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Home » Sage Words » Taking Thoughts Captive

Taking Thoughts Captive

By Paula Wiseman

Renewing Your Mind Taking Thoughts Captive title graphic featuring Spring flowers

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 10:5

Thoughts arrive uninvited—
Worries about tomorrow,
Regrets about yesterday,
Fears about today.

They build fortresses in your mind,
Strongholds of anxiety,
Bastions of doubt,
Citadels of despair.

But you are not defenseless.
You have authority
To capture each thought,
To examine its source.

Is this thought true?
Does it align with God’s Word?
Will it build up or tear down?
Does it honor Christ?

April’s fresh beginnings
Remind us we have a choice:
Not what enters our minds,
But what we allow to stay.

Your thoughts await inspection.
Which will you take captive today?

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Filed Under: Monday Meditations Tagged With: 2 Corinthians, Renewing Your Mind series

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