Today, from guest teacher Kyle Eidleman,

We take captive every thought, and we make it obedient to Christ.

And so we're in this series called Every Thought Captive.

And what we're learning

together is that we start to interrogate our thoughts so that we can take them captive.

Because otherwise, our thoughts form these neural pathways that become strongholds, and that's

the word Paul uses here as a word picture. The stronghold.

There's a thought you've been thinking for so long it feels like the truth.

But what if it's a lie?

A lie that's been shaping your decisions, your relationships, your whole life.

Well, it's called a stronghold, and it's time for it to fall.

Today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram invites you to hear pastor and author Kyle

Eidleman for a special lesson about breaking strongholds.

Chip, give us some context for where we're heading today.

Let's face it, every single person struggles with managing our thought life.

We all deal with discouragement, temptation, anger, resentment, thoughts that can overwhelm us.

Here's the good news. God's spirit was provided to help relieve us from these unwanted pressures.

But we play a role. It's not just God's spirit. We have to cooperate with him. We have to renew our mind. And what I love about this series that my friend Kyle Eidleman is teaching, he's helping us in very specific, practical ways take every thought captive. That's the beginning of life change. And you're going to love what he has to share.

Thank you, Chip. Today's message from Kyle Eiddleman is titled, Strongholds must fall.

What I'd love to do is just challenge you to identify one or two strongholds in your life.

Some lies that you've believed, maybe you don't recognize it as such, but just some things

that have been determining the direction

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