How do you stop comparing yourself to others?
📖 Scripture:
• For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10: 3-5)
• And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:8-11)
• We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:5)
• Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:10-18)
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How do you battle intrusive thoughts? Yesterday I was driving home on a single lane road where I'm going this way, another car is coming this way, and I had this thought, if I move my wheel a little bit, we'll crash. And I immediately had the thought, that's not me, get out of here. Do you ever have moments like that? They're not healthy, they're not helpful, but how do you win a war when it's in your mind? Well, scripture says, for though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of this world. On the contrary, they have the divine power to demolish strongholds. Think of a stronghold as a place where the enemy lives. It goes on to say, take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ. So, what's that mean? Well, practically, for me driving that car, when I had the thought of crashing, I needed to one, grab that thought, two, analyze if it's from God. It wasn't. Three, cast it out. Out loud, I actually said, I cast you out in the name of Jesus, be gone, and it left my mind. I did this because the Bible says, he, Jesus, humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. So, what's that mean? When we have a thought, we are to take it captive. Ask ourselves, does this align with God's word? And if not, cast it out. But what if it keeps coming back? That verse earlier said, make it obedient to Christ. So, if it comes back and you realize that's not from God, take Bible verses about what God really says about that and speak them over your situation. This is a war. The enemy will fight back. But scripture says that there is a divine power that can demolish those strongholds, the place where the enemy lives. I'm praying today that the intrusive thoughts would be cast out of your mind in the name of Jesus. That you'll be able to do what it says in Ephesians 6, put on the full armor of God so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground. Take up the shield of faith, believing that God can save you, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of your salvation. Jesus already saved you, so a your mind with it. And the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. How do you battle intrusive thoughts and win the war within your mind? Put on the full armor of God and make it obedient to Christ. I'm praying for you today, friends. You can do this in Jesus' name. God bless.