Change the Channel

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You're listening to the My Morning Devotional podcast, episode 1424. Today's Devo is called Change the Channel. Hey there. We're the Alessies, a ministry family working together in our church in Miami, Florida.

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And if you're like us, when days get busy and to do lists get longer, it can be hard to find devotional time. That's why we've partnered with our friend Allison to produce a five minute daily dose of heaven. This is the My Morning Devotional Podcast.

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Good morning everybody and happy Thursday. Stephanie here, and I'm going to just dive into today's topic. I am reading from Philippians 4.7in the ESV and it says, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. You know, this past weekend I went to a bunch of baby showers and they were absolutely beautiful.

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I was so excited to celebrate my friends that are about to have their babies.

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And if you don't know now, you know. A few weeks ago, I suffered from a miscarriage. I was six weeks pregnant and I unfortunately lost the pregnancy. It did set me back, but I dove into the word of God. I dove into the presence of God. I just worshiped him. I continue to serve at my church wholeheartedly. I just wanted to be in the house of God. I've been getting around my friends and I have slowly but surely been healed from what I went through. So when I went to these baby showers this past weekend, I thought everything was going to be good, but I was not expecting the barrage of negative thoughts that I would have when I was there.

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And if you know these thoughts, then you know, I don't even have to repeat them. And I really thought I was okay until I was around the people that have what I lost or have what I don't have yet, and the thoughts just flooded in.

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Initially, I just want to go home and pray about these thoughts. I want to share with God all of my thoughts.

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I want to vent out to my sisters all these negative thoughts.

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I initially feel like it's best to get these thoughts out of my brain right then in some cases, that's fine. Yes.

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Go to the Lord and ask him all your questions. Share with him all the dark thoughts. Go to your friends, your godly friends. Share with them all the thoughts and get it out of your brain. But lately I have been challenging myself to not even give my thoughts the time of day, you know, when I'm watching a new show on Netflix. Lately I've been giving the show 10 minutes. If in the first 10 minutes, it doesn't really pull me in, if it's not good, if I don't like the editing, if I don't like the story, I just turn it off. I don't even give it the time. I don't wait the hour. I don't wait the 30 minutes. If I don't like it, I don't like it. Good shows will pull me in. And if it's not pulling me in, I'm out. I don't need to watch it. And you know, it's the same with some of my thoughts.

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They are not worth my time if they only remind me of what I lack. If they only cause more confusion, if they only cause more anger, if they only cause isolation, if they only cause you to stray away from God's plan, then they are not worth your time. Change the channel, change the show, leave the movie. You need to be thinking on thoughts that are true, that are pure, that are joyous.

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I want to be excited for my friends. I don't want to be comparing myself to them. I want to be excited for their babies. I don't want to be sulking in the corner anymore. I gave myself time to grieve. I gave myself time to put those thoughts and those requests on the altar. I've submitted them to God. I'm not going to now go to that altar and pick them up. I've already left them there at the feet of God.

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He will handle them. So now I want to move forward. I want to go and celebrate my friends and be a part of these amazing seasons. And if any thoughts pulls me back from that, then it's not worth my time.

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I don't need to allow those thoughts to be in my mind for one second. So that's my challenge to you today.

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If you've already placed your worries on God, then leave them there and move forward. Because the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds. Guard your heart. Guard your mind.

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Don't allow any of those thoughts to get in there, not even for a second.

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It doesn't need to take root. Joy needs to take root. Life needs to take root. Hope needs to take root.

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Positivity, miracles and signs and wonders and the. The belief of something supernatural needs to take root. And allow the Lord to guard your heart and your minds. Let's pray. God, we thank you for all that's going on in our lives. But God, sometimes it's hard to battle with our thoughts.

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They sound so real. They sound so right. But Lord, if it's causing any division in my day, if it's going to bring me down, then I rebuke it in the name of Jesus.

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I'm going to choose joy today. I'm going to choose faith. You are a good God. You know the end from the beginning. I can trust in you and you guard my heart and my mind, Father. So I'm to going going to only allow my mind to sit on that and I'm not going to allow any of these thoughts to simmer in my mind for even a second. Life is too good. Even if it's not perfect, it's still good because you are good.

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And that's where I'm going to place my mind today. Jesus. So Holy Spirit, you guard my mind and guard my heart.

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You give me the positive things that I want to rest on today.

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Give me the joy that I haven't had, give me the hope that I haven't had. Give me the faith that I have forgotten about. I want your Holy Spirit to guide me in my day today. I am being built up as a workmanship of Christ Jesus. I am resting in the peace of God which surpasses all understanding. You are guarding my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus. I am a child of God and no thought, no situation will keep me from walking that out today.

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And in Jesus name I pray. Amen. So there you have it. Your 5 minute daily dose of heaven. Thank you so much for tuning in today. We pray these devotionals empower you to take on your day. If you found value in this devotional, share it with a friend.

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