WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:02.560 Hello everybody. 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:05.200 I am pumped to be here with you. 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.240 A little while ago, Caitlin asked me if I would be willing to speak on Philippians 1. 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:13.039 And I said, um, yes, I will be there. 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:24.719 The first time I went to Thrive was about a year ago, and Holly Robbins invited me, and I remember just feeling such um authenticity and love in the house during that Thrive meeting. 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:26.800 And so I'm so excited to be here. 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:30.000 My name's Ashley, if you don't know me. 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.759 And I'm married to Trey Adams, and we have four kids. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.359 They are nine, eight, four, and one year old. 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.920 And fun fact, today is my birthday. 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:41.600 So, you know, go me. 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:42.320 All right. 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.600 So uh today I'm gonna start with a little bit of background. 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:53.840 I know that Caitlin covered it um last week, but I'm gonna start with well, what is this book of Philippians? 00:00:53.920 --> 00:01:12.799 So it's a letter that Paul wrote to the first Jesus community that he established in Philippi, and he wrote it while he was in prison and he was passionately preaching that all authority belonged to Jesus because Jesus was king, and uh and so the Roman government was a little offended by that. 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:21.519 While he was in prison, every day, you know, he could be he could be released or he could wake up to being executed. 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.319 And so this was the place that he was writing from. 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:30.319 Uh and we're gonna frame Philippians 1 as we talk about what it means to take your thoughts captive. 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.680 What does Paul say about this topic? 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.439 So, first I'm gonna start off with some science, okay? 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:43.040 I'm a little bit of a nerd when it comes to science, and so we're gonna talk about the brain. 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:46.640 So I just got done reading this book called Switch on Your Brain by Dr. 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:59.200 Caroline Leaf, and she says in the book she teaches about how God just marvelously crafted and created our brains to do wonderful um feats. 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:04.640 So the brain is separated into two parts it's the conscious and the subconscious. 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:30.479 So your conscious is what happens when you are awake, it's happening uh or uses about 10% of your brain power versus your subconscious, which is happening and working, operating 24-7, even while you're sleeping, and it works at a speed of 400 billion seconds per, or 400 action, billion actions per second. 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:32.960 Isn't that just incredible? 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:47.599 So um there's also this cool science-y phrase called quantum xeno effect, which basically says that wherever you direct your attention, that that thought or belief will grow stronger. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:51.840 And that makes common sense as you think back to school. 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:57.919 Um, I'm a teacher, and I promise you, teachers, we you're working hard. 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:08.639 When you went to school, your teachers were working hard to repeat, repeat, repeat, um, and help you to see, learn the concepts through, you know, reading, writing, listening, and so on. 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:12.400 And so repetition, we know, helps us to learn. 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:18.159 Uh, this quantum xeno effect can happen in the positive and it can happen in the negative. 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:23.280 So it works for us when we are um affirming ourselves in a positive way. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:28.400 Like, say we are telling ourselves, I can do all things to Christ who strengthens me. 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:49.039 When you come up against an obstacle and you feel stuck, and you're starting, you start to say things like, um, everything depends on me, but then you stop in your tracks and you remind yourself that Jesus' strength is in you and you can do the thing that's in front of you, then that's the positive example. 00:03:49.120 --> 00:04:01.439 But it can happen in the negative too, as you repeat uh a common, a common um stumbling block thought that a lot of us have, and I'm gonna raise my hand on this, is I'm not good enough. 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:05.439 So if you repeat this over and over your head, guess what's gonna be magnified? 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:13.439 You're gonna realize your deepest fear is actually confirmed because it's getting bigger and bigger in your life and in your vision. 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:22.000 So to help you remember these science terms, I'm gonna teach you a sign, an American sign language, uh, the sign for believe. 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:22.480 Okay? 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:23.839 So y'all do it. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.399 Look, it's different talking to a camera versus talking to faces. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:30.319 So I got a couple of faces in here. 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:33.120 I'm gonna look at them, but I'm I'm expecting you to do it too. 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:38.720 If you in your bathroom, locked the door, trying to get away from your kids, like you better be doing it sitting on that toilet. 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:39.920 All right, here we go. 