How to "Bar Out" Negative Thoughts

 Have you ever laid down to rest and all of a sudden ,streams of thoughts come flashing through your mind making you feel uncomfortable and restless? Well I have been there and these was what I did to stop such thoughts from remaining in my spirit,and I know these simple steps can help you "bar out" negative thoughts flashing through your mind.

Let's go on this ride together:

    First of all, do all thoughts come from you and what you feed on ,the answer is no. Although, what you feed on ,i.e the things you spend time listening to or watching/ reading can form your thoughts. Let me give you an example; back then in school , writing exams were my favourite moments in a semester, I also loved taking test /quizes because they gave me an insight into how the exam  questions  would look like .Let me get to my point, during those exam moments,the only thoughts that flooded my mind were the things I had studied.They formed 70% of my thoughts ,the remaining 30% went into what I would eat and wear 😉.

Now because I spent hours feeding (studying) my mind with my books , even when I took a break to do something els , the things I had studied would come back to me in form of thoughts, the same goes when I watched a movie, listened to a song , had a serious conversation or listened  to a message from Pastor Chris , the words would come back to me in form of thoughts. Thats how the things we see and hear affect our thoughts in other words they become the source of our thoughts...

    Secondly, your thoughts can also come from God and even the Devil..God speaks sometimes to us through thoughts and likewise the Devil can send thoughts to you ..But the most important thing is if you choose to accept those thoughts or not..No wonder the Bible instructs to guild our heart (mind) with all diligence .     You are like that custom Officers who stays at the border to access people and their goods as they come into the country .If a person doesn't meet the required standards to come into that country he/she will be sent back and if the goods coming in to that nation do not meet up to the standards in that nation it would be distroyed . Therefore you have the ability to disallow or allow  thoughts that come into  your mind and how can you do that ?

 The first thing to do is to watch what you give your attention too : In my last post I explained breifly how the things you feed on affects your thoughts and actions using the phrase " you are what you feed on ' . Now one of the quickest ways to Bar out negative thoughts is to deliberatly focus your mind on the word of God..That is the surest way. Now let's say you don't know much of God's word,well focus your mind on something positive. You can control the direction of your thoughts ..

 Another way to Bar out negative thoughts is by Voicing ( your confessions) ; Now what does this mean ? .When thoughts are coming to you mind and you don't like it and your have tried controlling your mind not to go in the direction of those thoughts then you need to address those thoughts with your words .Very simple . Understand that your tongue (👅) controls your life ." You are who and what you say You are".,so you can talk to your mind ..

Let me give you a scenario, Your are on a transit going from Lagos to Onitsha and suddenly a thought comes into your mind and you get scared now your seeing pictures of accident and you can't seem to get those thoughts out of your mind. What do you do? ,how do you disallow such thoughts from staying any longer ?-  You can use your words. Now you don't have to shout, as far as you can hear your self ,you can speak under your breath talking to your mind and addressing that particular thought,you can say no to them and in a moment those thoughts would leave..

I am going to stop here for now ,I have to make dinner ( smiles) but I would love to hear from you.

Remember you are in charge of your thoughts just like that Immigration officer whose job is to ensure that whatever comes into the country in safe .So keep your mind  clean from junk. I can do it and so can you in other to be a better person

I leave you with this Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so [is] he. 

I will be posting my Poetry Piece here for the first time💃💃💃 ..So stay connected

Love VOG