Consider taking five 3 by 5 cards and writing new things you should be thinking about on them. Things like increasing in the fruits of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, gentleness, longsuffering, and purity.
If we keep thinking wrong we will act wrong sooner or later. Use these cards to give you replacement thoughts when you start to have bad thoughts.
Try to find 5 things that are important to you. I think caring about souls, and purpose are important. I think trying to increase in love and joy are important.
You can use these ideas, but it is also good to find a couple of things that really speak to you.
Example: You constantly rerun complaints about your job, boss, wife, finances, frustrations and a million other problems in your head. Realize that some of that is you, but some of it is satan going around like a roaring lion trying to destroy you.
When bad thoughts start, read a card, then start praying about it. Maybe add a verse about that subject. If I remind myself 100 times daily that my goal is to love others, great things may happen.
First, I might remember that this is what I want.
Second, God will likely help me. He does notice what we are working often on.
Third, I will start to understand that my obsession with _______ is not so smart, and that if my new obsession is love, that would be very smart.
Finally, when I start to understand, I will start to make progress.
New thoughts are a key to quitting. I have a bunch of chapters about new thoughts in my book. It is that important.
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