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The question

I always get negative/tormenting thoughts in my mind. How do I block them out? It is so hard!

The answer

The cross is a powerful tool. Cross yourself when you have any uncomfortable thoughts. Pray inaudibly and recite a few words of a psalm, a prayer, or more. In other words, take charge of your thoughts, and submit them to God through His words and His cross. "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18).

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