Stinking Thinking (3)
Saturday October 14, 2017
If we grew up in a dysfunctional family or surrounded ourselves in our addictive lifestyle with individuals who were broken, we likely developed thought patterns that were incorrect and even harmful.
We may have come to believe that when we make a mistake, we are that mistake. When we feel bad, we believe that life is bad and will always be difficult for us. When our unrealistic expectations of what we, or someone else, should do and nothing gets done, we buy into the lie that we are hopeless, no one cares, and life is unfixable. We live in guilt and shame and the unbearable pain of it all. We are vulnerable to the urge to run away and hide in our addiction. Today, God is offering us hope as we change our way of thinking.
Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:2 NLT)
How can we overcome our stinking thinking? We choose to believe that as God fills us with His wisdom and strength we can succeed. We choose to fill our minds with the truth of God’s word as recorded in the Bible, and keep our thoughts focused there. As we do this, we find that our emotions begin to follow the truth of God’s words. Misery gives way to joy. Despair gives way to hope. God is with us. God is for us. God is making a way where we thought there was no way.
We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5 NLT)
As we learn God’s ways and base our reasoning on truth we will progress in thinking correctly and our emotions will follow our thoughts. We will treat any mistakes we make as life’s lessons that will teach us what to avoid. We will embrace truth and build our lives on it.
Prayer: Thank you God that as I turn my will and my life over to Your care, I will grow and prosper for You are faithful to do all that You have promised. Amen
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