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WalkByFaith

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Hey,
Wow this is kind of hard to explain.... ok..... well its like this a lot of times its like my thoughts are not my own..... Like I'll be thinking something about someone and it will just be nasty or when I talking to somone and these sentences will pop into my head and lets just say they arnt very Christian.... I don't act on them and I really don't want them everytime I have one of those toughts I am just like where did that come from and have to try and force it out...It's like my head is on a different page than my heart is a lot of times you know? and I don't know how to keep my head where my heart is......... any suggestions would be appreciated thx....
 

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you sound pretty much like any average person! We all struggle with combatting fleshly thoughts about people, don't think that there is something strange about you.

More and more as we seek to serve the Lord and endeavour to be more Christlike in our daily lives, we find that we can choose to think differently, if we want to.

Sometimes i have a really horrid thought about someone or something and i just push it immediately from my mind and i ask for the Lords forgiveness and then i force myself to think something positive about that person instead. The more you get used to doing that, the easier it becomes.
 
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I believe satan attacks us where he knows he can he wants to distract us, there is a passage that says if we ask Jesus he will rebuke satan for us, help us in our battle. This is my biggest battle, my mind, so I know how you feel, when I am feeling attacked the most I just start praising God loudly in my mind, keep fighting if satan stops trying to sabatoge you thats when you have to be worried because it means you are not a threat.
 
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Sometimes I have thoughts too, and I think, where in the world did that come from!?! But what I have learned is not to dwell on the thought. I just try and let it pass through my mind. I try to replace it quickly with another thought, or I will just say a little prayer to God for Him to help me to get my head back on track.
 
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