Toxic Thoughts | Pastor Chad Dingess | 04/27/2025

Toxic: Anything containing poisonous materials capable of causing sickness or death. (MULTILINE)

Our life is shaped by our thoughts. (MULTILINE)

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Be careful what you think because your thoughts run your life. (MULTILINE)

Proverbs 4:23 (NCV)
Be careful what you think because your thoughts run your life. (MULTILINE)

Proverbs 4:23 (CEV)
Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life. (MULTILINE)

Jesus was clear about the connection between thoughts and actions. (MULTILINE)

Mark 7:21-22 (GW)
All these evil things begin inside people, in the mind: evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, evil actions, lying, doing sinful things, jealousy, speaking evil of others, pride, and foolish living. (MULTILINE)

1. Identify and capture your toxic thoughts. (MULTILINE)

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NIV)
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (MULTILINE)

A stronghold is a prison of deception. (MULTILINE)

5 Key Areas Of Toxic Thoughts:
-Anxious thoughts.
-Inadequacy thoughts.
-Lustful thoughts.
-Angry thoughts.
-Critical thoughts.

2. Replace the toxic thoughts. (MULTILINE)

Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. (MULTILINE)

John 8:32
Jesus did not say the truth will set you tree. He said the truth you know will set you free. You shall know the truth and the truth that you know will see you free. (MULTILINE)

John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (MULTILINE)

Identify the toxic thought, capture it and replace it. (MULTILINE)

Romans 12:2 (NLT)
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then, you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (MULTILINE)