A lie believed as truth will affect your life as if it were true. You cannot defeat what you cannot define. In 2 Corinthians 10:5 Paul calls us to take captive those thoughts that would erode the truth and authority of God in our minds. We must be proactive in identifying and removing the lies, so that we can replace them with His truth.

How you feel matters to Jesus. Emotions themselves are not sinful, but they cannot be allowed to lead our lives. They are meant to be indicators that invite the word of God and the Holy Spirit to lead our actions. We are not meant to suppress them, but to filter our emotions through God’s truth, which is where we find emotional health.

Are your thoughts building you up or tearing you down? What we think will determine who we will become tomorrow. We all have an inner thought war in which the battle for our lives is won or lost. God has given us truth as strategy. Our thoughts will control us, so we have to learn, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to anchor our thoughts in truth.

The mark of a spiritually mature believer is one that has a life that honors God. It is choosing faithfulness every day, every moment to His word, to His house, and to His people.

The mark of a spiritually mature believer is one that has a life that honors God. It is choosing faithfulness every day, every moment to His word, to His house, and to His people.