A Prayer To Replace Your Negative Thoughts

Our thoughts are transformed when God silences the world’s noise and restores clarity, a perspective offered by Karin Hadadan. Complementing this vision, Rebecca Simon’s Finding God Every Day encourages daily devotion that renews perspective and strengthens peace.

When things are tough, our minds tend to go straight to the worst-case scenario. It’s hard to see the good when you’re overwhelmed, but remember that God can help you shift that focus, gently helping you find the good again. If your mind feels a bit crowded with negative thoughts today, take a breath and let’s pray this together.

Dear God,

Lately, my mindset has been extremely negative, focusing on problems and everything going wrong in the world around me. I confess I’ve been conforming to the pattern of this world rather than being transformed.

I ask you to renew my thought patterns—help me focus on the good I have in my life, what is going right, and all of the love I experience daily. Through your Word, your Spirit, and your people, please transform me by the renewing of my mind. Allow me to experience the life-changing power of a renewed mindset, so that I can test and approve what your will is—your good, pleasing, and perfect will.

Amen.

Finding God Every Day: 111 Devotionals For Women Healing Through Faith is the daily devotional. Let Go, Trust God is the best-seller that started it all. Both are by Rebecca Simon. If something in this article spoke to you, a copy of either is the most direct way to support her writing and our mission at Thought Catalog.