WHATEVER! How to Have Victory in Your Thought Life

A Domestic Diva, I’m not, but when I’m cooking for my man, I try to prepare healthy meals. I’ve learned to replace the good stuff that makes my mouth water with the better stuff that’s almost as good, yet is oodles more healthy for us.

I’ve also learned (the hard way ) if you don’t substitute one ingredient for another, your meal will be just as big a flop as my recent attempt at a making homemade key lime pie. (Yes… now I realize that cream cheese is not a substitute for sour cream.)

The same is true in our thought life. If we are going to take every thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) we need to learn to filter our thoughts through the Word of God so that we can slice and dice every wayward thought and intentionally replace those thoughts with irreplaceable truths.

If we don’t intentionally choose what we think about, our minds become like a pinball machine stuck on tilt with thoughts pinging back and forth – randomly bouncing all over the place.

And since our thoughts have the power to control our emotions… and since feelings fluctuate and emotions are eradicate, we can’t allow our emotions to dictate the way we act and react to the events of life our our children will learn to do the same.

If our thought life is intentional then the pursuit of our lives will also be intentional. If our thought life is erratic then the pursuit of our lives will be erratic, as well.

Building bridges to becoming the woman God created you to be begins by winning the war of the mind – and each time you replace wayward thoughts with intentional truths you’re one step closer to becoming all God created you to be!

That’s where the “Whatever List” comes in!

SO… What’s a WHATEVER LIST and how can it help me overcome the mental and emotional war within?

Philippians 4:8-9 tells us, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable —if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”

Have you ever felt like your heart and mind were being bombarded by uncontrollable thoughts and undeniable emotions? It happens to everyone. But the power-packed passage we just read from Philippians reminds us that God gifts us with the power to control our thoughts.

That’s HUGE sweet friend! HUGE!

So many of us walk around feeling defeated by our thoughts and our emotions when God’s Word gives us the power to not only overcome what we think… and when we overcome what we think about, we can overcome our e 

If you want to win the war within, it’s time to arm yourself with your own personal WHATEVER LIST! 

Creating a WHATEVER LIST is your chance to dream, sweet friend! Think about those things that make your heart smile – those things that fall into the Philippians 4:8-9 criteria of whatever topics (the things that you should be thinking about when your faith is weak, when your fear is strong and when you forget your way).

Ready. Set. Write!

True:_________________________________________________________

Noble: ________________________________________________________

Right:_________________________________________________________

Pure: _________________________________________________________

Lovely:________________________________________________________

Admirable:_____________________________________________________

Excellent:______________________________________________________

Praiseworthy: ___________________________________________________

I hope you enjoyed thinking about what makes your heart smile! That’s what you have to choose to think on. It’s an intentional thing – but it works! It really does work!

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU:

DO YOU EVER STRUGGLE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AND/OR EMOTIONS? HOW HAS THIS HELPED YOU TODAY?