00:00if you are a christian you are equipped to not be ruled by such thoughts you are equipped to overcome
00:09temptation will come but you do not succumb you overcome that is what it means to be a christian
00:16you will overcome because god has given you everything you need to overcome through his word
00:22by his spirits
00:31le quiero hacer esa pregunta hermano chris ya que he tenido pensamientos sobre situaciones
00:38que no puedo controlar y en esos pensamientos han habido mucha preocupación en mí y mi pregunta
00:47es si yo debo de dejar que el señor obre en esos pensamientos para yo poder tener paz o debo
00:55de combatirlos ya que no he podido yo en mis fuerzas combatir esos pensamientos y no sé si debo de
01:04buscar alguna cita en específico en la palabra o mantenerme bajo la gracia del señor ya que es
01:11un tema que no conozco mucho si usted me podría ayudar con la respuesta hermano que no thank you
01:17brother so our brother is is referring to how we manage negative thoughts that's uh in in his words
01:28seem uncontrollable first of all i want to repeat what i said earlier that never accept the lie that
01:36something is uncontrollable okay you are in control now negative thoughts can come but then you are in
01:43control of how you respond to them the problem often lies when we give attention to the type of things
01:54that
01:55encourage such thoughts to grow or give dialogue to such thoughts so romans 12 verse 20 says
02:05do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good if a negative thought comes and
02:15you recognize it as something that is not worthy of attention then you must intentionally occupy your mind
02:28with something that overpowers that negativity which we know is the word of god there is no substitute for
02:39this the word of god is the sword god has given us as christians to deal with the temptations
02:50that the devil brings whether it's through what our brother described as those negative thoughts or those
02:57seemingly overwhelming thoughts but i would also say to you brother that if a negative thought comes
03:07and it pushes you to pray then the intention of the devil has already been defeated because the devil's
03:15intention is to cause a thought to translate into words and actions and subsequently attitude and
03:23behavior so if a negative thought comes but it takes you to prayer or it takes you to the word
03:31of god
03:31already the intention of the devil has been has been destroyed because what the devil intended to use
03:38to push you to sin has actually pushed you to seek god the more and that's why i said this
03:45is a mystery
03:45that sometimes uh something wrong or a right response to wrong can lead us down the road of righteousness
03:54can actually help us to draw closer to god so yes the answer to your question is very clear we
04:02are to overcome
04:03the lies of the devil with the truth of god's word a lie is not worthy of your attention i
04:10i want to emphasize
04:12this to everyone because i realize that one of the biggest problems we have today is that we
04:18we give so much attention to something that
04:23is unworthy of this attention we give attention to things that are not true we give too much
04:30focus to things that god has not decreed or declared about our lives you know a small example
04:37just imagine in your workplace someone says something negative about you and it's not true
04:45why is it so common for us to get agitated or angry or disturbed revisiting why did this person say
04:54this
04:54why why are they saying this about me when what they are saying is not true the truth is worthy
04:59of our
05:00attention lies are not so the bigger picture here is how do we identify what is true how do we
05:10identify
05:12what god is saying to us and that's why we have to take our relationship with god seriously by reading
05:18his word because once again the standard of rights and wrong is revealed in his word and reinforced by his
05:27spirits god speaks to our conscience to convict us when we take a wrong step
05:36and the more the word of god dominates our hearts the more sensitive our conscience is to recognize wrong
05:46so that we are quick to respond in the right way i think one of the problems we have today
05:52is it often
05:52takes too long to have a right response to wrong we often go down the wrong road too far before
06:01we
06:01realize this is wrong but if we are quick to identify in the case of our brother all that negative
06:09thoughts
06:10if we are quick to identify our alertness to not feed that thoughts or not give
06:16room to that thoughts or not dialogue with that thought will come well this is a lie this is negative
06:22this is from the devil why should i feed it why should i succumb to it why should i regard
06:27it as something
06:28serious the devil is a liar we should not blame the devil for speaking his language
06:34the devil is not going to stop lying the devil is not going to stop his tactics of deception
06:41deception we will deal with deception as long as we're in this world so we should not be surprised
06:47that negative thoughts will come that the devil will lie to us but once again let me repeat what i
06:54said
06:54in the sermon the lies of the devil can only have power over you to the degree you agree with
07:05them
07:05brother the issue is not the negative thoughts the issue is if you agree with them if you give
07:11attention to them that is when they can begin to have an effect on you and cause potentially negative
07:20words or negative actions but if you are alert to recognize them and you respond in the word of
07:27god with scripture then what the devil wants to use to take you away from god has ended up drawing
07:32you
07:32closer to him glory be to his name that's why i emphasize to people often there is no prayer in
07:40this world that will eliminate temptation the journey of life is full of traps full of trials full of
07:46things capable of tripping you over that's true for all of us that's a reality so we should not expect
07:57that the life of a christian is one without such temptations oh if i'm a christian why should i have
08:04that negative thoughts if you are a christian you are equipped to not be ruled by such thoughts you are
08:13equipped to overcome temptation will come but you do not succumb you overcome that is what it means to be
08:22a
08:23christian you will overcome because god has given you everything you need to overcome through his word
08:30by his spirit so brother that would be my encouragement to you don't listen to the lie that says oh
08:37i cannot
08:38control those thoughts oh i cannot control them if they come i just end up dialoguing no if a negative
08:44thought comes your response to it is what you can control don't feed it don't give room to it don't
08:52elevate it to a state of importance in your mind take the word of god into your hearts memorize
08:59scripture speak the word of god aloud if need be take the word of god read the promises of god
09:05aloud
09:06insert your own name there you will find that the devil is a defeated foe you are more than a
09:12conqueror
09:13through christ there is no prayer no fasting no spiritual maturity in this world that will remove
09:25the reality of temptation because we're in a world which is dominated by those in darkness so as we
09:36navigate this world it's a reality there will be a lot of temptation
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