WWHIYP To Replace Negative Thoughts

Recently, I noticed something was bothering me. I kept thinking about something that annoyed me and it was bringing me down. I was thinking about something that someone had done. It was nothing personal, but it was offensive and it happened weeks ago. Suddenly it was bothering me.

I'm building a culture of prayer so I have to ask myself: what would happen if you prayed instead of continuing to think about something annoying?

2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV tells us:

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.

Negative thoughts go against the nature of God in me. So I have to arrest that thought and make it obedient to Christ. Instead of allowing a memory to annoy me, I began to pray for the person involved. I asked God to bless the offender to see Truth. And I have to pray that with pure motives. I pray for that person to be blessed, not for my sake but for their sake.

Pray with me:

Father, You know our hearts and You know our ways. Bless me to be pure in my heart to be a blessing to others. Help me to not be easily offended, but to be a blessing. Help me not to react, but to respond with Your love. Let me not worry over perceived offenses, but to capture every negative thought and make it obedient to the will of Christ Jesus. It is in His name that I pray. Thank You for victorious thoughts. Amen.