So many things run through my mind, as does every woman's mind in a split second, much less all throughout the day! Laundry, children, husbands, errands, grocery list, family, school, homework, dinner...and oh yeah...my devotion time. Unfortunately, it runs in that order for me sometimes, and I am confident most of you can sympathize with this! Have you ever really thought about how much does run through your mind....how much of it is positive? How much of it is negative? Unfortunately, our natural temptation is to think negatively...it doesn't take any effort. Effort comes into play when we grasp positive thoughts.
Joyce Meyer states, "Positive minds full of faith and hope produce positive lives. The opposite is also true; negative minds full of fear and doubt produce negative lives, which can ultimately destroy your life". In my personal struggles today, I am examining how many times my innate nature is to be negative, and boy, is it a lot! When I am at wits end, I think negative, when I am frustrated with a loved one, I think negative, when I have had enough with all the children, I think negative.
Why do you think we do that? In my opinion, it is because of sin in our lives...Isaiah 64:6 says, "We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, that are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind". Romans 3:23 states, "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God". Ultimately, what does all of this mean?
It means that we are forgiven, we are made whole, and we can effortlessly come to know Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior...does this mean we automatically forget our negative nature? NOPE! We have to train our minds to not go that way!!! We fight things in our mind every single day...every second of the day...so how do we decide to change our way of stinkin' thinking'? We take a stand and say: "I'll never give up! God's on my side. He loves me, and He's helping me! I'm going to make it" (Joyce Meyer).
I am trying every single day to rewire my brain. Time and time again I fail, but I know that God is the master healer and fixer! Discouragement is not my nature, I want to learn to think in a Godly spirit and gradually I will develop His way of thinking, naturally. This does not mean that I will not ever, never, ever have a negative thought, but this does mean that when I have a negative thought or idea, I will bow on my knees and ask my heavenly father for forgiveness and healing. I do not want to ever stop trying, nor do I want to give up on my brain, I just want to reprogram it to do better!
Let me pray for you today.
Father in Heaven,
Bless my friends that are reading this right now.
Give them the courage to reprogram their brains to be deterred from negative thinking.
Whatever they are facing or experiencing in their lives right now, give them the strength to face it positively, full force, unwilling to give up on what your desires and expectations are for us as Christians.
If there is any one that is reading this now that does not know you as their Savior,
Lord, I pray that you allow my words to touch their heart,
That they feel the power of your hands on them as I pray for your guidance and expectations for my life to be positively influenced.
In your name I pray,
AMEN!
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