Getting organized

Getting organized usually starts with some form of spring cleaning. My 24 yr old daughter has a true gift when it comes to that. She can walk into the messiest of messy rooms and instantly sees it transformed in her head into a sleek, well organized magazine shoot ready room. If it's a closet, she takes everything, I mean everything out. Clothes too. She then makes piles things to keep, throwaway and storage. In the matter of an hour or so the transformation is complete.

How long has it been since you treated your brain like your closet? Depending on your age, there could be an entire dumpster full of junk you need to release. The bible tells us to renew our mind and it will transform us.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:12

I recently read the following article:

 "Our subconscious mind takes past life experiences, rooting back as far as childhood, to respond to a present situation. It doesn’t have the ability to cognitively distinguish or process thoughts, but it can bring about some sort of memory, whether good or bad, which may affect our judgement of a situation.

In a manner of speaking, the subconscious mind, while less cognitive, is much more powerful than the conscious mind. It actually takes up 80% of our psychology. And it can lead to precarious circumstances.

When we say: “I would like to have a cup of coffee” --- that is our conscious mind thinking and deciding our moves for us. When we say: “I’m not sure if it’s good for me to have a cup of coffee, when I need to be asleep in thirty minutes” --- that is our conscious mind debating with our subconscious."
 

Powerful stuff huh. We don't even realize during our waking hours that thoughts, situations, movies, music, tv shows, books we have read and other influences are controlling what we do. The way you view yourself and the world around you is shaped most when you are sleeping, not when you are awake. Once I realized this I started sleeping with worship music on softly all night. I want my steps directed in the right way.

If you think all the way back to your childhood there could be some memories you don't want to think of. Maybe there were hurtful words spoken over you or hurtful things done to you. Its time to clean out that space in your brain. Make room for new memories, sustaining thoughts and good times. It might require a pen and piece of paper or a computer. Start with the worst memory you have, the one you suppress the most. As you begin recording all the memories you want to get rid of, along the way you will make piles of keep, throwaway and storage.


Once you have your list of throwaway memories I encourage you to search the bible for verses to replace them. If someone said you were fat, ugly, unlovable replace that with "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;your works are wonderful,I know that full well"Psalm 139:14
If you were on the receiving end of unfair treatment of some kind you could lean on "For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face."Psalm 11:7

Whatever circumstance you find yourself in, there is a scripture that you could memorize so when the enemy tries to use that against you by bringing up that memory you make him flee by doing what Jesus did when tempted to turn the rock into bread, use Gods word against the enemy. That is the greatest weapon you could ever have. As you begin to intentionally retrain your brain I hope you notice the difference in your thought pattern, I pray it becomes more positive day by day. In three months when you look back at how far you have come you will see the fruit of your labor & how Gods word can transform, your life.




Ref:http://www.exforsys.com/career-center/self-confidence/subconscious-mind-and-self-confidence.html