Do you need to evict someone from your mind that just won’t seem to go away? Then this message is for you. Take a few minutes and listen to this message to be encouraged on how to be sure the renter in your mind is someone you really want there.
Welcome friends to my Podcast Giving You a Fresh Start After Trauma. As always, I’m blessed that you are here and pray that my message will shed some light on issues in your life.
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Renewing our mind consists of not only recording “truth” responses to the negative beliefs we have. But it also includes not letting someone “rent space” in your mind that doesn’t reflect God’s love and truth.
Just a quick review of why renewing our mind is important and why it requires our verbal confessions. Sometimes there are belief systems embedded in our subconscious mind that we are not even aware how they are affecting us. The only way we can uncover or expose them is by looking at our life and seeing what is causing emotional pain or what seems to be happening over and over again in our life. There could be a root of wrong thinking tied to that situation.
And why do you need to keep “confessing” out loud the truth? It’s like learning your ABCs or the multiplication table. How did you learn those? You had to repeat them over and over again out loud. You even learned songs to help you remember them. The same with replacing truth with false beliefs. We must repeat them over and over until they are embedded in our mind … hence our mind is renewed.
Now back to my current message.
When I used to organize people’s offices, I would tell them that their desk is the most important real estate for the work they were doing. It shouldn’t be cluttered and it needed to be free of “stuff” that is not needed frequently so that their work could be free flowing, creative and effective.
The same with your mind. If you are having “angst” with someone, then try to resolve it. But just don’t let them take up space in your mind and let it swirl around like a merry-go-round.
If the issues cannot be resolved, then move on. Bless them in the Lord and move on. Sometimes we play things over and over in our mind creating scenarios that may or may not be true.
You can’t resolve issues with someone if it’s one sided. You must move on.
But what is important is that you hold no ill feelings towards them. Ask the Lord to bless them and be there for them. But holding onto anger or unforgiveness only hurts you.
We must try to remember that life is not about “changing the past.” It’s more about “creating a new future.” Learn from your past mistakes, hurts, traumas, and receive healing from the Lord so you can begin to create something new in your life.
To get your “creative juices” flowing, you need to have a clear and de-cluttered mind. Letting people take up that space is not only not healthy but not productive.
If you battle with this issue, then perhaps do the following. When you feel your mind being take over with thoughts of an individual that you are having problems with then:
- Out loud say, “I’m not going there. I am not going to let them take up space in my mind right now or today.”
- Renew your mind by thinking on something that is God’s truth, something good, something pure, something kind and gracious.
- Ask the Lord to bless them. Each time they come to mind, just say a blessing over them. The burn in your heart will begin to dissipate. I know this can be hard especially when your heart is so wounded. But I promise you, if you do it, the hurt will begin to go and who knows, perhaps the relationship can be mended.
How Important is the Room of Our Mind?
Remember, friends that our mind is an important room in the house of our body. And if it is full of clutter, negative thinking or negative beliefs, it will only pull you down. Sadly, it can pull you down so low that it will be hard to get you out without help.
In a world full of wounded people, we are bound to come upon them in our life. I always go to the Lord and ask if I’m to continue having them in my life because perhaps He wants me to minister to them. But many times, He has wanted me to walk away … and sometimes that can be family members.
So, start this spring to declutter your mind and don’t let someone rent space in your mind who doesn’t belong there.
Be blessed and encouraged.
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