Sometimes..I find myself dwelling on certain..negative things that have either happened a moment before or 5 years ago. And sometimes..without even being consciously aware..I just let every detail of the event churn in my mind..for..minutes..hours..days.
Sometimes, our greatest enemy..is ourselves and what we allow to replay on 'loop' in our thoughts. Our thoughts..can affect our feelings. Our feelings..can affect our attitude. Our attitude..can affect our actions. For the record, I am not immune to this negative loop that I allow to replay on repeat.
I think..we need to pause, step back, and get out of our heads and just..get into His Word. There are many ways to get into His Word. But why even read His Word in the first place? It's is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. It's a source of comfort, and hope. The Word was with God and the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. So the Word..is a source of truth amidst the lies of the enemy, amidst the attacks of the enemy/spiritual oppression, amidst whatever anyone said about you or thought about you, or did to you.
So what kind of thoughts are you allowing into your mind? Are they toxic.. do you let negative thoughts keep churning? Do you start your day off right by filling it with God's Word? His truths? His love, comfort, encouragement for you? Or do you start them off with yesterdays events? Or with the events that happened years ago? You are the guardkeeper of your mind. Guard your thoughts. Fight back. Fight those lies back with the truth of God. Let the truth of God shout LOUDER than the lies of the enemy.
Sometimes, our greatest enemy..is ourselves and what we allow to replay on 'loop' in our thoughts. Our thoughts..can affect our feelings. Our feelings..can affect our attitude. Our attitude..can affect our actions. For the record, I am not immune to this negative loop that I allow to replay on repeat.
I think..we need to pause, step back, and get out of our heads and just..get into His Word. There are many ways to get into His Word. But why even read His Word in the first place? It's is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness. It's a source of comfort, and hope. The Word was with God and the Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. So the Word..is a source of truth amidst the lies of the enemy, amidst the attacks of the enemy/spiritual oppression, amidst whatever anyone said about you or thought about you, or did to you.
So what kind of thoughts are you allowing into your mind? Are they toxic.. do you let negative thoughts keep churning? Do you start your day off right by filling it with God's Word? His truths? His love, comfort, encouragement for you? Or do you start them off with yesterdays events? Or with the events that happened years ago? You are the guardkeeper of your mind. Guard your thoughts. Fight back. Fight those lies back with the truth of God. Let the truth of God shout LOUDER than the lies of the enemy.
