What does the Bible say about Take every thought captive?
“Take every thought captive to obey Christ.” When the “strongholds” in my heart are destroyed, I am ready to wield the “weapons” of love, grace, patience, and kindness to my children.
How do I surrender my thoughts to God?
To practice proper Christian surrender requires turning in your fears and anxieties for prayer (Philippians 4:6). You are surrendering to Him so talk to Him. You are coming to God for healing and hope, so ask. I recently told God I wanted to give up “being quick to anger” – being snippy with my kids.
What does captive mean in the Bible?
1 bondage, servitude, slavery, thralldom, subjection; imprisonment, confinement, incarceration.
What does the Bible say about pulling down strongholds?
Isaiah 25:11 says, God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands. He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
What does surrendering yourself to God mean?
To surrender in spirituality and religion means that a believer completely gives up his own will and subjects his thoughts, ideas, and deeds to the will and teachings of a higher power.
What it means to surrender spiritually?
Spiritual Surrender It’s offering up the small self or personal identity to that of the absolute. When you surrender spiritually, you stop forcing solutions on situations you can’t control and instead trust and have faith that there is a Divine force taking care of everything in a perfectly orchestrated manner.
What does it mean to be taken captive?
held prisoner
1 : taken and held prisoner captive soldiers. 2 : kept within bounds or under control captive animals. 3 : as a prisoner I was taken captive. 4 : unable to avoid watching or listening to something a captive audience.
What does the Bible say about using our imagination?
[10] But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
What are high thing that exalts itself?
[5] Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; [6] And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.