Discussing the 'Repeat' Button in Our Minds (TMF:1096)

Monday, April 01, 2019
Peace to Live By: Discussing the 'Repeat' Button in Our Minds (TMF:1096) - Daniel Litton
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       We should consider each thought that comes to us carefully, and give thought to what we are going to do. We should be cautious about what we think, and not think about sinful things. Some of us have taken negative past events and hit the ‘repeat’ button. That is, our minds repeat those thoughts periodically because we have allowed that particular thought to be on ‘repeat.’ But we have to let those thoughts pass right by us because they will constantly disturb us if we allow ourselves to think about them. The Apostle Paul said the following about this type of problem: “But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you” (Philippians 3:13-15, ESV). All of us should have this type of mindset, a mind that is forgetting bad, negative past events, and one that is mature in focusing on the present—things God want us to accomplish in our lives for him.