{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.24,"endTime":4.08,"body":"You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode 1294."},{"startTime":4.16,"endTime":7.12,"body":"Today's Devo is called Mind. You'd mind."},{"startTime":7.92,"endTime":11.72,"body":"Hey there. We're the Aleskies, a ministry family working together"},{"startTime":11.72,"endTime":15.52,"body":"in our church in Miami, Florida. And if you're like us, when"},{"startTime":15.52,"endTime":19.12,"body":"days get busy and to do lists get longer, it can be hard to find"},{"startTime":19.12,"endTime":22.64,"body":"devotional time. That's why we partnered with our friend Allison"},{"startTime":22.88,"endTime":26.49,"body":"to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This"},{"startTime":26.49,"endTime":30.21,"body":"is the My Morning Devotional podcast. Well, welcome back,"},{"startTime":30.21,"endTime":33.93,"body":"everybody, to day four of our submission"},{"startTime":34.01,"endTime":37.53,"body":"series. Submit to the season series. I'm joined here by my mom."},{"startTime":37.69,"endTime":41.37,"body":"Good morning, mom. Good morning, Gabrielle. This has been"},{"startTime":41.689,"endTime":45.21,"body":"incredible. It has really been revelational."},{"startTime":45.37,"endTime":49.17,"body":"Yes. I think this has been one of my favorite topics so"},{"startTime":49.17,"endTime":52.85,"body":"far and I hope it's really blessed everybody that's listening,"},{"startTime":52.85,"endTime":54.96,"body":"please give us some feedback. Comment,"},{"startTime":56.24,"endTime":59.84,"body":"message us. If this is blessing you, we'd love to hear about it. And"},{"startTime":59.92,"endTime":63.12,"body":"we're even giving you a bonus episode at the end of the week. So it's"},{"startTime":63.12,"endTime":66.48,"body":"going to be fun. You're welcome. All right, take us into"},{"startTime":67.12,"endTime":70.24,"body":"the next episode, which is on M. The letter. M."},{"startTime":70.64,"endTime":74.36,"body":"Mind your mind. We're going to talk today about the letter M in the"},{"startTime":74.36,"endTime":77.92,"body":"acronym of the word submit. If you've missed the other three,"},{"startTime":78.08,"endTime":81.36,"body":"go back and listen to them. Today is M. And we're"},{"startTime":82.07,"endTime":85.51,"body":"learn about how to mind our mind in the waiting season."},{"startTime":85.83,"endTime":88.75,"body":"In this delayed season, what do we do with our mind? Because that's what gets"},{"startTime":88.75,"endTime":92.23,"body":"crazy on us, Gabby. We get carried away with our thoughts. In 2"},{"startTime":92.23,"endTime":95.91,"body":"Corinthians 10, 4, 5, here's the answer. Always go to the word of God."},{"startTime":96.31,"endTime":99.91,"body":"It tells us that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they're"},{"startTime":99.91,"endTime":103.51,"body":"mighty. To pull down strongholds, casting down arguments"},{"startTime":103.51,"endTime":106.95,"body":"and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God"},{"startTime":107.19,"endTime":110.07,"body":"and bringing, here's the key, every thought"},{"startTime":111.27,"endTime":115.07,"body":"into captivity to the obedience of Christ, we"},{"startTime":115.07,"endTime":118.87,"body":"have to pull down strongholds. What are strongholds? Human reasoning."},{"startTime":119.59,"endTime":122.79,"body":"The things that keep us from what we talked about yesterday. Believing"},{"startTime":123.35,"endTime":127.15,"body":"our own limitations, where our ceilings are, our"},{"startTime":127.15,"endTime":130.91,"body":"past, the limitations we put on"},{"startTime":130.91,"endTime":134.63,"body":"ourselves, our lack of faith. So we have to put aside"},{"startTime":134.63,"endTime":138.39,"body":"our false arguments, our proud opinions, and we have to put down our"},{"startTime":138.81,"endTime":142.65,"body":"human reasoning because it's not going to work in this season. No. And this is"},{"startTime":142.65,"endTime":146.17,"body":"not how God, he won't work with those tools and those resources."