giglio describes the moment a thought enters your mind as the critical fork in the road — you can entertain it or arrest it. What makes entertaining a destructive thought feel so natural and immediate, while arresting it feels so difficult and unnatural?