Your Thoughts Pt 2 :Capture

"...and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2Cor 10:5

Today it's another of my fave passages. If you know me, I've probably quoted it to you a dozen times! The Bible says we have to take our thinking and make it captive to Jesus. The thoughts that aren't Christ-centered cannot stand to be in His presence long BUT all too often we don't even police those thoughts! We allow anything and everything to waltz right in, do a jig and then take up residence! When you study the Greek behind this passage, "taking captive" literally means to lead away at spear-point!

 That's what you need to do. When a thought comes to say "you're ugly!", lead it by spear-point! When a thought comes to say "you're a sinner you don't deserve blessing"…bring out that spear! When a thought tries to entertain you with "I'll never succeed", "nobody likes me", "I'm a failure" - spear! Spear! SPEAR! Speak over those thoughts and say "In Jesus Name GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!" - If you commit to this, those thoughts won't last long and soon you'll start thinking the way Jesus already does about you. Then you'll start living the way the Bible promises you should! All starts with the thoughts...

This week commit yourself to prayer and reading God's word with this in mind.

1. Start with Worship
2. Surrender
3. Pray with confidence
4.Make it a relationship and not an obligation