Philip. 4:8 (NLT)
And now, dear brothers and sisters let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

Philip. 4:8 (Msg)
Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

What consumes your thoughts and your actions are they the negative things of your life? What you don’t have? Do you obsess over your shortcomings, faults, inabilities, failures, your future, and its concerns? What drives your life good thoughts or negative ones?

Obsession
1 : a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly : compelling motivation
2 : something that causes an obsession

Compulsion
1 a : an act of compelling : the state of being compelled b : a force that compels
2 : an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act

We can’t hear God or get direction when we obsess on negative things. When we act on our negative obsessions we close out positive things and focus on the negative. Hebrews says we can’t please God when we doubt His love or help

We need to change the way we think. God’s word will help when you remember.

God will help you
God created you to be happy
God created you to believe to have faith and live in hope
Live in faith put your hope in God’s word
Negative thoughts and beliefs are not God’s will for you



2 Cor. 10:5 (NLT)
With these weapons we break down every proud argument that keeps people from knowing God. With these weapons we conquer their rebellious ideas, and we teach them to obey Christ.

2 Cor. 10:5 (Msg)
We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ.

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 know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.

Romans 12:2 (Msg)
Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

Let what you enjoy become your obsession
Don’t let negative thoughts control you control your thoughts with positive ones and faith filled ones through God’s word
Negative or positive words control our feelings and behavior about ourselves.
Let your strengths, gifts, and talents, be the driving force of your life.
Love yourself because God loves you
You have value and are necessary to other peoples happiness
Get around people of faith
Achieve a goal no matter how small and challenge yourself everyday

Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NLT)
For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. [12] In those days when you pray, I will listen. [13] If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me. [14] I will be found by you," says the Lord. "I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and bring you home again to your own land."

List
List negative thoughts you need to control
List some scriptures that answer your concerns with faith
Tell God you’re sorry for doubting His love and living in fear and negativity as you begin to believe God’s promises

List your best attributes, gifts, talents, abilities
List how you can use it to help and bless others
List some lifelong dreams or goals
List a simple goal you can accomplish every day
Write down and meditate on positive thoughts and scriptures
Write down ideas and make plans
Learn to praise yourself and others


Remember thought are things they create our environment, our world, our hopes, and our dreams. If they are negative or positive we will fulfill them.