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Every day is a test. Every day is filled with distravtions to fill our minds with the thoughts of toxin whether it be worry, fear, doubt, etc. Yet our heart is filled wwith Jesus and the love His Father has for us and that alone should disspell all those toxic thughts that can make us go astray from His path He has set for us.
Lord, God you are in my heart always. Your words alone push away all toxic thoughts that are not Holy – Amen
Toxic thoughts! I work in probably the most negative,money driven career that you can have. It is constantly nothing but get more,more,more! It's never enough. I have questioned The Lord often on why that he placed me at this job. It is so stressful and you constantly have to block out the profanity and negative energy that surrounds you like a thick blanket! The Lord has shown me in this time that I am nothing on my own and that I need to completely turn to Him and that is what I have done! It has been a boxing match with my thought life lately! I will have negative, angry or harsh thoughts that will attack me out of nowhere and drive me to my spiritual knees. I shake my self off and stand up against the attack of the devil and start throwing punches of scripture at him! " I can do all things through Christ who gives me Strength"! Bam! ………..Whatsoever things are just,pure,lovely,virtuous ,of good report and deserving of praise! THINK ON THOSE THINGS!!!! And he's down ladies! I win! You can overcome the negative,toxic thought life with one punch of scripture at a time! Amen and praise to a faithful God! Blessings!
I experience a lot of negative, woe-is-me thoughts, jealousy, and inadequacy. All of these are lies that I believe. I have to believe truth instead.
I would say the two I experience the most are fearful and critical. I can be very hard on myself when I do something wrong or feel I am not good enough. I am also fearful of the future. I don't know what God has in store for me. I just want to make sure I am not missing out on something. I can also be fearful of how others view me. Like most people, I struggle with wanting to be liked and sometimes I can come off as a different person to achieve that level of acceptance. I know that God loves me and has created me to be a certain person with a special plan. I just have a hard time convincing my heart of this sometimes.
Dividing toxic thoughts into the 4 categories was incredibly helpful for me. Negative, fearful, discontented, critical. I definitely struggle most with discontent and fear, which I think then turn into negative and critical thoughts. My most toxic thought at the moment is discontent in my situation – being a mom of toddlers is hard! I pray that God would make me content in my situation – that I would love the work I do with my little ones, even though it is challenging. That housework would feel fruitful and rewarding instead of mundane and frustrating. It feels so good to get these things out! Remove the darkness from my heart, Lord, and replace it with your sweet love.