Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

by Jennie Allen

Will you believe God or believe the lie?

I’m afraid that I won’t be able to withstand whatever the future might hold. I choose to believe God will not allow me to be tempted beyond what I can endure and will always give me the strength to overcome temptation.11

A spouse may be unfaithful, yet by God’s power, infidelity won’t define our lives.

LIE: People are not trustworthy, and life will not work out. TRUTH: God is trustworthy and will, in the end, work all things together for good.

Cynicism erodes our ability to see God rightly.

We worship when we experience awe. And cynicism and worship cannot coexist.

I AM WHO I AM. Exodus 3:14

My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together. Isaiah 48:13

I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15:16

I will not leave you. Deuteronomy 31:8

In the dark, my mind used to spiral, afraid that there was no good place to land. Afraid that God was not real. Afraid that I was not safe. Afraid that I was not seen. Afraid of the days to come. Those fears, I would learn, were frauds. I was seen. I was safe. God was real.