},{"startTime":146.57,"endTime":149.41,"body":"So we have to lay those down and we have to mind our mind. You"},{"startTime":149.41,"endTime":153.01,"body":"know, I remember and I talked about this, I think on day one Here, the"},{"startTime":153.01,"endTime":156.65,"body":"season of infertility. And my mind started to tell me after"},{"startTime":156.65,"endTime":159.93,"body":"a year, two years, three years going into that fourth year"},{"startTime":160.97,"endTime":164.69,"body":"that it's just not going to happen. Well, then the doctor said"},{"startTime":164.69,"endTime":168.49,"body":"it too. And at some point I had to"},{"startTime":168.49,"endTime":170.89,"body":"say, well, am I going to believe God for this baby or am I not"},{"startTime":170.89,"endTime":174.61,"body":"going to believe God for this baby? And I learned through the season"},{"startTime":174.61,"endTime":178.21,"body":"of infertility, which I've told you guys more times. I"},{"startTime":178.21,"endTime":181.93,"body":"look back on that season and it was a masterclass in"},{"startTime":181.93,"endTime":185.25,"body":"faith. Wow. Everything that I learned, it was free."},{"startTime":185.73,"endTime":189.45,"body":"Now, it was painful, but it was free. It did cost you something. It"},{"startTime":189.45,"endTime":192.73,"body":"cost me a lot. But look what I gained. Exactly what I thought I would"},{"startTime":192.73,"endTime":196.12,"body":"never have any of. I have four. I remember"},{"startTime":197.24,"endTime":201.08,"body":"a wonderful female pastor. She came and said, you know, you're going to pray"},{"startTime":201.08,"endTime":204.0,"body":"to get started and then you're going to pray to get stopped. And I had"},{"startTime":204.0,"endTime":207.84,"body":"to really speak that over my mind. That was like she handed me something"},{"startTime":207.84,"endTime":211.64,"body":"to put in my brain and say, believe that, say that over and over"},{"startTime":211.64,"endTime":215.32,"body":"again. Repeat that repetitively in your spirit."},{"startTime":215.88,"endTime":219.16,"body":"Now, I didn't believe was the last thing I believed."},{"startTime":219.65,"endTime":223.49,"body":"But whatever it is that you are dealing with that you are struggling"},{"startTime":223.49,"endTime":227.29,"body":"to believe, you've got to pull down the strongholds and take every thought into"},{"startTime":227.29,"endTime":230.93,"body":"captivity. Because what happens with thoughts that are allowed"},{"startTime":231.25,"endTime":235.05,"body":"to have free rein is they become emotions so"},{"startTime":235.05,"endTime":238.45,"body":"true. And emotions become very real. And then you're having a panic attack."},{"startTime":238.77,"endTime":242.45,"body":"You've got to mind your mind. You've got to pull those thoughts into"},{"startTime":242.45,"endTime":246.24,"body":"captivity. And when you think it will never. Maybe not me,"},{"startTime":246.24,"endTime":249.68,"body":"maybe I did. All the thoughts, the places we go, the"},{"startTime":249.68,"endTime":252.4,"body":"anger. I almost used M for mad"},{"startTime":254.4,"endTime":257.84,"body":"because when we go through this season, we just get mad at God. You gotta"},{"startTime":257.84,"endTime":260.4,"body":"mind your mind. And you know what? He's okay that you're mad at him."},{"startTime":261.28,"endTime":264.76,"body":"He'll take that. That's part of the struggle, that's part of the battle. It's true."},{"startTime":264.76,"endTime":268.36,"body":"Mind your mind in this season. Don't let your mind get carried away. Don't let"},{"startTime":268.36,"endTime":272.16,"body":"the devil tell you that God is not good. Yes. That somehow you"},{"startTime":272.16,"endTime":275.93,"body":"did something that you're. It's not gonna happen for you."