taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ

My personal meditation for Wednesday Dec 4, 2013 prayer & meditation focus from
Bethesda Community Church's 31 Day Prayer Focus - December 2013
Lead by Sister Kristi Whichard
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I, Samantha A.M. Toney, by the mighty spiritual weapons in God, commit to destroying internal speculations and every lofty thing that rises up in my mind against the knowledge of God, and to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.  Using Philippians 4:8 as a net, making sure that my thoughts meet ALL the attributes listed there.  I thoughts must be true AND honorable AND right AND pure AND lovely AND of good repute AND excellent AND worth of praise. All other thoughts are to be discarded/set aside.  This is my pathway to peace.

2 Cor. 10:4-5, Phil 4:8 NASB

"... whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."

"The weapons of our warfare are ... divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses** . We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ"

** (Strong's Number:   3794)  a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness / anything on which one relies / of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavours to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent