Day 8: Combating Negative Thoughts + Emotions

Trials can have a way of pressing in on all sides and sometimes, eventually, strangling us spiritually. In these moments, the enemy takes advantage of our weakness and uses it to assault our thoughts with feelings of brokenness, to a point from which we feel we will never recover. This is a lie from the ultimate liar, and king of darkness himself.

The only way to diffuse an attack from the enemy is to declare God’s Word against him. We are called to put on the armor of God in times of battle. Our Bible is our sword, and the absolute best weapon we could equip in any of life’s circumstances, but especially in attacks. It not only deflects the lies of the enemy, but it completely shatters every destructive mindset he tries to plant in our minds and hearts and rebuilds us with faith-based truths about ourselves and our life, straight from God our Father -- this is the firmest and most honest foundation on which we could ever stand.

What the enemy desires most is to hold you down and keep you from living fully in Christ, but Jesus won your freedom when He gave Himself up on the cross. You are not a slave to guilt, fear, shame, brokenness, or sorrow. Stand firmly in the victory you were freely and graciously given, today and every day.