freely again and his heart no longer felt constricted. Strengthened by the Word, he began to see the Lord with him always. He began to see himself full of health and protected from harm. Derek was completely healed and released from all his fears as he began to replace the wrong mental movies that he had been playing in his mind with the right ones.
Beloved, God’s thoughts are greater than the devil’s thoughts. His light is greater than any darkness. You’ll put an end to the enemy’s days of using fear to torment you and manipulate your thoughts when you, like Derek, turn on the light of God’s Word and allow it to shine upon you and whatever negative situation you may be in. Let His Word anchor you in His love, strengthen your heart, and paint the right pictures for your breakthrough and an amazing future.
Today’s Thought
When I allow the light of God’s Word to shine upon me and my situation, dark thoughts, fears, and evil imaginations cannot continue to stay in my mind.
Today’s Prayer
Father, thank You for revealing the power of Your Word to me today. Thank You for reminding me that You will never leave me nor forsake me. Thank You that that is the truth no matter how bad the darkness around me may seem. Your Word is truth and it is greater than any darkness that may threaten to consume me. In the days to come, help me grow in the knowledge of Your Word and what it says about Your love for me. I believe that even now, the Word that I have just read about You is dispelling every dark and negative thought in my mind, and putting Your thoughts and Your pictures of faith in my heart. Amen.
The Power of Redeeming Thoughts
Today’s Scripture
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.
P HILIPPIANS 4:8 NLT
W hat mental movies are you playing in your head today? Are they thoughts of defeat and despair or thoughts of victory and favor? Faith is simply saying what God says about you and seeing what God sees in you and your situation.
Remember what I shared in an earlier reading about how it takes a thought to heal a thought? Unlike the world, which teaches you to empty your mind to achieve peace, God’s way is to fill your mind with fresh, powerful, and redeeming thoughts.
The apostle Paul tells us, “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” (Phil. 4:8 NLT ). So it’s not just trying to blot out bad thoughts with your willpower. It takes a thought to replace a thought. It takes a right belief to replace a wrong belief. You need God’s truth to replace the enemy’s lies that have kept you in bondage.
My friend, if a wrong, bad, or negative thought is lodged in your mind today and you can’t seem to shake it, stop trying! Perhaps you’re lying in a hospital bed and can’t help but think of the worst-case scenario. You’re attempting to suppress it, but it’s not working. Well, stop! Stop trying to erase it from your mind. That just won’t work. What you need to do is replace that destructive thought with a thought that’s from God. That’s the only way to deal with a wrong thought and begin the healing process.
Start to meditate on truths such as, “Surely Jesus has borne my sicknesses and carried my pains. The chastisement for my wholeness fell upon Him, andby His stripes I am healed. With long life He will satisfy me” (see Isa. 53:4–5 and Ps. 91:16). Begin to play mental movies of yourself getting well, being discharged from the hospital, having fun with your kids, or going on a nice holiday!
Today’s Thought
Bad thoughts don’t disappear as a result of my willpower. They disappear when they are replaced with thoughts that are from God.
Today’s Prayer
Father, thank You that You haven’t left me on my own to somehow stop all the wrong thoughts and