God's Psychiatry Chapter

God’s Psychiatry Chapter (part 1)

Phil 4:6-9 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  7  And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  8  Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.  9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you.

How many of us are anxious, fearful, doubting or complaining? God never intended for us to be miserable in our Christian walk.  His plan is for us to live with peace, joy and contentment in all our circumstances.  How do we do this???

It all comes down to our thought life!  Where do your thoughts take you?  Into dark places, into fearful “what if” places?  Or into the abundant life God intends for us.  I have had to practice taking every thought captive and putting them through the sieve of Phil 4:8.

It has bought about a radical change in my outlook, in my ability to pray, to see good in everything, and to be thankful in situations that look impossible. The world we live in is full of discouragement and we must choose to break the old thought patterns and control our thought life.

II Cor 10:4  for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.  5  [We are] destroying speculations (and vain imaginations) and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and [we are] taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,