According to Napoleon Hill, “you’re the total of your most dominating or prominent thoughts. If 90% of your thoughts are negative, you will be negative most of the time. Our thoughts can make us or break us. They can also help us stay committed to our goals, and relationships or sabotage them. Our thoughts can make us sick, and they can help us get well. They can make us rich or poor. Although material wealth can come about, I am referring to that richness of spirit that gives you a sense of calmness, peace, and trust that makes you feel rich though poor.
Our mental health is under constant attack, especially since the onset of Covid and all its derivatives. People are still walking as though they are on tenterhooks, waiting for the next disaster to strike or fearing the inevitable. This was a very traumatic experience for most of us, and many are still reeling from its effects especially those who fell ill from the virus and the long recovery path. Several are still carrying holes in their hearts from the loss of a loved one while some are still struggling with survivor’s guilt. People were already feeling the pressure and on top of everything, prices have skyrocketed on almost all consumer goods and services, leaving them to bear the heavy burden. Also, many are unemployed, which has resulted in the loss of income and adds to the stress of daily living. It takes a toll on individuals and families everywhere as they struggle to stay alive. The world has drastically changed in the last few years, and we are all feeling the pinch. With everything that is going on, it is hard to stay positive when everything appears to be gloomy right now.
Satan is incessantly trying to destroy our minds by relentlessly bombarding us with useless side chatter. We must learn how to tune them out by focusing on the main talk, which is the voice of the Holy Spirit. How many times have you found yourself in a church, at a meeting or at a lecture where you are trying to focus on the speaker, but there is so much side talk it is almost impossible to hear the message? Have you ever thought that there is something you could do about it, or do you just give up? This goes on in our minds daily. The simple answer is to focus your attention on the voice of the key speaker and make it your priority. This can be difficult initially, but over time it gets easier as the mind become trained to tune out the unpleasant things and focus its attention on positive things. The devil wants our minds, and he is constantly waging battles against our mental health. Let us strive to put God at the forefront always and His Holy Spirit will help us guard our thoughts by filtering the lies that the devils tell us about God, others, and ourselves.
HOW DO WE GUARD OUR MINDS?
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I can totally relate to that, so can many of us, when our minds are not focus on positives we tend to get distracted, love that ❤️