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:42.480 So the first one is point to your head. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.079 All right, so this is believe. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:47.600 You point here, then you come up, and then you come down. 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:48.879 That means believe. 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:49.920 Let's do it again. 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:50.639 Boop. 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:52.560 Oh, perfect. 00:04:52.879 --> 00:05:05.120 All right, so what that means is that what you are thinking about over and over again is what you're in your mind, is what your brain perceives as important. 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:11.839 So your brain grabs it and transfers it down into your subconscious. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:18.319 And in your subconscious is where your entire belief system is held. 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:24.800 Your beliefs about your identity, who you are, who God is, who other people are. 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:38.480 And so as we learn about taking our thoughts captive, we're gonna keep this in the back of our mind about what are we thinking about repeatedly, because that is what's gonna sink down deep into who we are in our subconscious. 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:43.600 So now I'm gonna take it to Philippians 1, verse 9 through 11. 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.480 And this is a prayer that Paul prays. 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.800 Um, and I as I read, I want you to pay attention to these three words. 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:55.040 I'm gonna camp on these three words when I get done reading the prayer. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:06:00.879 So the three words are knowledge, depth of insight, and discern. 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:02.319 All right, here we go. 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:26.639 And this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:36.959 So I'm gonna give you definitions, then I'm gonna apply those um three words, and I'm gonna give you an example because everybody loves a good example. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:39.759 It just brings it home the concept that's being learned. 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:42.079 So the first word was knowledge. 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:45.839 Knowledge is an awareness of truth. 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:55.040 And so, in the context of learning um how to take our thoughts captive, it's an awareness of your own thoughts and emotions. 00:06:55.279 --> 00:07:06.480 Okay, it's also an awareness, the knowledge of awareness of God's word, who he is, and his benefits towards you. 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:10.720 An application this would be to be aware of what you're thinking about. 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:12.720 Think about what you're thinking about. 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:19.920 It's so easy to live your life and not give a second of thought to what's happening up here. 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:23.600 Maybe you have a schedule that has no margin and you're busy. 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:29.120 Like many of us, uh, moms with kids, I mean, they're constantly redirecting our attention. 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:35.439 So we have to be very deliberate and intentional about taking account of what's happening in our mind. 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:41.519 Paying attention to how your body feels physically and any emotional triggers that arise. 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:48.399 Also, it's uh intentionally filling your life with God's truth repeatedly. 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:50.399 There's that quantum Xeno effect. 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.480 We have to do it repeatedly. 00:07:52.720 --> 00:08:04.079 Reading the word, listening to the word, singing the word, listening to sermons, listening to godly counsel, whatever you can do to get God's word in your life. 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:10.319 So I'm gonna give an example of knowledge and what this actually looks like in real life. 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.160 So this is it's the end of the day. 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:23.600 Imagine, it's the end of the day, you collapse onto your bed from exhaustion, you look at your phone, your to-do list is on it, and you see all the checks that are not there. 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:30.000 And all of a sudden, you just feel so down and defeated. 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:39.759 Having a knowledge of this moment, all of a sudden you become aware of this negative emotion of defeat and the lie that correlates with it that you're not good enough. 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.639 And you realize that's what you've been letting yourself think. 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:54.000 So you read Ephesians 2 10, which is a popular verse, for we are God's masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.279 And you think about it for a minute, and then you go to sleep. 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:59.279 All right, so now let's go to this. 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:04.159 I'm gonna continue on with that same example in a minute, but now let's go on to depth of insight. 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:10.480 Now I'm gonna say, you realize real quick when it's time to teach something that you don't really know it. 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:13.919 Uh so I've been researching y'all. 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:19.440 What's the difference in wisdom and knowledge and understanding and depth of insight and discernment? 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:25.919 I mean, all of these are very similar, but they're different, and God uses them in different ways throughout His Word. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:33.440 Depth of insight is the ability to see beyond what is on the surface. 