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The Bible says in Colossians 3:23:
Let’s look at a few ideas of how your thinking can change if you submit your mind to the will of Jesus and focus on His plan for you.
What can you expect when you put your problems into God’s hands? You can trust Him with your burdens (see Psalm 68:19). Trust (believing) is the basic foundational principle for overcoming the "big 3" - anxiety, fear and worry. We have been promised in Psalm 138:8;
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The good news is "YES"! As we’ve learned
in previous lessons, whenever God tells us what NOT to do, He gives us
something to put into its place. It’s called the "replacement
theory". We will never be able to overcome a
"good-for-nothing" habit, if we focus on getting rid of it. In
other words, we can’t focus on the ‘put-off’, instead we must
focus our minds on the ‘put-on’ for the glory of the Lord. Spiritual
growth requires thinking on the good the Lord desires to
accomplish in us, even in difficult times.
You won’t be doing it to make yourself look better, but to submit
your will to the Lord Jesus Christ, confessing your weakness in this
area and choosing to obey Him just because of His love for you.
He will then change your desire, so you will no longer WANT to
live in the old area that was so debilitating. He will also give you the
power to re-focus your thinking on His goodness.
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