Overcoming Impulses

 

Job 10:17 states; changes and war are ever with me.

John 10:10 states; The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy.

Kill and war go hand in hand and one way to aid in overcoming, is to have a disciplined mind, for war isn’t just on the killing field, but war rages in our own minds too.

Scrambled thinking, lack of focus, depression, worry, anxiety. All of this can be overcome, by following God’s word and acting on what you’ve read.

Without a disciplined mind, our thoughts wander all over the place and we lack direction, strategies and staying power. When your impulses are in control, rather than your intention, it’s easy to become distracted.

When your mind is tuned to God’s word and His ways, you’re more easily able to set your intention and work towards it. God’s word is the secret to self-control.

If you truly want to change your life, you need to change your thinking. You cannot come at a new lifestyle without a new thought pattern. Our minds tend to remain stuck in repeated thought paradigms and often those templates are negative.

The power a thought has over you, is the power you give it. What you think about, you bring about and your most dominant thought will control your life. When you throw those negative thoughts to the wind, rather than indulging them, you’ll find yourself in a happier space.

Some of those thoughts are tremendously deep rooted and hard to stifle, especially if you’ve held them long term. At first you may want to have written reminders placed throughout your home and place of employment, until the changed thought pattern becomes automatic.

Replace negative words with positive affirmations. Read your bible daily and believe what God tells you, for God’s word is truth and if you stick with it long enough, you will see a change in your life, in your health, in your behaviour, in your relationships and in your finances.

You have to not only read the word, but you need to do what it tells you, if you want to see change.

The bible tells you to think on what’s pure and lovely. It tells you to put a few dollars away each week, for future generations. It tells you to pray, to take hold of your thoughts, to forgive, to love, to be a light for others and much, much more besides.

So, take the word of God seriously. Read His word daily. Let the peace of God take you on a journey and transcend your understanding, making crooked paths straight. Believe The Word - do what that word is telling you to do and watch your life change.