Bad Thoughts? How Do We Deal With This?

“For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].” This verse helps us go toe to toe with getting rid of the thoughts we want out of our heads. While we confess this scripture out loud over and over again, the bad thoughts eventually leave. Two things must be intact, first we must believe the words of God will come to pass when coming out of the faith filled believing mouth. Second, we should remove ourselves from the people or situations that induce those bad thoughts. We are constantly being inundated with controlling forces of agitating spirits and mortal conflicts. Once you’ve chosen a side, meaning giving your whole self to the Lord, because with Him it’s mostly all or nothing at all. If you are lukewarm He will spit you out (Revelation 3:16). There’s no in between, you’re gonna serve something or someone, you just don’t think you are because you’ve been in it for so long, we were created to serve, govern and rule. The issue can be, some people want to use you in this way. And we wonder why we pick up unnecessary bad thoughts which is self inflicted because of your affiliations. If you can find them, but they’re out there, try being affiliated with people that are true, noble, are in right standing with God, are of a pure way about themselves, lovely, and admirable. The struggle is real, but Jesus overcame the struggles of our lives long ago.