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this is your brain // Monday E-Devotion

I like the old commercial..."this is your brain...this is your brain on drugs."  It relates to my thoughts for the day.  When we let our brains be filled with junk it kind of looks like that brain on drugs.  Get the picture?
 
2 Corinthians 10:5  (nasb) --- We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
 
Ever struggle with your thoughts and your mind?  Often I think that I am loosing my mind, but that is not what I am talking about.  There are thoughts that come in and some even stay.  They lead us to doubt, hurt, hurt others and even toward sin.  So what do we do with those dangerous thoughts?
 
Fact is, God has given us His Word, the Bible, as a tool to battle these thought patterns that are deadly.  The verse above implores the Christian, you and me, to let God capture the thoughts that don't come from Him and that don't glorify Him.  It is not easy, but this is His way.  Our minds ought to be a place of peace and guiding us into MORE peace.  It shouldn't guide us to destructive thinking and acting.
 
Think about it!
 
Philippians 4:8 (nlt) ---  And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
 
1 Peter 1:3 (esv) --- Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
 
My plan is to spend a great deal of my study time this week looking at thought patterns as it relates to family and relationships.  Remember one important fact: Satan's goal is to DESTROY your life and your family.  Are we going to let Him?  The place he most often starts is in our minds.
 
Listen up, you and I have to give him the right to do that.  But God has given us the stuff we need to think right and to have awesome, purpose filled life.  Let God take your brain and work it into His best!

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