“If a person dwells obsessively on the inner warfare, he or she can do as much damage to the brain as a life-time of alcoholism or drugs.”^{1(pg. 135)}

Negative attitudes can affect our health and obsessive thoughts can hurt our brain, but a cheerful mind works healing (Proverbs 17:22). Years ago, the Lord told me to get my eyes (or my focus) off myself and focus on what is right with me in Him. The negative inner perspective was weighing me down and causing my mood to be depressed. My constant worrying (evil foreboding) kept me in a state of anxiety and fear. My mind was always thinking. My thoughts were negative about myself, the future, and God. The Lord began to teach me about the power of my thoughts and the words I speak. Thinking and speaking life giving thoughts and words has changed my life. I decided to think and meditate on the Word of God regarding how He sees me through His son: righteous, Holy, and dearly loved. His righteousness is a freely given gift that is not based on my works or my behavior, but simply receiving by faith the work of the blood of the Lamb. I set (fixed or fastened) my thoughts on His love for me. Studies have revealed that how a person perceives God affects certain areas of the brain. If a person perceives God as critical or angry it activates the limbic area of the brain producing fear and anger, but if a person perceives God as loving, kind, and compassionate, it actives the anterior cingulate of the brain and reduces anger and fear promoting empathy for those who are suffering.¹

Friends, there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for a friend (John 15:13). On October 21, 2023, the Lord spoke these words to me:

“I AM tired of My people being defeated. Am I not strong? Am I not mighty? People have settled for less of who I am. They just get by, but I want them to thrive and prosper.”

Scripture tells believers to be transformed by the renewal of your mind (Romans 12:2). What we believe about God has the power to transform our life. Today, focus your thoughts on the love of God revealed to us through the life of Jesus. Jesus is the perfect representation of our Heavenly Father. Jesus told his disciples that if you have seen me then you have seen the Father. Jesus came to reveal to us the nature of our Father: compassion for the bruised and broken, healer of the sick and demon possessed, and the giver of life to the dead. Think, speak and mediate on God’s love for you. It will change your life!

1. Newberg AB, Mark Robert Waldman. How God Changes Your Brain : Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist. Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks; 2010.
2. Bible Gateway. BibleGateway.com. Bible Gateway. Published 2023. https://www.biblegateway.com/

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