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"I don't believe I am righteous because I have negative thoughts which I hate"

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2Corinthians 5:15 "And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again."

Striving to live a good life makes a demand on yourself making you live unto your own self or according to your own weak nature and power. This can never bring glory to Christ.

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Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."

Colossians 3:11 "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."

The most important objective is to seek Christ and not to become a good person.

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Galatians 2:19 "For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God."

Living unto God is bigger and greater than living a 'good life'

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Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."

The goal or product of the Christian life is Christ which comes with the by-product of a good life.

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Jeremiah 9:24 "But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD."

A glorious life is hidden in knowing God through Christ.

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John 14:12 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."

A good life is the result of Absolute faith in Christ as your all in all.

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John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me."

A good life is inaccessible without absolute faith in Christ.

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Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

The most important thing to seek in life is Christ and not to become a good person

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Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.

Christ is the Apex of all Christian pursuits.

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Romans 14:7 "For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself."

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"I don't think this pain will ever go away"

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2Corinthians 1:3 "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"

2Corinthians 1:4 "Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God."

2Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

In Christ I am a new creature immune to pain. All my pain has passed away.

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2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"

I have full access to the grace that takes away all pain

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2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,"

The power of God in my life is able to take away any pain that seems impossible to take away.

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Ezekiel 36:26 "A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh."

God has replaced my heart of pain with a new heart filled with the spirit of gladness.

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Isaiah 43:18 "Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old."

Isaiah 53:4 "Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted."

Christ has borne all my pain.

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Isaiah 61:3 "To provide for them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."

God is able to make right anything that has caused me pain.

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Jeremiah 31:13 "Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow."

Mark 10:27 "And Jesus looking upon them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible."

Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes."

There is nothing my faith in Christ cannot destroy.

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Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."

The pain is at the mercy of my thoughts.

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Proverbs 4:18 "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day."

My walk with God is a walk from all pain

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Psalm 30:11 "You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;"

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"I cannot control my mind and my thoughts"

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1Corinthians 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

God's influence over my mind is more powerful.

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1Corinthians 2:16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."

The mind of Christ is the most powerful mind. I have the mind of Christ.

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1John 4:13 "By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit."

Because I dwell in God my mind is shielded from any controlling force.

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2Corinthians 10:4 "(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)"

I have greater control over my mind than any other power through faith in God's power.

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2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

It is not about my control but all about the Spirit's control over my mind through faith.

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2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

I have a sound mind full of power faith and under the influence of God's love.

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Galatians 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

My mind is already free and under my control. All I need to do is to maintain my mind in that liberty by faith.

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Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you."

I think godly thoughts; my mind is under the control of godly thoughts because I am God's son.

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"I am ok, I cannot get into trouble, no one knows what I am thinking"

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1Corinthians 13:5 "Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil;"

Matthew 9:4 "And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think you evil in your hearts?"

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