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:36.159 Up here, what was this? 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:37.600 What remember this? 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:39.120 Believe what's up here? 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:43.759 In our conscious place, this is the surface level, okay? 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:50.720 But we're turning our attention down to what's happening in our subconscious, below the surface. 00:09:50.879 --> 00:10:00.559 This is when we consider all of our awareness of our thoughts, emotions, uh, of what God's word says, and we're putting it all together and applying it. 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:07.679 So God created our bodies and our minds with uh what's called discomfort zones. 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:09.120 I love this so much. 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:18.399 God has built into us the ability to take our thoughts captive, and this is what you got to do to start this process because I know it feels overwhelming. 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.320 Trust me, I understand. 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:25.120 But our bodies will alert us when we are thinking toxically. 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.960 For example, maybe you're having recurring headaches. 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.799 Maybe you're having a tense neck and back. 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.080 Maybe you uh it's hard for you to breathe. 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.240 Maybe you are just irritable. 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:46.480 I mean, like the kids aren't really being bad or that rambunctious, but the noise, even just a little bit of noise, makes you want to snap. 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:53.120 That's another um that that would signal to you that there's something toxic going on in your mind. 00:10:53.279 --> 00:11:01.919 It might be emotions that are out of control, sadness, depression, anxiety, worry, or just being on the edge about life wherever you go. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:08.960 So having a depth of insight would be tapping into these discomfort zones, being self-reflective. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:14.879 And that's what Caitlin showed with with the mind mapping that she demonstrated. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:16.720 That is self-reflection. 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:25.279 It's looking in, it's being honest with yourself, humble before God, and saying there's some issues here, and I'm not gonna ignore them anymore. 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:32.080 I'm not gonna suppress them anymore because listen, you've got to feel it to heal it. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:33.200 You hear me? 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:43.840 You have to feel it to heal it, and it actually you will spiral into even more toxicity if you ignore and suppress the problem. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:52.080 So our depth of insight is allowing us to say, wait a minute, there's something going on deeper that I've got to pay deliberate attention to. 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:58.080 So, to our example, remember you just quoted that you are God's masterpiece scripture. 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:07.519 Now, after a week of you being more aware of your thoughts and emotions, you recognize that this particular issue is just deeper than you realize at first. 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:18.720 You're starting to notice regular negative pattern that needs to be paid attention to, and you decide to open up before God about what this root may be. 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:34.399 That's a big step right here, because as you open up, not only are you opening yourself up to change, but you're opening yourself up to pain, to where you're gonna have to start feeling some things that you probably don't want to feel. 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:38.240 But God is faithful and we're getting we're getting to that. 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:45.919 All right, so um you reread Ephesians 2 10 and consider how you really are God's masterpiece. 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.919 You ask yourself, but do I really believe this about myself? 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.039 Inside, you don't feel that you are his masterpiece. 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:57.600 You don't feel it, you don't feel it down here. 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.960 You want to, but you don't. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:05.120 And so that's where you're being honest with yourself before God. 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:10.159 All right, so our third word that I'm camping on is discern. 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:13.600 So let's go back and put it back into the prayer that he prayed. 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:23.840 That your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you will be able to discern what is best. 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:31.759 To discern is to test something, to examine it, to approve it, to allow it. 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:36.399 Application would be to be careful about your thoughts. 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:41.759 And here's something a good lie is a lie that is mixed with truth. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.320 Okay? 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:52.639 And discernment is what's gonna help you take that lie that looks so pretty on the outside, so believable, and pick it apart and dissect it. 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:58.240 And you're deciding, am I going to allow this thought to stay or does it have to go? 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.519 So it's the thought, when you initially have it, it's knocking on the door of your mind, right? 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:13.120 And then you use discernment to decide, am I gonna let this thought come in my mind and hang out, or am I gonna say, uh-uh, you're not coming in and hanging out with me. 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.240 In our example, here we go. 