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God has really been dealing with my heart lately about my thoughts.
It seems everywhere I look, everything I read, and everything I listen to reminds me to evaluate the thoughts I am having.
I wish I could say I always have positive thoughts, however that isn’t the case.
Sometimes, ok maybe a lot of times, I get busy working, and I get in deep thought.
Well, sort of deep thought. What I mean by that is, I will have tons of thoughts running through my mind, although I am really not paying any attention to what I am thinking. Unfortunately, most of these thoughts are negative.
Before I know it my mood has changed. Usually, I feel angry or down in the dumps after allowing my mind to go on like this. Sometimes I even become stressed, anxious, and fearful all because of what I have been thinking.
Whenever my thoughts make me stressed, I have a bad habit of grabbing food. It usually isn’t food that is good for me.
It is not healthy for me to allow my mind to wander into negative thinking.
The Lord knows when I fall into this way of thinking I am doing damage to both my physical health and spiritual health.
So, He places things in front of me to get my attention. And, lately those are the things I mentioned earlier. Everywhere I look, whatever I read, and whatever I listen to He is constantly speaking to me about taking every thought captive.
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I am sure I am not the only person who struggles with negative thoughts.
So many negative things happen in the world each day. It makes it easy to dwell on the negative instead of the positive.
One thing to remember, negative thoughts are not from God.
After reading 2 Corinthians 10:5, I realize I need to be intentional about what I am thinking. This is the only way I can take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ.
The negative thought pattern is hard to break. Especially if you have been negative a really long time, or if you are in an environment each day with people who are negative.
The only way to break this negative thought pattern is to renew your mind.
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You must first take every thought captive and pay attention to what you are thinking. Throw out every thought that is negative. Again, remember, the negative thoughts are not from God.
I believe one of the best things we can do for ourselves is have positive thoughts.
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Every time a negative thought tries to pop in your head, say no! I am not thinking negative thoughts today. Then, be intentional about having positive thoughts.
This just might change your mood too! However, instead of your mood turning to anger, sadness, anxious, or fear, it just might turn to happiness and joy! All because you are renewing your mind and changing your thought pattern from negative to positive.
Now, we know it is hard to break bad habits, so when this gets hard don’t forget to turn the One who renews all things, Jesus Christ! And give him praise for all He has done.
Have a blessed day!!
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