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Many do not realize it, but we can choose our thoughts. Nobody can make us think about something. God would not do it and the enemy cannot do it. You decide what you will entertain in your mind. Simply because the enemy plants a negative, discouraging though in your brain does not mean you have to water it, nurture it, coddle it and help it to grow.
No, you can choose to cast it down and dismiss it from your mind. Your mind is similar to a giant computer in that your brain stores every thought you have ever had. That is encouraging when you are trying to find your car keys, but it not such good news when you consider the amount of foul language, ungodly concepts and other negative input with which we are inundated every day of our lives. Nevertheless, simply because a destructive thought is stored in your mental computer does not mean you have to pull it up and run it can the man screen of your mind.
If you make that mistake and star dwelling on it, that thought will affect your emotions, your attitudes and if you continue to give it free rein in your mind, it will inevitably affect your actions. You will be much more prone to discouragement and depressing and if you continue pondering that negative though, it holds the potential to sap the energy and strength right out of you. You will lose your motivation to more forward in a positive direction.
The more we dwell on the enemy’s lies, the more garbage we willingly allow him to dump into our minds. It is as though we have flung the door wide open and put up a sign that reads. Trash goes here.
Anyone can be temporarily discouraged and depressed. Life is tough and it sometimes takes a toll on us. We all get knocked down occasionally. But you need not remain down. If you are depressed, you must understand, nobody is making you depressed. If you are not happy, nobody is forcing you to be unhappy. If you are negative and you have a bad attitude, nobody’s coercing you to be bored, uncooperative, sarcastic or sullen. You are choosing to remain in that condition and the first step out of the mess is to recognize that the only person who can improve the situation is you.
We must take responsibility for our own actions. As long as we keep making excuses and blaming the family tree, our environment, past relationships with other people, our circumstances and attributing blame to God, Satan, anyone or anything, we will never be truly free and emotanlly healthy. We must realize that to a large extent, we can control our own destinies.
Some people say, well, my circumstances have me down. You just do not know what I am going through.
Actually your circumstances do not have you down. Your thoughts about your circumstance have you down. On the other hand, you can be in one of the biggest battles of your life and still be filled with joy and peace and victory, if you simply learn how to choose the right thoughts. It is time to think about what you are timing about.
