Today’s Reading: Proverbs 4:1-27
Today’s Word:
Our thoughts matter so much. The thought really does count because what you think determines what you become. Unfortunately, most of us tend to be held captive by toxic thoughts, rather than focusing our thoughts on God’s truth. This week you will read from God’s Word about the dangers of toxic thoughts and how you can replace them with God’s truth.
How have your toxic thoughts negatively affected your life and relationships?
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I have toxic thoughts all day long. I started to take down notes of some of these toxic thoughts and I had to stop myself because I was feeling an open door for Satan to just snowball me into these lies.
Toxic thoughts about:
– My value and worth as a person and to the people I engage in relationships with (my value is in the Lord)
– My ability to be a “good” wife, to help my husband grow into the leader God’s called him to be (my ability to be a great wife is only through the grace of the Lord, and will only help encourage my husband by continually praying over him and seeking wisdom from the Lord and communicating with my husband about his needs)
– My talent as a photographer and what role photography is to play in my life and calling (our gifts and talents are all for a purpose, and I don’t need to know the end goal, or compare myself into failure)
– My appearance/ lack of style in a city where even the least stylish do no style, with style (female, duh.)
– My weight, which feeds the prior (which is a daily ongoing struggle)
…. and the list can go on, and on, and on.
– My ability to be a “good” wife, to help my husband grow into the leader God’s called him to be (my ability to be a great wife is only through the grace of the Lord, and will only help encourage my husband by continually praying over him and seeking wisdom from the Lord and communicating with my husband about his needs)
– My talent as a photographer and what role photography is to play in my life and calling (our gifts and talents are all for a purpose, and I don’t need to know the end goal, or compare myself into failure)
– My appearance/ lack of style in a city where even the least stylish do no style, with style (female, duh.)
– My weight, which feeds the prior (which is a daily ongoing struggle)
…. and the list can go on, and on, and on.
No matter what negative thoughts I have, I need to continue to speak truth into them, to find my value in the LORD and seek Him when my thoughts turn ‘dark’. This of course isn’t easy to do, and sometimes I need a good nudge from my husband who for some reason has ridiculously positive self-esteem.
How have your toxic thoughts negatively affected your life and relationships?
Comparison leaves us small or smug.
It belittles us or another person out of pride.
And it affects everything.
How we interpret interactions, and how we therefore react to said interactions.
If we allow ourselves to feel the love of God and therefore his blessings (ie: the love from my husband).
It fires our emotions out of control and causes instability.
It can keep us from sabbath rest and building community.
And these are all great things Satan wants to keep us from.
It belittles us or another person out of pride.
And it affects everything.
How we interpret interactions, and how we therefore react to said interactions.
If we allow ourselves to feel the love of God and therefore his blessings (ie: the love from my husband).
It fires our emotions out of control and causes instability.
It can keep us from sabbath rest and building community.
And these are all great things Satan wants to keep us from.
Whenever something bothers me I need to be prayerfully intentional about finding the source of this lie. Not analyzing it into reality, but in order to pray over it and if need be have a fellow believer speak truth into my lie.
And talk about it to safe people (like my husband) who can daily pray for me and help me break the strongholds these lies have over my life.
And talk about it to safe people (like my husband) who can daily pray for me and help me break the strongholds these lies have over my life.
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