Your mind is a battlefield, and the storm first begins and ends there. When your thoughts are negative, your environment follows. When your heart is filled with fear, doubt, and defeat, the storm seems bigger than your God. But when your mind is stronger, the storm bows. Negative thoughts are the sabotage of destiny.

Here are just a few deadly ones:

“This is the end.”

“No one has ever survived this, so how can I?”

“There’s no solution.”

“This is a hopeless case.”

“It’s over.”

Every time you agree with thoughts like these, you empower the storm against you. But the truth is—there is no storm greater than the mind that is stayed on God. People measure your worth by the storms you’ve subdued. Every storm is an asset, a spiritual gym where capacity is built. And when negative thoughts are captured, the storm itself is conquered.