My apologies for the lack of post since April. We have a tendencies to let thoughts control our emotions at times, even when we know better. So this post is on taking thoughts captive.
Thoughts, we all have them, question is what do we do with them? I bet at one time or another you had a thought & said - where did that come from. If you haven't, you probably did but did not realize it.
Satan, the prince of the air. Air - something that sounds us. Satan can not be every where at one time, other wise he would be omnipresent, the only one with that title is God. So that means the angels of darkness are all around us, whispering things to us.
2 Corinthians Chap: 10:3-5 says: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortress. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised against the knowledge of God and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
Do we take every thought captive? No, should we do this? YES! Thoughts have effects on feelings and we have a tendency to act on those feelings. We should be taking the questionable thought captive and ask is that from God. If not, rebuke that thought & move on.
We get into trouble when we take that thought and dwell on it, then it becomes our thought. That is where we get into trouble. Everything from thoughts turning into gossip to thoughts getting us into really hot water.
We as Christians must fight the fight and capture thoughts. By doing so we are tearing done strong holds against God. To mature more & more, we must learn to live Gods word, not just have the head knowledge.
So my friends when you get strange thoughts, capture them.
