Thursday, September 6, 2007

How Do We Control Unwanted Thoughts?

Most of us have the problem that, from time to time, we are troubled by the encroachment into our minds of thoughts that we really do not want. Getting rid of them, however, can be a protracted problem and we therefore need the help of Scripture to deal with them.

Enlisting The Help Of Paul
In 2 Corinthians 10:3 - 5 Paul says:

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (NIV)

Anyone in a fight needs weapons of some sort. So in View the rest of this article


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