The apostle Paul tells us, “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Phil. 4:8 NLT).

Gospel Corner

21/10/25

Joel Osteen Ministries
Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
GOD’s angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray.
Psalm 34:7, MSG

A Circle of Protection
Peace, one angel in the Old Testament defeated an enemy army of 185,000 soldiers in one night. When the prophet Elisha’s house was surrounded by a Syrian army, the hills surrounding them were full of powerful warring angels with chariots of fire. When Satan wanted to test Job’s faith, he had to ask God for permission because God had put a hedge of protection around Job.

You may have big obstacles surrounding you. Depression, addictions, and people are trying to stop you. It feels like you’re stuck. We have to ask God to open our eyes and let us see that He’s surrounding what’s surrounding us. You’re not doing life alone. In the unseen world right now, you have powerful warring angels surrounding you. Psalm 91 says that when you honor God with your life, He will command His angels to watch over you. You may be surrounded by trouble, but that trouble is surrounded by the Most High. Keep doing the right thing, being your best, and you’re going to see the forces that have hindered you broken once and for all.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You know everything that the enemy brings against me and surrounds me with. Thank You that You are bigger, greater, and more powerful than any of these enemies. I believe that You have set up a circle of protection around me even now as I pray. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

What mental movies are you playing in your head today? Are they thoughts of defeat and despair or thoughts of victory and favor? Faith is simply saying what God says about you and seeing what God sees in you and your situation.

It takes a thought to heal a thought. Unlike the world, which teaches you to empty your mind to achieve peace, God’s way is to fill your mind with fresh, powerful, and redeeming thoughts.

The apostle Paul tells us, “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Phil. 4:8 NLT).

So it’s not just trying to blot out bad thoughts with your willpower. It takes a thought to replace a thought. It takes a right belief to replace a wrong belief. You need God’s truth to replace the enemy’s lies that have kept you in bondage.

My friend, if a wrong, bad, or negative thought is lodged in your mind today and you can’t seem to shake it, stop trying! Perhaps you’re lying in a hospital bed and can’t help but think of the worst-case scenario. You’re attempting to suppress it, but it’s not working.

Well, stop! Stop trying to erase it from your mind. That just won’t work. What you need to do is replace that destructive thought with a thought that’s from God. That’s the only way to deal with a wrong thought and begin the healing process.

Start to meditate on truths such as, “Surely Jesus has borne my sicknesses and carried my pains. The chastisement for my wholeness fell upon Him, and by His stripes I am healed. With long life He will satisfy me” (Isa. 53:4–5, Ps. 91:16). Begin to play mental movies of yourself getting well, being discharged from the hospital, having fun with your kids, or going on a nice holiday!