
Last Thursday night was so powerful; I was so blown away by the research I did before teaching. I gleaned so much. The title of the message was ‘The Power of Imagination’.
Imagination is defined as the mind’s ability to form mental images, plans, or purposes, often using the Hebrew yetser (shaping/forming) or Greek dianoia/logismos, encompassing both corrupt human schemes (Genesis 6:5) and God-given hope or vision (Jeremiah 29:11, Isaiah 26:3).
The scriptures present a dual view of imagination: it can be a tool for faith and hope, but also a source of wicked thoughts.
2Corinthians 10v5 instructs us to cast down imaginations while encouraging us to envision God’s promises in Ephesians 3:20, whilst having the faith for the manifestation of those promises in Hebrews 11:1 and meditating on His word in Psalm 1:2, which frames positive imagination as visualising God’s unseen realities and plans.
There are over 100 scriptures on imagination. Here are a few.
Positive aspects of imagination
- Ephesians 1:17-18
- Genesis 6:5
- Mark 11:24
- Philippians 4:8
- Ephesians 3:20-21- If you can see it, you can attain it.
- Proverbs 4:43- The enemy plans to keep you in trauma because if he can keep you in trauma, then he has arrested your ability to imagine and receive heavenly hope.
Negative aspects of imagination
- Wicked imaginations: Proverbs 6:16-18 condemns a heart that devises wicked imaginations, while Romans 1:21 notes people becoming vain in their imaginations when they turn from God. Genesis 11:6- The tower of Babel was built with imagination- be careful your imagination does not take you beyond the plans and parameters God has built for you.
- High imaginations: 2 Corinthians 10:5 instructs believers to “cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,” bringing thoughts captive to Christ. Throughout the broadcast, I gave a thorough breakdown of 2 Corinthians 10:5:
Casting down (kathairountes)-“A military term meaning to demolish, tear down, or overthrow, specifically used for destroying strongholds or fortresses.
Imaginations (logismous)- refers to reasonings, arguments or calculations. It implies the intellectual arguments or philosophies that set themselves up against God.
High thing (hypsoma) – refers to a lofty barrier, bulwark, or prideful, elevated opinion.
Exalteth itself (epairomenon) – means lifting oneself up or raising oneself against, indicating prideful defiance.
Bringing into captivity (aichmalotizontes)- to make a prisoner of war. This continues the military metaphor, implying the capture of the enemy’s thoughts.
Thought (noema)- refers to an idea, purpose, device or mental conception.
Obedience (hypakoen) – refers to compliance or submission, specifically to the authority of Christ.
It is a spiritual battle where we use the power of the Holy Spirit to destroy intellectual fortresses- prideful philosophies, arguments, and false reasonings coming against the word of God. Thoughts empower our imagination, which then leads to real-life situations. The enemy uses thoughts to take over your imagination.
Positive aspects of imagination (often linked to faith & hope)
- Faith as evidence of unseen things: Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as “the evidence of things not seen,” suggesting imagination is crucial for picturing what God promises.
- God’s limitless ability: Ephesians 3:20 states God can do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,” implying imagination as the starting point for God’s work.
Breakdown of Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able (To de dunameno)- Dunameno implies having the inherent, moral, and functional power to do something. It is the root of “can-do” or “power”.
Beyond all things (Huper panta). Huper means over or beyond, highlighting that God acts above all limitations.
Super abundantly/ far more abundantly (huperekperissou)- this is a compounded word indicating a massive excess- literally “beyond out of measure”.
We ask or think/perceive (aitoumetha e nooumen): Think in the Greek (Nooumen) comes from nous (mind), suggesting not just thoughts, but comprehensive imagination or comprehension
According to the power that worketh (kata ten dunamin ten energoumenen) – Energeo means to be active, efficient or effective.
In us (en hemin)- this indicates the location of this power- not just external but actively operating within believers.
- Meditation/Visualisation: Hebrew words like hagah (meditate/imagine) in Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1:2 link imagining God’s law with godly living.
- Hope: Imagination is described as the spiritual womb for hope, conceiving what God’s Word says, with faith bringing it to birth.
How to use imagination according to scripture
- Guard your mind: Focus on things above (Colossians 3:2) and cast down thoughts that oppose God’s knowledge (2 Corinthians 10:5).
- Fill it with God’s promises: Use imagination to envision God’s unlimited possibilities and promises to overcome spiritual strongholds.
- See with spiritual eyes: Allow God to enlighten the “eyes of your heart” to understand His hope and inheritance (Ephesians 1:17-18)
Towards the end of the broadcast, I taught on imagination from a psychological perspective, and I talked about how Imagination shapes the Brain and Subconscious mind
Catch the replay here- https://bit.ly/4sTDD0P
Prayer: Father in the name of Jesus, I thank You for this message. Lord, I commit my mind into Your holy Hands. Father, I pray release your healing balm over my mind. Lord, demolish and destroy the fortresses surrounding my mind, preventing me from receiving, imagining and perceiving the life that You have created for me. Father, I pray an Ephesians 3:20 blessing over my mind and life in the name of Jesus Christ. Where the enemy has released captivity against my mind, Father, I speak freedom over my mind in the name of Jesus. Lord, I thank You that who the son sets free is free indeed, and freedom is my portion. I walk in my freedom, and I claim every blessing with my name on it in Jesus mighty name I pray amen.
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Be Blessed….