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:21.120 Your antennas are up concerning your thoughts about not feeling good. 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:30.080 You're examining every single thought as it comes into your mind, deciding whether it has permission to stay in your mind or not. 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:34.879 You decide you're gonna memorize Ephesians 2.10 because you know what? 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:42.240 You need it on standby for when uh you know any lies pop into your head that you've got to combat. 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:47.840 All right, now I'm gonna throw, I told you I was only gonna camp on three words, but I'm gonna give you a freebie. 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.720 I feel like I just can't not talk about wisdom. 00:14:50.879 --> 00:15:00.559 So wisdom is actually the application of the first three, which was knowledge, depth of insight, and discernment with practical steps. 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:07.039 So knowing what to do and actually doing it on a consistent basis. 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.559 Y'all know this is hard. 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.759 This is harder. 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.600 It takes more investment, but oh, is it worth it? 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:15.759 So let's continue on with our example. 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:20.320 You continue to mess up, having faults and dwelling on them that you're not good enough. 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:29.440 You realize you exploded at your kids, you didn't mean to, you yelled at them, and you know, they messed the house up, and you're just aggravated because your house is never clean. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.480 And can we relate? 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.360 Can you relate? 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:31.840 Okay. 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:41.279 But each time you realize that you're dwelling on not being good enough, you repent to God for believing this lie about yourself. 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:42.879 And I want to pause here. 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:49.919 Just because you have the temptation, the initial fault does not mean that you have sinned. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:56.480 But if you dwell on that thought, it becomes a sin because it's against the word of God. 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.039 Okay? 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:06.320 So I don't want any, if you I did for years, oh my goodness, for years, I would have a negative thought, and then I would guilt myself and condemn myself. 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.360 And why would you think that? 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.039 You know God doesn't say that about you. 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:13.360 I mean, just that in and of itself was its own toxic issue. 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:19.600 So remember that just because you're tempted, it does not mean that you are guilty. 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:21.039 You have not sinned. 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:28.639 But if you take that I'm not good enough thought and you dwell on it, and you dwell on it and you dwell on it, then that becomes sin. 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:37.360 I just wanted to clarify that because I don't want anybody leaving this uh, you know, message and thinking, I'm I feel so bad about myself. 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:50.080 Jesus did not come to condemn or to bring guilt, but to bring you freedom, to set you free, not just in the external, but mainly to set you free up here. 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:58.960 All right, so you are um you repent about the lie that you realize you keep thinking when you snapped on your kids. 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:03.919 And immediately, ooh, immediately, you feel courage. 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:09.359 You put your head up high and you take the next step forward, knowing that God is on your side. 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:18.079 After a few months, this is it like like Stacy said, this is this takes time, this process of taking our thoughts captive. 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.960 And we're only talking about one issue right here in the example. 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:26.400 And this is how long it takes to change an issue that's down here, deepen your subconscious. 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:35.440 It takes at least 21 days, at least 21 days of taking these rogue thoughts, specific thoughts captive. 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:58.880 After a few months of deliberately taking your thoughts captive and speaking God's word over your life concerning not feeling good enough, all of a sudden you become aware that you really do believe deep down that you are his masterpiece, and it becomes a full circle moment where you don't have to fake it till you make it, but you are. 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:06.319 And you feel more able to love yourself and others like Jesus does. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:09.279 So let's look at Paul really quick. 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:12.559 How did Paul remain joyful while in prison? 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:15.920 How did he stay content in all circumstances? 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:31.039 Paul exercised knowledge, depth of insight, discernment, and wisdom as he deliberately made sure that his thoughts stayed in line with God's will and God's word. 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:33.440 So, really quick, I want to recap with you. 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.799 This is the teacher in me. 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:36.960 All right, what was the belief sign? 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.559 Right here. 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:51.680 What we think about in our mind over and over, our brain sees it as important and recognizes it and causes it to be transferred down into our subconscious. 