Go Back to the Basics

It’s so easy to get overwhelmed with life, with disappointments, with sin, with discouragements—and all the rest. What do we do? Where do we go? To whom do we turn?

Go back to the basics.  

• Read your Bible. Even read it out loud.  Your own ears need to HEAR it! The Word of God is our authority, our help, our counsel, our encouragement.  
• Pray. God knows it all, but he wants to hear from you. Tell him your innermost secrets and fears. Call on prayer warriors to pray with you—and over you.  
• Listen.  Listen to God’s voice.  Seek wise counsel. Go to a Christian counselor. 
• Ask God for TRUTH! Knowing the truth sets us free. We often avoid truth—and don’t want to hear it. But asking God for truth should be a daily request—especially in the day in which we live!!
• Take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. This is so important. Satan speaks to us in first person singular—“I.”  He doesn’t say, “Becky, you’re stupid!”  He’s the great deceiver.  He says, “I am stupid”—so you think it’s your own thoughts!!  Examine every thought. Pull it out of your mind and look at it.  Is it negative, derogatory, an accusation, a temptation, willful, stubborn, ugly?  That’s the enemy!  Toss that thought to the pit of hell where it belongs! Fill your mind with scripture, spiritual songs, and TRUTH!! Don’t let the enemy have free reign in your mind. He only wants to take your mind on a spiral towards destruction.  

Going back to these basics can set you free. Your circumstances may not change overnight, but your frame of mind can change day-by-day. How do I know?  God has done it in my own life. Any time I’ve hit bottom emotionally and spiritually, I go back to the basics. They are life-giving.  

And God wants to give you life abundantly.