When Tohoughts Spiral Fast

Have you ever noticed how one tiny thought can suddenly become a full wave of fear, worry, or anxiety before you even realize what happened?

That is how fear works. It rarely arrives full force. It starts as a small ripple, and if we keep entertaining it, we eventually crash under its weight.

What if you learned to step off that wave early?

That is the renewed mind in action. Everything starts with a thought. Your feelings, your actions, your responses, even your peace or lack of peace always begin in your thoughts. 

You cannot always stop a thought from coming, but you absolutely can decide whether it gets to stay.

Is this thought in alignment with Christ, or is it out?  Philippians 4:8 gives you the filter. If it is not true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or worthy of praise, you call it out and you throw it out.

Catch it early, before it builds into a wave. You do not have to ride the wave of fear. You get to interrupt it with truth.

Isaiah 26:3 tells us He will keep in perfect peace all who trust in Him, all whose thoughts are fixed on Him.  Perfect peace does not start in your emotions. It starts in your thoughts.

That means peace is possible even if your circumstances are not perfect. It is possible even if you used to be a fearful person. It is possible because you get to renew your mind by aligning it with His Word.

Thoughts become beliefs. Beliefs become identity. And renewal becomes transformation.

You can look like Christ, think like Christ, and even carry the aroma of Christ. This is how emotional stability becomes spiritual leadership. When you think differently, you live differently, and people will notice.

I’m wildly cheering you!

Alita Reynolds

Alita’s Guide:  https://www.womenoffaith.com/alita-s-guide-break-free-from-fear-for-good-by-renewing-your-mind