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This is part of an ongoing series during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. To engage further in the #QuarantineSoulCare<\/strong> series, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n

When rain falls on a hill, the water drains off. How does it drain off? In rivulets. Initially, they are just small rivulets, but each time rain falls, the rivulets cut deeper and deeper. They can become deep chasms.
\nNow let\u2019s compare these rivulets with thought patterns in our minds. The longer we think along any given line, the stronger that thought pattern becomes. Every time we react in a certain way, we reinforce that thought pattern. This is how habits are formed. \u2026
\nWhile we can\u2019t cover up our thoughts<\/a> with a mental bulldozer, we can build a dam in our minds when certain thoughts begin. We can refuse to think them. We can say, \u201cI will not allow myself to think that.\u201d \u2026
\nChanging thought patterns is not just \u201cputting away\u201d by building dams, but also \u201cputting on\u201d by building new patterns. It is not just suppressing, but redirecting our thoughts into healthy, positive ways of thinking. \u2026
\nThis is where Scripture comes in. Verses or concepts of Scripture can be used to build these dams which check our thinking: \u2026 \u201cDon\u2019t think that way; think this way.\u201d This redirects those thought patterns into positive directions. \u201cFix your thoughts on what is true and good and right\u201d (Philippians 4:8, TLB). \u2026 Then the energy from [God\u2019s] enormous source of power flows through us and energizes us to do the very thing we want to do and that He wants to do. Thus, it is not by our efforts that this is accomplished. He produces the change, but we must make the choice.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ\u2014that\u2019s where the action is. See things from his perspective.
\n–Colossians 3:1-2, The Message<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nToday, may you fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right, and may you experience the energy from God\u2019s source of power flowing through you. #quarantinesoulcare <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today’s reading was taken from NavClassics<\/a>, excerpt by George Sanchez.<\/h4>\n

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