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tells us. See that tells me

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that my life... is going to

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go in the direction of my

1:58

most prominent thoughts. Those thoughts that

2:00

I allow to linger in my...

2:02

mind and then drop down and

2:04

take root in my heart. You

2:07

see if we're going to be

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everything that God intended us to

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be, we've got to take captive

2:13

the things that are going on

2:15

in our mind, the thoughts that

2:17

are ruling our life. You see

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we have to take captive of

2:21

these thoughts because we don't want

2:24

these thoughts pushing us around. We

2:26

want to push our thoughts around.

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We want our life to go

2:30

in the direction. of our thoughts.

2:32

So what does that mean? That

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means we have to be on

2:36

guard about what we're thinking about.

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Listen, do you want your life

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to go in a certain direction?

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Start thinking that direction. Start pushing

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your life that way, but the

2:47

thoughts you're thinking. If you need

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victory today, you need to start

2:51

thinking overcoming thoughts. If there's some

2:53

areas in your life where you

2:55

feel defeated, you feel down, start

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thinking overcoming thoughts. Start saying, if

3:00

God be for me, who dare

3:02

be against me? He overcame so

3:04

that I can overcome. In fact,

3:06

he's called me more than a

3:08

conqueror in Christ Jesus. You see,

3:10

we've got to learn to recognize

3:12

those thoughts that are trying to

3:14

defeat us. God wants us to

3:17

know that there are strategies and

3:19

schemes that want to come against

3:21

us so that we can't fulfill

3:23

our destiny. Maybe you have low

3:25

self-esteem. Somebody's a planet. a seed

3:27

of thought in your life, and

3:29

it's built itself up, and it's

3:31

grown. You can change that. You

3:34

can change your life by changing

3:36

your thoughts. But it's up to

3:38

you and I. See, no one

3:40

can change our thoughts for us.

3:42

They can tell us all day

3:44

that we can do it. They

3:46

can tell us that, you know,

3:48

we have the talent that God

3:51

is for us, but until we

3:53

take responsibility. But what's

3:55

going on in our thought life

3:57

will never get to the places

3:59

that we want to be. Fear,

4:02

anxiety, worry, those feelings that frustrate

4:04

us and cause us to just

4:06

react in the wrong way. They

4:09

try to control our lives. You

4:11

see that is only because that's

4:13

what we're thinking about. We can't

4:16

have conversations with fear, anxiety. We

4:18

can't talk to worry. We've got

4:21

to push it out. We've got

4:23

to push it out. Don't pull

4:25

up a chair and have a

4:28

conversation with all these thoughts that

4:30

are trying to drag you down.

4:32

You have the final say. See,

4:35

the thoughts that are most commonplace

4:37

in our mind, you know what

4:39

happens? We dwell on them, we

4:42

think about them, and they sink

4:44

down into our hearts. They become

4:46

part of who we are. See,

4:49

we can be doing something, but

4:51

thinking about something else. Our mind

4:53

is just on autopilot. It just

4:56

goes. It goes, it goes, it

4:58

goes. And we allow all these

5:00

thoughts to swirl in our head

5:03

without thinking about what we're thinking

5:05

about. We have to guard our

5:08

thoughts. We have to guard it

5:10

so that we can protect our

5:12

heart. The Bible says above all

5:15

else, guard your heart. Guard your

5:17

heart. Guard your heart because out

5:19

of it comes... the issues of

5:22

life. It says it like this

5:24

in one version, because everything you

5:26

do flows from your heart. You

5:29

see, if you allow the wrong

5:31

thoughts to linger, they'll drop down

5:33

to your heart and they'll create

5:36

an attitude and a perspective that

5:38

you don't want. It's hard enough.

5:40

Life is difficult enough. There's too

5:43

many things coming at us to

5:45

approach it. with the wrong perspective.

5:47

See, God didn't say that this

5:50

life was going to be easy.

5:52

He didn't say I'm going to

5:54

roll out the red carpet and

5:57

you can walk on it in

5:59

flowery beds of ease. He says

6:02

no in this life you're going

6:04

to have some trouble. But be

6:06

a good cheer. Be a good

6:09

thought. Be a good thought for

6:11

I have overcome the world. You

6:13

can think about that cheer. Be

6:16

a good thought. have overcome the

6:18

world. God is saying don't allow

6:20

your thoughts to run rampant. Think

6:23

about what you're thinking about because

6:25

that's the direction your life is

6:27

going to take. Don't let thoughts

6:30

push you around. You begin to

6:32

push your thoughts around. This is

6:34

an example of how we can

6:37

develop attitudes. Okay, so your husband

6:39

does something that you don't like.

6:41

You begin to think about it.

6:44

You're really frustrated you're washing the

6:46

dishes and you're thinking about it.

6:49

You're folding the clothes and you're

6:51

thinking about it. You're putting his

6:53

socks away, thinking he should be

6:56

putting his own socks away. A

6:58

little while later, a couple days

7:00

later, he does it again. You

7:03

roll your eyes. You say this

7:05

is never going to change. He's

7:07

always going to be like this.

