Remove Infected Thinking | Joel Osteen
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Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoyed today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend? We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's great to be with you today and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. But I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard about this teenager that just got his driver's license, and he asked his father about borrowing the car. His father said, son, I'll make a deal with you.
If you'll bring your grades up, read your Bible every day, and cut your hair, I'll let you borrow it. He came back in a few weeks and asked about the car. The father said, son, you brought your grades up. You've been reading your Bible, but you still haven't cut your hair. The son said, dad, I've been thinking Moses had long hair. Samson had long hair. Even Jesus had long hair. The dad said, yes, son. And they walked everywhere they went. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you.
I want to talk to you today about removing infected thinking. We all have to deal with thoughts of doubt, worry, insecurity, thoughts that tell us you're not going to get well, you'll never break the addiction, you can't accomplish your dream. It's just a thought. It seems harmless. The truth is negative thoughts are like infections. If you make the mistake of dwelling on them, letting it play over and over, it's like you're inviting it in. You're giving it permission to become a reality. What's holding many people back is their thinking is infected. Studies show that 47% of adults' cognitive time is spent ruminating on bad things that have happened in the past or worried about what might happen in the future.
Nearly half of our time. We have the negative dominating our thoughts We wonder why we don't have joy don't have peace why we feel stuck. It's the infection Well, joel, I don't think i'll ever get well That's an infected thought Well, i've made too many mistakes god could never bless me now That infection is distorting your vision I'm not attractive. I don't have a good personality. As long as the infection is there, it's going to limit your life. And the scripture says to bring every thought into captivity. You have to lock up those negative thoughts. Don't give them free reign in your mind. They may seem harmless, but you need to see them in a new light. They're infectious. They will poison your attitude, contaminate your self-image, cloud your vision.
Has your thinking become infected? Are there areas in your life where you believe you're not talented enough or come from the wrong family? You could never live in that nice neighborhood. That's all infection. You were created to live happy, healthy, to rise higher. The good news is you can get rid of the infection. It may have held you back, but it's not permanent. Start locking up those thoughts. Quit dwelling on all the negative, discouraging, destructive. Start filling your mind with thoughts of hope, thoughts of faith, thoughts of victory. I have some friends that decided to re-sod their front yard. Their grass was never really healthy, so they dug it all up and had a truckload of grass delivered.
They spent several days laying it out and making sure it was level and had plenty of water. One night, the husband noticed a new mole on his wife's shoulder, just a little bump, looked like a freckle. Wife looked at it and was surprised that it came up that fast, but she dismissed it, thought no big deal. A couple of weeks went by and just to be safe, she went to the dermatologist. He looked at it and said, this isn't a mole, this is a tick.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:51
2
How can infected thinking hold you back?
5:51–12:30
3
What are the signs of negative thinking in our lives?
12:30–17:04
4
How do negative thoughts become a reality?
17:04–25:52
5
What personal stories illustrate the impact of mindset?
25:52–30:48