Your Thoughts Aren't Facts — Here's How to Stop Believing Them

Are your negative thoughts running your life?

Do you find yourself lying awake at night, replaying conversations, battling anxiety, or spiraling into a doom loop of “what-ifs”? You are not alone — and more importantly, you’re not powerless.

In this teaching, we walk through a biblical strategy for managing thoughts so your thoughts no longer control you. Using passages like 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 and Philippians 4:4–8, you’ll learn a simple but powerful framework:

1️⃣ Catch the thought
2️⃣ Test it against God’s truth
3️⃣ Replace it with what is honorable, pure, lovely, and praiseworthy

These principles help you break free from intrusive thoughts, emotional overwhelm, and the lies the enemy whispers in the dark. When you learn to “take every thought captive,” you not only change your thought life — you change your emotional life too.

Whether you struggle with anxiety, negative self-talk, overthinking, or spiritual attacks on your mind, this message will help you find mental clarity, emotional peace, and biblical confidence.

⭐ In this video you’ll learn:
How to stop letting your thoughts control your emotions
What the Bible teaches about renewing your mind
How to overcome intrusive thoughts and anxiety as a Christian
Why your emotions follow your thoughts
Practical steps to break negative thought patterns
How gratitude and prayer shift your mindset
A biblical method to silence lies and strengthen spiritual discipline

📖 Key Scriptures in this message:
2 Corinthians 10:4–5 – taking every thought captive
Philippians 4:4–8 – fixing your mind on what is true, pure, and admirable

🙏 If you’re ready to move from lazy faith to living hope… you’re in the right place.

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00:00 — What If Your Thoughts Didn’t Control You?
01:10 — Why Your Emotions Always Follow Your Thoughts
02:30 — The Doom Loop: How Negative Thinking Traps Us
03:45 — God’s Strategy for the Battle of the Mind (2 Corinthians 10)
05:10 — Your Thoughts Aren’t Always True (Even When They Feel Real)
06:25 — Capturing Rebellious Thoughts and Making Them Obey Christ
07:40 — The Replacement Principle (Philippians 4 Explained)
09:20 — Paul Wrote This From Prison — Let That Sink In
10:30 — My Personal Battle With Replaying Conversations
12:05 — Catch It, Test It, Replace It (The 3-Step Framework)
13:30 — 3AM Lies and the Whisper of the Enemy
14:55 — Replacing Lies With Truth, Gratitude, and Peace
16:10 — What Are You Going to Practice This Week?
17:20 — Subscribe + Continue the Journey From Lazy Faith to Living Hope