},{"startTime":275.93,"endTime":279.61,"body":"It's happening for everyone else, but not you. Yes. Don't let that thought"},{"startTime":280.41,"endTime":283.89,"body":"take captive your heart. And I think it's"},{"startTime":283.89,"endTime":287.45,"body":"replacing those thoughts. Yeah. Like you mentioned it, that"},{"startTime":288.25,"endTime":292.01,"body":"not only did you start to doubt if God was gonna do it, the"},{"startTime":292.01,"endTime":295.77,"body":"doctor told you this might never happen. That's right. And a lot of"},{"startTime":295.77,"endTime":299.34,"body":"people listening, maybe the doubt isn't"},{"startTime":299.34,"endTime":302.98,"body":"created in them. Someone's given it to them. And that's where you have"},{"startTime":302.98,"endTime":306.7,"body":"to. All right. You receive the note from the doctor, man. I mean,"},{"startTime":306.7,"endTime":310.5,"body":"look at Miami and this real estate mom. Everybody's like, it went from a seller's"},{"startTime":310.5,"endTime":314.22,"body":"market to a buyer's market overnight. But in the season of it being a"},{"startTime":314.22,"endTime":317.7,"body":"seller's market, everybody was like, oh, do not buy. Don't look at houses."},{"startTime":317.7,"endTime":321.34,"body":"Nothing's going to be good right now. The market's crazy. And it was putting so"},{"startTime":321.34,"endTime":325.06,"body":"much stress on people. And what you have to do is when you"},{"startTime":325.06,"endTime":328.75,"body":"hear that doubt and the doubt gets in you, you just got to replace those"},{"startTime":328.75,"endTime":332.35,"body":"thoughts. That's right. Find things. Come into agreement with the word of"},{"startTime":332.35,"endTime":336.15,"body":"God. Come into agreement with the things that you believe God will do."},{"startTime":336.47,"endTime":339.75,"body":"And whenever you think it. And it's funny because it's actually an"},{"startTime":339.75,"endTime":343.549,"body":"exercise that you have to start training yourself to do whenever you"},{"startTime":343.549,"endTime":347.31,"body":"think God's not going to come through. Find a thought and replace it. God"},{"startTime":347.31,"endTime":350.75,"body":"will come through. Yes, God is faithful. Yes, he is. God is able. And, you"},{"startTime":350.75,"endTime":354.52,"body":"know, fill yourself and fill your life with people that are on the other"},{"startTime":354.52,"endTime":358.24,"body":"side of it that have seen God come through. Yeah. Because you almost"},{"startTime":358.24,"endTime":361.96,"body":"have to. I love how it talks about taking captive because"},{"startTime":361.96,"endTime":365.32,"body":"when it comes to your mind, you've got to get aggressive with it. You do,"},{"startTime":365.48,"endTime":369.119,"body":"because your mind will take over. And you said it. It'll go from one"},{"startTime":369.119,"endTime":372.52,"body":"bad thought to a panic attack before you know it. You better believe it. And"},{"startTime":372.52,"endTime":375.8,"body":"so surround yourself with anxiety. It's anxiety. And"},{"startTime":376.76,"endTime":380.57,"body":"surround yourself with people that have been there that have had to"},{"startTime":380.57,"endTime":384.05,"body":"replace their thoughts. And they're on the other side of God's goodness and his faithfulness,"},{"startTime":384.29,"endTime":387.65,"body":"and they can continue to pour those good thoughts inside of you"},{"startTime":387.89,"endTime":391.69,"body":"versus being around negative people. That's right. Because if you're around negative people, all"},{"startTime":391.69,"endTime":395.49,"body":"you're doing is feeding the doubt. Yeah. And you're starving the"},{"startTime":395.49,"endTime":399.29,"body":"faith. And you've got to switch that. You need to be around people that"},{"startTime":399.29,"endTime":402.89,"body":"feed your faith and they starve your doubt. That's