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Taking our thoughts captive The Graciously Defined Podcast
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Taking our thoughts captive means we are acknowledging the negative thoughts or the lies we have in our heart and mind. Capturing it, responding to it and rewriting it with the truth in order for our thoughts to be obedient to Christ.
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Time Stamps:
2:05 - What does it mean to take our thoughts captive? It means you are acknowledging the negative thoughts or the lies you have in your heart and mind. Capturing it, responding to it and rewriting it with the truth in order for your thoughts to be obedient to the way we live our lives in Christ.
3:44 - Jennie Allen - Get out of my head
“Our emotions lead us to our thoughts, and those thoughts dictate our decisions, and our decisions are determining behaviors, and then the behaviors are shaping our relationships, all of which take us back to either healthy or unhealthy thoughts. Round and round, spinning down, seemingly out of control, our lives now being defined by this endless cycle.”
5:41 - A.N.T.S Automatic Negative Thinking Syndrome
A.N.T.S which is an acronym for Automatic Negative Thinking Syndrome.
Automatic Negative Thoughts are negative beliefs that occur habitually. Meaning they are in a loop. They are involuntary responses to certain situations that are based on core beliefs you hold about yourself, others, or the world.
7:50 - We must make a choice! A choice to say, “no I choose to allow God to define me; not my negative thoughts.”
8:53 - 2 Corinthians 10:5 :
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Meaning we have the power to destroy all of those thoughts with a choice to allow God to help us operate in the Spirit.
Romans 8:6-8
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
2 Corinthians 10:5-6 it states:
Taking your thoughts captive BEING ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. If we don’t operate in the spirit we are operating in the flesh and being disobedient to God all together that’s why this is so super important.
12:22 - 4 reasons for why you shouldn't let your heart lead.
1. Our hearts lie.
Jeremiah 17:9 says: The heart is deceitful above all things,
The heart, the conscience of man, in his corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good, and good evil; and cries peace to those to whom it does not belong. Herein the heart is desperately wicked; it is deadly, it is desperate.
2. Our hearts are wicked.
Jeremiah 17:9 says: and desperately wicked: who can know it?
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” The unredeemed heart is full of wickedness and sin, and the redeemed heart often falls too easily back into those temptations, especially when we’re leaning on our own understanding (which is essentially following our heart) instead of trusting in the Lord and looking to Him for guidance.
3. Our hearts are prone to idols.
3 ways to know if something has become an idol in your life:
Do I identify myself according to this person or thing?
Am I surrendering everything to god or is there something I am keeping to myself?
Do I desire it with all my heart that it has now overtaken the position God should have in my life?
4. Our hearts don’t know what is truly best for us.
16:45 - Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
18:27 - Glory Triggers Sermon - Sarah Jake Roberts https://youtu.be/IZJci4jBp-o
Follow us @graciouslydefined on Instagram and @graciouslydfind on Twitter for more!
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Taking our thoughts captive means we are acknowledging the negative thoughts or the lies we have in our heart and mind. Capturing it, responding to it and rewriting it with the truth in order for our thoughts to be obedient to Christ.
Subscribe to The Graciously Defined Newsletter coming soon! Featuring updates, Web3, NFT’s, Freebies and More!
Time Stamps:
2:05 - What does it mean to take our thoughts captive? It means you are acknowledging the negative thoughts or the lies you have in your heart and mind. Capturing it, responding to it and rewriting it with the truth in order for your thoughts to be obedient to the way we live our lives in Christ.
3:44 - Jennie Allen - Get out of my head
“Our emotions lead us to our thoughts, and those thoughts dictate our decisions, and our decisions are determining behaviors, and then the behaviors are shaping our relationships, all of which take us back to either healthy or unhealthy thoughts. Round and round, spinning down, seemingly out of control, our lives now being defined by this endless cycle.”
5:41 - A.N.T.S Automatic Negative Thinking Syndrome
A.N.T.S which is an acronym for Automatic Negative Thinking Syndrome.
Automatic Negative Thoughts are negative beliefs that occur habitually. Meaning they are in a loop. They are involuntary responses to certain situations that are based on core beliefs you hold about yourself, others, or the world.
7:50 - We must make a choice! A choice to say, “no I choose to allow God to define me; not my negative thoughts.”
8:53 - 2 Corinthians 10:5 :
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Meaning we have the power to destroy all of those thoughts with a choice to allow God to help us operate in the Spirit.
Romans 8:6-8
For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
2 Corinthians 10:5-6 it states:
Taking your thoughts captive BEING ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete. If we don’t operate in the spirit we are operating in the flesh and being disobedient to God all together that’s why this is so super important.
12:22 - 4 reasons for why you shouldn't let your heart lead.
1. Our hearts lie.
Jeremiah 17:9 says: The heart is deceitful above all things,
The heart, the conscience of man, in his corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good, and good evil; and cries peace to those to whom it does not belong. Herein the heart is desperately wicked; it is deadly, it is desperate.
2. Our hearts are wicked.
Jeremiah 17:9 says: and desperately wicked: who can know it?
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.” The unredeemed heart is full of wickedness and sin, and the redeemed heart often falls too easily back into those temptations, especially when we’re leaning on our own understanding (which is essentially following our heart) instead of trusting in the Lord and looking to Him for guidance.
3. Our hearts are prone to idols.
3 ways to know if something has become an idol in your life:
Do I identify myself according to this person or thing?
Am I surrendering everything to god or is there something I am keeping to myself?
Do I desire it with all my heart that it has now overtaken the position God should have in my life?
4. Our hearts don’t know what is truly best for us.
16:45 - Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
18:27 - Glory Triggers Sermon - Sarah Jake Roberts https://youtu.be/IZJci4jBp-o
Follow us @graciouslydefined on Instagram and @graciouslydfind on Twitter for more!
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Support this podcast: https://podcaste
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