{"id":1166,"date":"2017-08-24T13:31:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.wordpress.com\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2017-08-24T13:31:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:31:12","slug":"an-agile-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/?p=1166","title":{"rendered":"An Agile Mind *"},"content":{"rendered":"
YOU WILL KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE THOSE WHOSE MINDS ARE STEADFAST,\u00a0<\/strong>BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN YOU.<\/span><\/h5>\n
ISAIAH 26.3<\/span><\/h5>\n
\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
ROMANS 12.2<\/span><\/h5>\n

Most of the time people come to see me because of how they feel. \u00a0They come in anxious, depressed or confused. \u00a0They feel guilty or ashamed about their sinful choices. \u00a0Their relationships are conflicted, painful and empty. \u00a0 Circumstances feel dire. \u00a0When we are in pain we naturally want to feel better. \u00a0And in order to truly feel better and not just push unpleasant feelings into the corner, the one thing that almost always needs to change is how one thinks. \u00a0This is because what we think and believe effects and creates feelings. \u00a0Thinking truth leads to life (John 8:32). \u00a0Thinking lies creates misery and bondage. \u00a0Which is why one of the greatest assets in the change process is a strong and agile mind. \u00a0This is the ability to recognize your current thoughts and beliefs and then to correct them when they do not line up with Truth. (I believe that the highest authority of Truth is the Holy Bible.)<\/p>\n

When we think a certain way for a long time it usually feels true. \u00a0Lies can feel very true, which is why it’s hard to turn from them. \u00a0People are extremely valuable to God, precious in His sight, but there are many who walk around feeling worthless and unlovable. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because they think and believe that they are worthless. \u00a0Thoughts lead to feelings. \u00a0 This means that it will take great mental effort to change thought patterns and habits that feel true. \u00a0People who are depressed have thoughts that are hopeless and despairing. \u00a0People who battle anxiety have thoughts about what bad thing might happen. \u00a0Feelings make things seem true, but it doesn\u2019t mean that they are true. \u00a0Intentional change in thinking is always a faith leap – a cliff jump. \u00a0It feels very risky. \u00a0It can even feel false or impossible. \u00a0In my experience, the people who are willing to take that risk and struggle to change how they have thought for a long time in order to align their thoughts with God\u2019s thoughts \u2013 the scriptures \u2013 experience the greatest amount of healing, freedom and transformation. \u00a0And though there are other factors that help bring about transformation, change rarely happens without a shift in one\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n

Some of the hardest thoughts to turn from, to change, are the ones that produce feelings of shame: \u00a0I am disgusting. \u00a0I am a loser. \u00a0I am ugly. \u00a0I am such a fool. \u00a0I am so stupid. \u00a0I can’t do anything right. \u00a0These condemnations harass us and make us miserable and they are not from God. \u00a0I will talk more next time about how we come to think and believe these kinds of thoughts. \u00a0For today, I would like to ask you to focus on something true, something from the scriptures, and to think about this truth often for many days in a row. \u00a0Ask God to enable you to think often of this truth. \u00a0Notice how you feel and any changes in your outlook on life. \u00a0Here is a suggestion, a truth that has greatly transformed my whole outlook on life:<\/p>\n

Jesus came that I may have life, and have it to the full. \u00a0John 10:10<\/span><\/h4>\n

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* I posted a blog of this same title a few weeks ago but then took it off my sight because I did not think it effectively conveyed what I wanted to say. \u00a0This is the redo.<\/p>\n

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YOU WILL KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE THOSE WHOSE MINDS ARE STEADFAST,\u00a0BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN YOU. ISAIAH 26.3 \u2026\u00a0BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND.\u00a0 ROMANS 12.2 Most of the time people come to see me because of how they feel. \u00a0They come in anxious, depressed or confused. \u00a0They feel guilty or ashamed about their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deeperricherfuller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}