Discipline
your mind; otherwise it will be out of control. You cannot just think whatever
falls into your mind. You must take every thought captive into the obedience of
Christ. What are your thoughts generally like? Do you just allow whatever comes
to your mind and start believing it and then eventually feeling it?
Every minute
we have about 38 thoughts. That means we have a different thought every 1.2
seconds. The average person has about 50,000 thoughts per day. What we choose
to accept as truth in our thoughts, we will eventually begin to feel that way. Our thoughts are powerful and they can
encourage us or destroy us. The battlefield is in the mind, and that is where
satan plants his seeds. As these “seeds” are planted into your mind, do you
water the seeds and let them take root?
You cannot
help how you feel, but you can choose what you think and in turn what you
choose to think about will affect how you feel. Your thoughts produce feelings.
What are you agreeing with when the enemy plants a seed in your mind? It could
be a seed of doubt or a seed of fear. Do you agree with what enters in your
mind, because you believe it must be true if It is in your mind? Your feelings
are deceptive and cannot be trusted.
We must discipline
our minds not only to take every thought captive but also to replace the
negative mind-set with positive, faith-filled thoughts. If you have a negative
mind-set and you take every thought captive, you might be taking a lot of
thoughts captive in the beginning. If we on estimate have 38 thoughts per
minute and most of them are negative we will be up for a challenge. However, in
time you can break this habit if you keep at it and totally rely on God’s help.
God cares
about what we are thinking about because what we think about eventually becomes
what we do. Our rotten thinking will eventually become our rotten attitudes. We
will become what we think. Our thoughts are tied to our behavior. Most of us
just think about whatever comes into our minds. Is your mind like a wilderness?
All over the place and barren, not producing anything of value.
We are to
have the mind of Christ, and any thoughts contrary to the Word of God we must
get rid of immediately.
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