The Creator Exists!
The Human Mind?
Romans chapter 7 verses 21 to 24:- 21 I find, then, this law in my case: When I wish to do what is right, what is bad is present with me. 22 I really delight in the law of God according to the man I am within, 23 but I see in my body another law warring against the law of my mind and leading me captive to sin’s law that is in my body. 24 Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death?
Do you ever find that your mind wanders? Do you find yourself thinking about trivial things that don't really matter, or that are distracting or even embarrassing and wrong? Do you sometimes find yourself dwelling on bad thoughts, and you have no idea why these thoughts came up into your head, but you find it difficult to stop thinking about them? - Be assured that this is a problem that at times can affect us all without understanding where these thoughts came from, and it can be difficult to banish them from your mind, and you are embarrassed or even upset by this type of thinking ever having come up into your head!
Actions Cause Sins!
Romans chapter 6 verses 3 to 5:- 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deceiving himself. 4 But let each one examine his own actions, and then he will have cause for rejoicing in regard to himself alone, and not in comparison with the other person. 5 For each one will carry his own load.
Do not fall into the trap of thinking that you are worthless because you sometimes have bad thoughts, never give up in fighting to remove (stop thinking about) these distracting thoughts and replacing them with right thinking. It can be difficult, but it is possible with Jehovah's spirit, the important thing to remember is that bad thoughts in themselves are not sins, but dwelling on them can lead you to fall prey to the thought by actually sinning and that is what you are fighting to avoid, so never give up for as the Apostle Paul said this is a war with your mind and can only be won over time through prayer and the Ransom!
Rely on Jehovah!
Romans chapter 6 verses 12 to 14:- 12 Therefore, do not let sin continue to rule as king in your mortal bodies so that you should obey their desires. 13 Neither go on presenting your bodies to sin as weapons of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, also your bodies to God as weapons of righteousness. 14 For sin must not be master over you, seeing that you are not under law but under undeserved kindness.
The stronger your mind becomes by practising righteousness the easier it will be for you to defeat bad thoughts and replace them with righteous thoughts. And the more you do what is right in God's eyes the less sin will be master over you. You should never think that because you have this battle of the bad over the good, that you are worthless, because all your brothers and sisters have this very same battle with (as the Apostle Paul puts it) our sinful flesh and our God fearing mind!
Never Give Up!
Romans chapter 7 verse 25:- 25 Thanks to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So, then, with my mind I myself am a slave to God’s law, but with my flesh to sin’s law.
Sin is built into our DNA (our bodies), so at various times we may fall foul of it's leading and actually sin, but that is not a reason to give up, it is a reason to fight harder to correct your thinking. You can do this through prayer and study of God's word the Bible, also from meetings and the ministry, and if your problems with wrong thinking become difficult to handle, then talk to an elder in your congregation, he can help you to find articles in various watchtowers and the Insight Books to guide you toward winning the mental fight!
Accept Help if Needed?
Never let your sinful thoughts develop into actual sins, but if occasionally we fall into a sinful practise, we need to correct this problem as soon as we recognise that we are sinning. Fight to remove bad thoughts from your thinking by forcing you mind to dwell on good things via study and prayer. You can win the fight if you rely on Jehovah's spirit, never give up in doing what is right!
Romans chapter 6 verses 7 to 9:- 7 Do not be misled: God is not one to be mocked. For whatever a person is sowing, this he will also reap; 8 because the one sowing with a view to his flesh will reap corruption from his flesh, but the one sowing with a view to the spirit will reap everlasting life from the spirit. 9 So let us not give up in doing what is fine, for in due time we will reap if we do not tire out.
You Can Win the Fight!
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