Forcibly make your thoughts obey Christ.

Scripture says to take every thought captive, forcibly make your thoughts obey Christ. The battle for your spiritual freedom is within your mind! God shows you clearly how the devil works: 2 Corinthians 2:11 don’t let Satan outwit you. Don’t be ignorant about Satan’s scheming. He is devious in his trickery; he calculates his plan wanting to outwit you. In 2 Corinthians 10:5. Satan’s schemes are within your thoughts. 2 Corinthians 4:4 the enemy has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Satan’s underhanded schemes are not removed from you; his schemes are engaged within your mind. 2 Corinthians 11:3: just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your mind may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. Begin to understand how Satan works against you. Satan runs to the strongholds within your mind; he engages you within your thoughts. Your battle for freedom is within your mind. Your thinking must be transformed as your mind is renewed.
“The Devil throws hideous thoughts into the soul—hatred of God, blasphemy, and despair.” Here are some Personal struggles with Satan, He disputes with you and makes you give birth to all kinds of strange thoughts . . . The devil understands how to produce arguments that can change you. His goal is to produce doubt in you whether or not there is a God.

Its not a chemical imbalance in anyone’s brain create a suicidal thought? How can nerve endings that aren’t making proper connection make you think that you are a bad person; that you’re evil and only cause trouble? How can any physical problem in your brain cause a nonphysical thought of any kind? “Your struggle is not against flesh and blood;” it is not a physical problem. Your struggle is “against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms;” you are engaged in a spiritual battle! (Ephesians 6:12)

How are you to overcome the strongholds you have allowed Satan to build in your life? How do you break free from the negative, lying condemning thoughts that fill your mind? Here is how: Corinthians 10:5 you demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST. Take every thought captive; make your thinking obedient to Christ. You overcome destructive and wrong ways of thinking; by breaking down the strongholds of the enemy by changing the way you think.

So how do you demolish arguments? How do you tear down strongholds that try to keep you from knowing God? How do you take your thoughts captive? Here’s the answer: Philippians 4:4-8 Rejoice in the Lord always. Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind in Jesus.