Elohim June 2015 | Page 3

Heart Heart to Dear Reader, Can you believe that this is our sixth edition? Goodness but these last few months have just flown by so fast I feel like I need a pause button. Come to think about it I think I sometimes need a pause button for my thoughts as well. I have so many thoughts racing through my head every day and sometimes I try to explain it to my husband but he just shakes is head in confusion. Do you know what I mean? You start of thinking about a chocolate and end up thinking about time you spent in London, all this in a space of maybe 2 minutes... I think all of us (women especially) have loads of thoughts racing through our minds on a daily basis. Most of them are to do with kids, family, friends, shopping, food, the house or work etc. But then you also get those thoughts that just hit you like a double whammy out of nowhere. “I can’t take anymore of this.” “I am not good enough.” “Why did I ever think I can do anything good?” “I am such a failure”...STOP. When anything negative tries to overtake your thought pattern and makes you feel awful about yourself or that your present circumstances won’t change and that it defines who you are, you must recognise that those are all lies! Press that pause button and remember what God has said in His Word and the promises that He has given you. 1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Spend time with God, search for His promises and His will in your life. Actively try and think positive and when you struggle with negative thoughts take those thoughts captive, bind them up and give them to Jesus. You have to make the conscious decision to say no and focus your mind on God’s promises. Mariet t e God bless you, In Philippians 4:13 “I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.” Page 3