Let God’s Love Drive Your Thoughts

In last week’s blog post, I talked about how our thoughts are powerful and the importance of keeping them under control. Reading through all the comments that were left last week, apparently I’m not the only one who has struggled with that!

Oh how moving it was to read each and every comment, and catch a glimpse into the minds of so many of you who so sweetly shared your inner struggles.  Life is just hard, isn’t it?  But as the old saying goes, we don’t have to let life make our hearts hard as a result. Instead, we can ask God to intervene in our thoughts, and become the boss of the playground of our mind.

I know that is easier said than done, and sometimes I find myself getting discouraged even more when I can’t seem to shake the temptation to focus on negative thinking. But with God, all things are possible, including keeping our minds in check.

Don’t you love the verse Matthew 7:7 which says “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”  God doesn’t only want us to ask for our physical needs to be met, but also our spiritual and emotional needs. His Word encourages us to make every thought captive to Him – but He knew we would need His strength and intervention to do so, so He told us to ask for help.

Friends, so many of you shared such deep pain from things that happened to you in the past, or situations you are currently going through, which have damaged your self esteem or caused your thought life to be stained from hurt.  I want to encourage you today to pray for God to help you break the stronghold the enemy has in your thought life, and let today not only be the start of a new week, but the start of a new optimistic way of thinking that is fueled by God’s love for you.

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If you’d like to read more about the topic of controlling our thoughts, click over and read my Proverbs 31 devotion from a couple years ago called Your Thoughts Have Wheels. 

 

2 Comments

  1. Laura Bostic on Friday, May 23, 2014 at 9:18 am

    What a tremendous blessing your devotion was to me today. After a night with little sleep and while I sit in the doctors office awaiting some tests I am reminded of my greatest joy…my children. They are now 22, 29 and 17. One a college grad, one will be a jr in college in the fall and my baby will be a sr in high school. There were those days that I thought I would strangle them. Where I couldn’t wait until their dad got home. But God provided a godly example of a mother in an older friend. It was amazing how she would call on those days I thought I had had enough. She would remind me that the house would be dirty again and that I should take the time to sit in the floor and play. She had a tremendous amount of great parenting advice. She has gone on to be with The Lord and I know He said well done my faithful servant! Now seeing the seasons of my parenting life change I have used that same advice to mentor to younger mothers. Just as we are directed by God as older women to mentor younger women I pray that as I enjoy the next season in my children’s life I hope and pray I can be a Godly exple of a mother to younger women in my life. God bless you in your ministry and thank you for bringing a smile to my face!



  2. Stacy Fortenberry on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 8:52 am

    I so desire to rest in Him. This world is so crazy-full of reasons to fear. Isaiah 26:3 is how I want to live-mind stayed on Him.
    Thank you for sharing! I find comfort knowing I’m not in this worry-battle alone.
    Blessings &peace,
    Stacy



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