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🗓️ 30 April 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Note: I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a christian perspective so if that’s something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episode that dropped this week or join me back here next week for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!
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What if you could break free from the toxic thought patterns that keep you stuck, drained, and held back? In this powerful episode, bestselling author and pastor Kyle Idleman shares insights from his new book Every Thought Captive: Calm the Mental Chaos That Keeps You Stuck, Drains Your Hope, and Holds You Back. Drawing from both Scripture and neuroscience, Kyle unpacks how renewing your mind—through intentional thinking and the power of God’s truth—can lead to lasting mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation. He offers practical tools for recognizing and redirecting destructive thoughts like insecurity, offense, and despair, and emphasizes the importance of community and speaking God’s Word out loud. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just hungry for clarity and freedom, this conversation will inspire you to invite the Holy Spirit into your thought life and experience real change from the inside out.
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Kyle Idleman is the senior pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the largest churches in America. On a normal weekend, he speaks to more than thirty thousand people spread across fifteen campuses. More than anything else, Kyle enjoys unearthing the teachings of Jesus and making them relevant in people’s lives. He is a frequent speaker for national conventions and influential churches across the country. Kyle and his wife, DesiRae, have been married for over thirty years. They have four children, two sons-in-law, and three grandchildren. They live on a farm in Kentucky, where Kyle doesn’t do any actual farming.
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0:00.0 | Before we get to the episode, I want to note that I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that |
0:04.4 | listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a Christian perspective, so if that's |
0:08.1 | something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out the other episode that |
0:11.2 | dropped this week or join me back here next time for a conversation that you don't want to miss. |
0:16.1 | Think of neuroplasticity as our brain's lifelong capacity to reorganize itself by forming new connections, |
0:24.0 | new neural connections. And the way those new neural connections are formed is by repeated |
0:29.0 | and intentional thinking. We're like stepping back and saying, okay, where did that thought come from? |
0:33.9 | How long have I been thinking that? Who taught me to think that way? There is a difference |
0:38.9 | between walking in shame and walking in conviction. I'm going to be really intentional with what I |
0:46.5 | expose my mind to, the things I'm thinking about, the songs I'm listening to. I am guarding my |
0:53.1 | thoughts, guarding my heart in those moments because I know I'm listening to. I am guarding my thoughts, guarding my heart in those moments because |
0:55.6 | I know I'm going to be more vulnerable to that kind of thinking. And then I came across some research |
1:02.6 | that talks about how our brain receives words we say out loud different than what we think in our |
1:09.4 | heads. I became convinced that it's not just what I'm |
1:12.2 | telling myself. It's what I'm telling myself out loud. And when I'm telling myself out loud things |
1:17.7 | that are biblical and scriptural, that has power to tear down strongholds. What if you could |
1:25.7 | break free from the toxic thought patterns that keep you stuck, drained, |
1:29.8 | and held back? In this powerful episode, bestselling author and pastor Kyle Eidleman shares insights |
1:35.7 | from his new book, Every Thought Captive, Calm the Mental Chaos that keeps you stuck, |
1:40.8 | drains your hope, and holds you back. Drawing from both neuroscience and scripture, |
1:46.2 | Kyle unpacks how renewing your mind through intentional thinking and power of God's truth |
1:50.9 | can lead to lasting mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Kyle offers practical tools |
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