00:18:51.839 --> 00:19:00.319 I heard a lyric the other day in a song that I love, and it said, I've heard it before, but let it go deeper, Lord. 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:07.119 A lot of these verses that we hear over and over again, we have heard them a lot. 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:11.200 Like uh, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.640 Rejoice in the Lord. 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:21.759 And again, I say, rejoice that God, that Jesus has uh created us to do good works and that he will complete them in us. 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:30.559 We've heard these scriptures, but here's the thing: a lot of times we'll take a scripture and we'll slap it on our cut like a band-aid. 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:45.279 Well, we don't really meditate on the scripture or really think about how to apply it and looking at it from all angles and squeezing out the juice like that verse, like an orange, getting the juice and the goodness out for it to pour over our life. 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.480 We don't do that. 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:48.480 We just want to move on with life. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:53.359 We want to ignore and suppress, but what if God wants to talk to you about the cut? 00:19:54.960 --> 00:20:01.680 And so that's what I'm challenging you to do is to be honest and open with God about where you are. 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:09.759 We're not suppressing anymore, we're not ignoring anymore, we're submitting ourselves to the process of taking our thoughts captive. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:21.920 And I know that it sounds hard and it sounds exhausting, but research actually shows that toxic thinking requires more energy than healthy, self-regulated thinking. 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:37.039 As you repeat and reflect on God's word, each time his truth is sinking deeper and it's forming your true belief system, it's forming your identity, the true identity that you have in Christ. 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:51.680 And uh, and as a result of that sinking in deeper your identity, even your impulsive reactions will be ones that honor Christ. 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:56.160 What if somebody, something caught you off guard at, you know, dealing with your kids? 00:20:56.319 --> 00:21:00.319 I'll just keep giving an example of kids because that's been my life for the past four months. 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:04.720 I mean, boy, kids everywhere, they're in every corner of the house. 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:10.400 But what if your impulsive reaction was patience and not snappiness? 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:15.359 You know, you can't manufacture that, you can't make that happen in your own strength. 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:20.559 That happens from a life, a mind that has been renewed. 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:31.279 So, what I'm gonna do really quick is I'm gonna rephrase Paul's prayer and I'm gonna kind of insert these definitions that I've shared with y'all tonight. 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:58.799 And this is my prayer that your love may abound more and more through awareness of God's thoughts and awareness of your own thoughts and the ability to see beyond the surface of life so that you may be able to allow only what is best in your thought life for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, the glory and praise of God. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:07.599 I hope that after listening to the message that you've grown in the knowledge of what it takes and what it looks like to take your thoughts captive. 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:15.599 Listen, I wouldn't ask my four-year-old to sweep and mop the house and clean all the bathrooms because I know that he can't do that. 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:20.640 And God's not gonna ask you to take your thoughts captive if you can't do it. 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.920 He knows you can do it. 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:31.839 He created your mind to be able to step out away from your thoughts and judge whether your thoughts are right or wrong, in line with his word or not. 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:36.720 He created your body to have discomfort zones, to show you up red flag. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:41.200 I need to pay attention to this moment, what I'm thinking about and what I'm choosing right now. 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:52.160 Um, so I'm gonna end and I pray that you're I know that you're blessed by this teaching and by this prayer that I'm gonna pray over you right now, finishing us, finishing this out. 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.440 Thank you so much for your time. 00:22:53.599 --> 00:23:01.119 If you could bow your head wherever you are, close your eyes, and just try to have a moment where you can really tune in and focus on this prayer over you. 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:22.160 Dear God, I pray for every single woman listening to this message that their love would multiply their love for you, their love for themselves, and their love for others as they honestly come to terms with any difference that they see in their thought life versus what you say about them in your word. 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:32.000 Holy Spirit, I pray that you would reveal and identify any lies that they have believed as you lead them into truth. 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:40.079 No matter how hard the battle of the mind seems ahead of them, you have given them the identity of overcomer. 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:46.240 And I trust that in their weakest moments, you will bring your words back to their remembrance. 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:57.200 Your words will provide clear boundaries and protective guardrails for their minds so that peace overflows in all areas of their life. 00:23:57.359 --> 00:24:04.160 And we give you praise and glory in advance for being faithful to your word and accomplishing this. 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.640 In Jesus' name, amen.