“Taming Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind” With Max Lucado
The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast
Proverbs 31 Ministries
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🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Our thoughts are busy places — full of worries, assumptions, memories, and what-ifs that can quietly shape how we live and respond to the world around us. And while no one has a perfectly manicured mind, Scripture reminds us that we don’t have to be ruled by every thought that shows up.
In today’s episode, our friend Max Lucado joins us to share a hopeful, practical message about renewing your mind and learning to take your thoughts captive. Drawing from Romans 12 and other powerful passages, Max walks us through three simple but life-changing tools to help us identify toxic thought patterns, uproot lies, and replace them with God’s Truth.
You’ll learn:
- How to recognize patterns and start interrupting the destructive cycles in your life before they take hold.
- Tools to help you renew your mind and walk into lasting transformation.
- Ways you can uproot the underlying negative beliefs behind your emotions and develop ways to replant truth in their place.
- You don’t have to accept every thought you have.
Partner With Us:
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by anxious thoughts, stuck in negative self-talk, or frustrated by emotional overreactions, this conversation will give you language, clarity, and next steps for moving forward with greater peace and freedom. That’s why we created a free downloadable resource called “I’ll Go First.”It is a simple, guided conversation tool designed to help you open honest, meaningful dialogue about what’s really going on beneath the surface. Whether you’re wrestling with your own thoughts or walking alongside someone who is, this resource gives you practical questions and biblical encouragement to begin the journey toward healthier thinking together.
Resources From This Episode:
- Continue doing deep work by also listening to “Tools to Fight Anxiety and Better Your Mental Health” with Rebecca Maxwell, available on the Therapy & Theology podcast and on YouTube.
- If you’re looking for a practical next step to help quiet anxious thoughts, check out Tame Your Thoughts by Max Lucado.
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| 0:00.0 | At Proverbs 31, we believe God's word isn't just something to know. It's something to live. |
| 0:07.1 | But in a world filled with conflicting messages and overwhelming pressures, many women don't know where to turn for guidance that they can trust. |
| 0:14.9 | That's why therapy and theology is such an important part of all God is doing here at Proverbs 31. |
| 0:20.7 | It helps women apply biblical |
| 0:22.2 | truth to real circumstances in real time. And right now, the need is growing. More women than ever |
| 0:29.4 | are searching for steady, scripture rooted wisdom to help them navigate anxiety, heartbreak, |
| 0:35.1 | confusion, and everyday decisions. That's why your support matters now. |
| 0:39.7 | Your gift today paves the way for women to not only know God's word, but to live it out |
| 0:44.9 | boldly no matter what they're walking through. |
| 0:47.6 | Thank you for helping make more ministry, just like the Proverbs 31 podcast and Therapy and Theology |
| 0:53.4 | podcast possible. |
| 1:07.8 | Hi friends. Thanks for tuning in to the Proverbs 31 Ministries podcast where we share biblical |
| 1:12.5 | truth for any girl in any season. I'm your host, Kaylee Olson, and I'm here today with my friend |
| 1:17.8 | and my co-host, Ellen Adkins. Kaylee, it is so great to be here with you. I am wonderful, |
| 1:24.2 | especially because we just had a great conversation with Max Lakedo. |
| 1:28.4 | Like the grandfather patriarch of Proverbs 31. I almost said the Christian Bates, but |
| 1:35.5 | exactly true. He is a very impactful individual. Yes, he is. And it was just such a great |
| 1:41.8 | conversation. And he was here today to talk about something I think applies to all of us. And that is how we manage our thoughts and take them captive. And the thing that I appreciated most from this conversation is just how practical it was. Because sometimes I hear things like, take your thoughts captive or tame your thoughts. And I'm like, great, yes, how do I actually |
| 2:02.9 | do that? Yeah. So in this conversation, Max really lays out some tangible tools about how we can |
| 2:08.7 | recognize those anxious thoughts, interrupt the lies underneath them, and then just intentionally |
| 2:13.7 | bring them to the Lord so that we're not just managing those thoughts on our own, |
| 2:17.8 | but learning how to surrender them to God, replace them with this truth, and even what it looks |
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