Take captive every thought...revisited

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  2 Corinthians 10:5

My brain is always working...even when I'm sleeping.  I'm a thinker and a planner and sometimes the stuff in my head consumes me.  My mind obsesses on conversations, situations, fears, doubts, and lies.  Where does all that junk come from?  The seeds of those weeds are planted by the enemy.  If I let those nasty seeds take root and grow in my head, there is no telling what craziness I might do when my thoughts run amuck.  I've been living that way for too long!

I am learning to take captive EVERY THOUGHT.  I am learning to recognize those seeds and dig them out before they can take over.  I have to replace the lies with the truth.  I'm aggressively seeking God's truth from the Bible.  It takes discipline to keep my brain on the right track, but it's worth it.  My beliefs, my words, and my actions are controlled by my thoughts.  The fruit of my life is dependent on the seeds that grow in my mind and spread to my heart and my spirit.   I am choosing to plant Godly seeds in my brain so that my life produces Godly fruit!