Madison Prewett Trout

Whatever the feeling may be, if you really get down to it, it's always traced back to having some type of belief system.

And so, and believing some type of lie, coming into agreement with some type of lie.

And you look at how Jesus responded every single time the enemy tempted him with a lie.

He didn't try to engage in this moment.

He didn't even try to like muster up the like, okay, I got to like have what it's, I mean, he's Jesus.

He could have, he could have just snapped his finger and Satan would have been gone.

But he gave us a blueprint of how we overcome the enemy's lies.

And it's, we respond with the truth.

And so the moment we believe the lie, we empower the liar.

But the moment we believe the truth, we defeat the lie.

And so when those lies come, when those feelings come, it's what you're saying, you take it captive, but then you have to replace it with something better.

And I think so often in the church, we even do this whole like resist, resist, resist, don't, don't, don't, take captive, run.

but there's also gotta be a pursuit of something greater, a replacement of something greater.

And so not just a removal of a negative thought, but a replacement of a true thought, of a holy thought.

And Philippians 4 talks about that, to think on things that are lovely and pure and admirable and praiseworthy and true.

And so the way we continually overcome those lies is we have to renew our mind daily.

It talks about that in Romans 12, renew your mind daily with the truth.

And sometimes that looks like not just a reserved moment in your quiet time, but like all throughout the day,

You're going to get hit.

It's like you have a moment maybe starting your day in the truth.