20/04/2026
Jesus said, โ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ!โ (Matthew 16:23, NKJV). He did not entertain what was contrary to Godโs willโHe rejected it. There was no negotiation, no agreementโonly a decisive refusal.
That is how firm we must be.
โI turn my back on that thought. I will not allow it into my thought life. I will not entertain it. I will not give it room to move or take root within me.โ
For the Word says, โ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ตโ (2 Corinthians 10:5, NKJV). We do not manage wrong thoughtsโwe take authority over them.
To be in Christ is to walk as He walked (1 John 2:6). When something opposed the truth, He did not reason with itโHe refused it.
There are thoughts you must turn your back on to keep them out of your life.
But you must also fill your mind with what is of God. โ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉโ (Colossians 3:2, NKJV). โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆโฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆโฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ตโฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆโฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บโฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ตโฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ดโ (Philippians 4:8, NKJV).
For we have been raised up and seated together with Christ (Ephesians 2:6, NKJV). And because of this, โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ญ๐บโ (Romans 16:20, NKJV). He is under your feetโbut you must keep his influence behind you.
You do this by refusing to face it, refusing to fellowship with it, and refusing to give voice to it.
We do not dwell on circumstances. โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ตโ (2 Corinthians 5:7, NKJV). We do not rehearse them or magnify them. Instead, we align our words and thoughts with truth.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆโ (Romans 8:6, NKJV).
So, we turn away from what opposes Godโand we fix our eyes on Jesus, โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉโ (Hebrews 12:2, NKJV).