We can find freedom from the downward spiral by: In Get Out of Your Head, a six-session video Bible study (DVD/streaming video sold separately), Jennie gives us tools from the book of Philippians to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances, by taking control of our minds. And yet the apostle Paul tells us in his letter to the Philippians that conforming our minds to Christ is possible, and it's the ultimate goal for every follower of Christ. Changing the way we think seems nearly impossible. Get Out of Your Head provides the tools to stop the spiral of toxic thinking.Stopping the spiral of toxic thoughts by learning how to become imitators of Christ.Īre your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen-the visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering-knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, and she knows that from those thoughts, beliefs begin to form: "I'll never be good enough." "Other people have better lives than I do." "God couldn't really love me." I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to change their unhealthy thought patterns. In other words, we must retrain the way we think and live and we do so when we are “wholly consumed with the mind of Christ.” For every lie there is a truth and based on that truth we make a choice, which can change the trajectory of our spiraling thoughts. She further states, “What if one thought held the power to interrupt our spirals and bring peace to chaos?”Īllen outlines a strategy to help us find such peace. But how? How are we to combat these ceaseless thoughts of stress and worry? Allen reminds us that we do so when we “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). The words of a friend, “this isn’t who you are,” allowed Allen to realize that her toxic thoughts were an attack of the enemy and it was time to fight back. I believe many of us can relate to her experience. We allow our minds to spiral and adopt patterns that keep us stuck Allen encourages us with a better way.Īllen describes her own “spiral of darkness.” After an unexpected encounter with a woman at one of her speaking engagements she found herself entertaining thoughts of fear and doubt and even questioned the validity of God and faith.
Fear over our health, families, jobs, and finances overwhelm us. Thoughts such as “am I good enough, worthy, or loved” can consume us. I find the book, Get Out of Your Head, by Jennie Allen incredibly relevant in these uncertain days as many of us find ourselves battling anxiety, perhaps even questioning truth and faith.
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