7:10

He makes me crazy. Then you

7:12

start building this critical attitude. Become

7:14

a crazy woman. You start building.

7:17

This critical attitude towards him. See

7:19

that's an attitude. It's been here

7:21

so long, it's something down in

7:24

our hearts, now we're formulating an

7:26

attitude. And we carry that attitude

7:28

with us. So every time they

7:31

do something, we measure their performance

7:33

by this attitude. And it permeates

7:36

our entire relationship. You know, the

7:38

psychologists say that we project what's

7:40

on the inside of us onto

7:43

others. It's called projection You think

7:45

someone doesn't like you you begin

7:47

to project that You begin to

7:50

to to flow from that space

7:52

in that place that you've allowed

7:54

to take root in your heart

7:57

You know some of you may

7:59

have some thoughts that have haunted

8:01

you all your life? Maybe it

8:04

wasn't your fault. Maybe someone planted

8:06

the wrong seed in your heart

8:08

Can I tell you you can

8:11

uproot that? You can change your

8:13

heart because you don't live under

8:15

a curse. You live under the

8:18

blessing of God. You can change

8:20

the direction of your life by

8:23

changing the direction of your thoughts.

8:25

You see, when you're thinking about

8:27

how much your husband irritates you,

8:30

he does it again. You know,

8:32

you have to say, okay, where's

8:34

this thought coming from? How can

8:37

I measure my thought? When you

8:39

feel frustration, when you feel anxiety

8:41

confusion, listen, those aren't God's thoughts.

8:44

God says where there is anxiety,

8:46

frustration, confusing, there is every form

8:48

of evil. What that means is

8:51

the enemy is coming in trying

8:53

to confuse you, get you off

8:55

track, take you down the wrong

8:58

road. You see it may start

9:00

small, but it can end big.

9:02

And that's his plan. You think

9:05

about this, just a minute. Here,

9:07

you've destroyed some relationships in your

9:09

life, and it started with one

9:12

thought. One thought created an attitude

9:14

that brought confusion and evil into

9:17

your life. Above all else. That

9:19

sounds serious to me. That sounds

9:21

like a priority. That sounds like

9:24

something that we better be attentive

9:26

to. We better watch out if

9:28

we're going to live the life

9:31

God. created us to live. Now

9:33

how do we measure our thoughts?

9:35

I mean, you know, I think

9:38

all kinds of thoughts. How do

9:40

I how do I reel them

9:42

in? You see, thoughts will come

9:45

all day long, all kinds of

9:47

thoughts. The thing is we get

9:49

to choose the thoughts we want

9:52

to keep. We get to choose

9:54

the thoughts we want to draw

9:56

close to us, that we want

9:59

to build our attitude on, to

10:01

have our perspective, to see our

10:04

life through, to filter. We get

10:06

to choose those thoughts, but God's

10:08

given us guidelines to measure those

10:11

thoughts. He doesn't even, we don't

10:13

even have to guess how to

10:15

do it. He's already told us

10:18

in Philippians for A. He says

10:20

to think on these things. Whatever

10:22

is right? Whatever is right in

10:25

the eyes of God, pleasing to

10:27

him. Noble, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent,

10:29

praiseworthy. These are the things that

10:32

we're supposed to think on. See,

10:34

we're not going to naturally think

10:36

on these things. It's like programming

10:39

your computer. When you go and

10:41

you put all your information in

10:43

your computer, you know, then your

10:46

computer is useful to you. You

10:48

can pull up what you need.

10:51

When you begin to put God

10:53

thoughts or power thoughts in your

10:55

mind, it's like you're programming your

10:58

mind So when you need those

11:00

thoughts, there's something to pull up

11:02

When you put the good in

11:05

the good will come out That's

11:07

the key. God has said measure

11:09

your thoughts Don't put your mind

11:12

on autopilot. Hey, if it's not

11:14

pleasing if it's not good if

11:16

it's not excellent people in your

11:19

life are doing all the right

11:21

things, but you can change the

11:23

atmosphere in your mind when you're

11:26

thinking the right thoughts. See, God

11:28

has given you the power to

11:30

think his thoughts and to create

11:33

your life around those thoughts. You

11:35

can't control anyone else, but you

11:38

can surely control what you think.

11:40

You can control your attitudes. You

11:42

can control the filters that you

11:45

use. And that's the key. If

11:47

your life is not going in

11:49

the direction that you want today,

11:52

I encourage you, push your thoughts

11:54

on the... direction that you want.

11:56

God says he wants to renew

11:59

and transform your life and it

12:01

can start today. The renewing and

12:03

the transformation can take place as

12:06

soon as you choose the thoughts

12:08

you want to think. So I

12:10

encourage you today. Know that God

12:13

is for you. He's giving you

12:15

an outline for what you need

12:17

to do. Create possibilities in your

12:20

mind. Don't go out with this

12:22

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12:24

coming year to let your thoughts

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12:29

begin to push your thoughts around.

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12:39

see anything happening. Thoughts tell us

12:41

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