Mind Control? Yours? Whose?

Marketing, Ideation, Self-Esteem, Confidence, Depression, Fear of Missing Out, F.U.D., Affirmations, Ideation, Mental Health, Mental Excellence? How did Jesus address these issues?

Thought filtering – renewing our Thoughts to agree  with God’s 

“I cried out, ‘I am slipping!’ but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94:18-19‬ ‭NLT‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.94.18-19.NLT

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭94:19‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.94.19.NASB1995

“Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/1/pro.16.3.KJV

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.”‭‭John‬ ‭15:7-8‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.7-8.NASB1995

“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭10:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/2co.10.5.ESV

“…. but the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”
‭‭James‬ ‭3:16-18‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/jas.3.16-18.ESV


“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,”‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/1jn.4.1-2.

“Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/jas.1.13.ESV


“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭1:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/59/1jn.1.5.ESV

“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.”
‭‭James‬ ‭1:17‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.17.NASB1995


“….The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep….I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ”
‭‭John‬ ‭10:9-11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.10.9-11.NASB1995

““Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:28-30‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.11.28-30.NASB1995

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:16-17‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16-17.NASB1995

the Lord appeared to him from far away, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
Jeremiah 31:3

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end.
Lamentations 3:22

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17 (ESV)

35 … there came from the ruler’s house some who said,
      “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?
36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue,
     “Do not fear, only believe.”
Mark 5:35-36 / Matthew 9

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8 

 ‘…true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him…”  John 4:23-24