right. And it"},{"startTime":402.89,"endTime":405.77,"body":"reminds me of. And we're only going to go a little bit longer because this"},{"startTime":405.77,"endTime":409.58,"body":"is an issue people have is the battle of the mind. Someone in our"},{"startTime":409.58,"endTime":413.38,"body":"life was trying to get pregnant, and she told me, and it"},{"startTime":413.38,"endTime":416.18,"body":"was an obstacle to get pregnant. And she said I had to"},{"startTime":417.3,"endTime":421.06,"body":"respectfully not talk to certain family members because"},{"startTime":421.06,"endTime":424.5,"body":"whenever I would talk to them about it, they would say it's never going to"},{"startTime":424.5,"endTime":428.3,"body":"happen. Look at the statistics look at what the doctor's"},{"startTime":428.3,"endTime":431.74,"body":"telling you. Come on, live in reality. And she said,"},{"startTime":431.74,"endTime":435.46,"body":"respectfully, I had to stop talking to them about it and get around people"},{"startTime":435.46,"endTime":438.98,"body":"that had faith for me. That's right. And that's what we have to do. Yeah."},{"startTime":438.98,"endTime":442.5,"body":"When you are around people that are just going to doubt and rain on your"},{"startTime":442.5,"endTime":446.18,"body":"parade, you've got to fill yourself with people that, that lift you up"},{"startTime":446.18,"endTime":449.099,"body":"and help you. When it comes to your mind, that is good. And you know,"},{"startTime":449.099,"endTime":451.78,"body":"there's times we hang on to hope, but there are times we have to build"},{"startTime":451.78,"endTime":455.1,"body":"our faith. Yes. And they're not the same thing. So good. And this is another"},{"startTime":455.1,"endTime":458.75,"body":"level of walking with God. Wow. You"},{"startTime":458.75,"endTime":462.15,"body":"have to build your faith. What do you believe?"},{"startTime":462.31,"endTime":466.07,"body":"Yes. You've got to mind your mind. So good, Mom. And"},{"startTime":466.23,"endTime":469.71,"body":"hope and faith go hand in hand, but they are not the same. It's true."},{"startTime":469.71,"endTime":473.51,"body":"You get to. You give up. You know, hope runs out. Doctor tells you"},{"startTime":473.51,"endTime":476.79,"body":"it's not going to happen. Market says it's not going to happen. Yeah. But you"},{"startTime":476.79,"endTime":480.59,"body":"got to build your faith. It's true. And that's why it's important to surround yourself"},{"startTime":480.59,"endTime":484.43,"body":"with people who are faith walkers and faith talkers. Amen. Mom. Pray us"},{"startTime":484.43,"endTime":488.22,"body":"out. This is Father. Thank you for the ability to mind our minds."},{"startTime":488.22,"endTime":491.66,"body":"And we right now pull into captivity every"},{"startTime":491.9,"endTime":495.66,"body":"thought that its only desire is"},{"startTime":495.66,"endTime":499.34,"body":"to tell us that you are not good. When you are good."},{"startTime":499.98,"endTime":503.7,"body":"You love each and every one of us equally and you are"},{"startTime":503.7,"endTime":507.42,"body":"still a miracle worker. And there is nothing that's impossible or too hard for you."},{"startTime":507.9,"endTime":511.03,"body":"So we tell our minds that today you"},{"startTime":511.43,"endTime":514.95,"body":"are God, you are faithful and you'll come through for your people,"},{"startTime":515.03,"endTime":517.59,"body":"and we thank you for it. In Jesus name, amen."},{"startTime":518.63,"endTime":522.43,"body":"So there you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank"},{"startTime":522.43,"endTime":526.27,"body":"you so much for tuning in. Today we pray these devotionals empower you"},{"startTime":526.27,"endTime":530.11,"body":"to take on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it with"},{"startTime":530.11,"endTime":533.83,"body":"a friend. 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