I woke one morning with the word "fellowship" on my mind, along with the following scripture:

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness (2 Corinthians 6:14)?"

While this scripture is often used to warn Believers in Christ against marrying unbelievers, I think this principle also applies to fellowship with lawless and dark thoughts.

After all, what closer fellowship do you have than with the thoughts you harbor daily?

I learned about the principle of fellowship many years ago when I struggled with depression. It was like an emotional black hole in my life. Its vortex sucked all my energy, vitality, and purpose into it.

To escape those dark feelings, I overate and binged regularly. Eventually, these habits joined the depression vortex, draining the life out of me day-by-day.

It took a chest pain and the Lord's kind words of "It is not supposed to be this way" to enlighten me as to what was happening.

I realized that I was accepting and rehearsing the enemy's lies faithfully. In doing so, I was living looking backward.

It's very hard to walk forward while looking backward!

​​​​​​​If you are looking forward to a better 2017 than the year you left behind, then you need to beware of any lying thoughts that are shaping your life.

My turnaround came when I used the question in Joshua 5:3 to renovate my thought life.

Ask this 1 question and you will begin to shift your life in a positive direction.

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