SCRIPTURE: 2Corinthians (NIV) 10:3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
OBSERVATION: Often the toughest strongholds to overcome are the arguments and pretenses in the mind. If not careful, a person can become a captive of thought processes that hurt them. Their thoughts can control their feelings and then their actions. Those thoughts must be taken “captive.” The mind becomes a battlefield.
APPLICATION: The biggest battle I will fight today will be in my mind. I am not a mind, but I have a mind. With God’s help, I must take control of my thoughts. I cannot set myself to stop thinking about something, but I can set myself to start thinking about something else. It seems to me that the way the mind works, I cannot stop thinking about something by trying to stop thinking about it. I must start thinking about something else. The strategy is “thought replacement.” Replace thoughts about your big problem with thoughts about your big God! The Bible never tells me how to feel but often tells me how to think. I must choose my thoughts and then use my thoughts.
Singing praise and worship songs is a good way to replace harmful thoughts with thoughts that will build you up. As we build HIM up in our thoughts, He strengthens and builds us up!
PRAYER: Lord, today I choose to think about how great you are. I choose to think about how you are more than able to help me…and you are also willing! I am blest! Amen.
Pastor Leon
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