Jim mentioned take everything thought captive and make it obedient to Christ yeah I love that verse I’ve quoted that verse I’ve taught that verse and yet at times when I’m really having an intrusive thought I’m like how do I take this captive what do I do to it how do I make it obedient to Christ because the emotion um that’s tied to the thought like the feelings maybe it’s a feeling of fear anxiety um whatever it is is sometimes that’s screaming so loud that it’s really hard to settle down into what this verse is instructing me to do
yeah I was just listening to you guys talk and I think what’s super fascinating is the description of the events that the both of you were kind of working through really does have an absolutely identic kind of echo to me in this sense um I think it’s super super important for us to always test every thought with the validity of the truth right and what do I mean by that one in you’re situation in the bathroom like that type of thing I think safety is always the most important thing and so I just think about like if it was my
daughter if it was Brit my wife I’d be like get out like if you have that trust your discernment and then pay attention to the pattern though I think it’s fascinating that Chaz came back in and said hey I kind of had this weird feel are you okay right so back to your mystery thought we have a very real Holy Spirit who is our paraclet our helper our Guardian but what the holy spirit is consistently going to do is to guide us in the pathway of Truth you know and so we have a gift in other brothers and sisters in Christ who are able to speak
to who are able to identify patterns for us I want to go back to Eden and especially with this intrusive thought idea um think about what the serpent does with Eve the first thought up until this point the thought framework for Adam and Eve is guardrail by the truth of God’s word but what the serpent does is present an intrusive a thought that ought not there right a thought that is contrary to the truth of God but what Eve and Adam don’t do is go back to the source of Truth they entertain a thought and that entertainment of the thought
becomes a curiosity which turns into a crisis in their lives and it’s not that the thought itself is is improper especially after the fall like we’re going to have all kinds of crazy thoughts and ideas and it’s going to feel um dis disregulated for us but the question consistently as Believers as Christians people being led by the holy spirit is to go back to the source of truth I want to get into the second Corinthians passage but I always have had this thought leas um in Jim why didn’t Eve and Adam just say to the to
