Taking Your Thoughts Captive | Marriage Today | Jimmy Evans

second Corinthians ten we though we walk in the flesh we do not war according the flesh for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled the weapons of our warfare are taking the war fairs in our minds this is Golgotha Jesus died on Golgotha this is the place of a skull and Satan attacks us just like Adam and Eve just like he did Peter he attacks us in our mind because whoever controls our mind controls us and if we're not freeing our minds we're not free and these arguments these high things in our minds that exalt themselves these strongholds that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God we have to take them captive we have to take these thoughts into obedience to Christ and that means every thought in my mind I'm gonna compare it to what God says to me and this is my final point express your agreement with God's Word confess God's work when God began to speak to me that I was a blessing and not a burden I had to begin to say it with my mouth I'm a blessing and not a burden I'm a blessing and not a burden and when I began to agree I had to put faith in what God was saying because I knew it was true but my heart didn't agree with it because of the pain of my past and so express your agreement what does God say about me and here's the issue you may be saying to yourself I'll never succeed well you know I've done too much for God to forgive me and all those kinds of things but what does God say about you here's your my 29:11 and I love this scripture because the context of it God says I know my thoughts that I think toward you now the reason I love that scripture is have you ever been in an argument with someone trying to tell you what you're thinking a woman excuse me not I'm not no no I didn't mean that I didn't mean that Karen's gone and I feel real bold so but have you ever been an argument so they're just telling you what you see and you see you don't know what I'm thinking you're telling what I'm thinking Jeremiah 29:11 they're telling God what he's thinking you don't love us you forsaken us what have you done with us and I love the context I know the thoughts that I think toward you tell me what I'm thinking thoughts of good and not evil to give you a future and a hope Psalm 139 says that the day you were created in your mother's womb that God had so many thoughts about you they couldn't be numbered they're more than the sand on the seashore God in detail planned out your life and every thought was a good thought and nothing the devil has done is canceled out God's good plan and regardless of where you are in life God can get you back on the path in a short period of time what does God say about me what does God say and you have to agree with them you have to begin to confess them whatever it's been done to you in line God doesn't throw away people you haven't done too much that God can't use you you're gonna be successful if you obey God people may have told you that you wouldn't be successful you may have been sitting somewhere in a funeral and the devil said to you if God loves you then why would he allow this to happen listen I don't understand everything about God but I don't want a God so small that I can understand these but in those times in life that that life is beyond our ability to comprehend we simply have to say blessed be the name of the Lord blessed be I don't understand this I don't understand this but blessed be the name of the Lord let me tell you something after living as long as I've lived there were things that I didn't understand 30 years ago and I stand here today and I say blessed be the name of the Lord because he did it and it all worked out for his good blessed be the name of the Lord don't let the devil camp out in your brain don't let the devil use pain as an opportunity to slither up and whisper a lie that's gonna ruin your life and all of us have done it all of us have done it innocently because we just don't know how to deal with these kind of issues people don't typically teach us this kind of stuff and so pain accumulates in our hurt pocket and that hurt in that pain becomes a place of darkness for the devil to come and whisper thoughts and lies that keep us in bondage and Jesus said you'll know the truth and the truth will make you free God loves you your life is precious he can use you and regardless of what has happened in your life he can redeem it and he will redeem it but he can only work with truth thank you for watching marriage today with Jimmy & Karen support marriage today with your best gift and receive the series of hurt pocket looking for your next great book start reading instantly with marriage today's ebooks now available online follow your interests and get social by 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Keywords: thoughts, taking thoughts captive, temptation, hurt, pain, grief, trauma, sadness, depression, marriage, divorce, relationships, counseling, Christian, relationship help, Jimmy Evans, The Hurt Pocket, When Life Hurts

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Length: 5min 48sec (348 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 23 2013