Reclaim Your Good Feelings
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2 KJV
Too often our thoughts are filled with negative affections and feelings because of a bad experience, or a painful place, or a certain smell. We are also reminded of the time we went left and should have gone right and it can suddenly grip our spirit with grief. These memories, when triggered, run over and over like recordings we can’t stop playing. When your day is full of these thoughts, there is no way you can get on to the good affections and purpose God has for you.
God has good affections and good thoughts available for you today. Focus on them. Fight for them. Battle to create new affections and good feelings. Confront those triggers that bring emotional distress. Those dates, smells, locations, and pieces of your life-history need to be reclaimed. You need to be able to enjoy these things again. Do the work. Make new memories. Decide where your thoughts are going every moment.
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8 NIV
John Eaton
Pastor of RELATE Church
(214) 733-3069