By Pastor Yomi OGUNTUWASE
(yomioguntuase@gmail.com, +447946506659)
John 14:27 AMPC
Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.
1. The real threat isn’t a tiger, it’s your thoughts
Your brain can’t tell the difference between:
• a real tiger
• an awkward moment, a fear, or stress
So, it sends danger signals anyway.
Those signals feel physical, but they start with thoughts — often automatic thoughts we don’t even realize we’re thinking.
The scripture says in Mark 4:40 ‘Why are you so fearful?’. The original cause of this is unbelief.
Mark 6:6 KJV
And Jesus marvelled because of their unbelief.
Unbelief damages the organ of the brain. This is where thought life gets disrupted.
2. Negative Feelings Usually Come From Negative Thoughts
From the “WHAT AM I THINKING?” page:
Negative emotions are usually caused by:
• quick, automatic, background thoughts
• thoughts we barely notice
• thoughts shaped by fear, stress, or past experiences
The goal: Notice the moment you start feeling bad and ask:
“What thought just caused this feeling?”
This helps you break the cycle.
3. Most of our thoughts happen on autopilot
From “THE DAYS AFTER THAT”:
You aren’t consciously controlling most of your mental activity — it runs quietly in the background, influencing your mood and reactions.
This is why:
• old embarrassing memories pop up
• worries loop
• fears repeat
• your energy gets drained
Your brain is doing all this automatically, not because you chose it.
That is why Jesus said in Matthew 14:31 ‘Why did you doubt me?’
Doubting or questioning God word, creates a permanent scar to your mental health.
The scripture says in Philippians 4:6 ‘Do not be anxious about anything’.
We must be a doer of the word of God without questioning.
4. The feedback loop (the spiral)
When you feel good → you do things that make you feel better.
When you feel bad → you do fewer helpful things, which makes you feel worse.
This creates:
• low motivation
• low energy
• avoidance
• shame
• more negativity
Eventually it feels like life is snowballing out of control.
BUT: You can break the loop by doing small helpful actions even when you don’t feel like it.
5. If you’re stuck in a negative cycle, it’s not your fault
From “Part 2”:
If you’re overwhelmed or spiraling, it doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It means:
• your low mood is in the driver’s seat
• your brain is making choices based on how you feel
• not because you’re weak
• not because you lack discipline
Important:
Your mood is influencing your decisions — not your worth or ability. This is how the devil uses your brain against you. He knows your brain is an organ of your personality.
Your brain is involved in everything you do, including how you think, how you feel, how you act, and how well you get along with other people. It’s the organ of personality, character, intelligence, and every decision you make.
From my brain-imaging work with tens of thousands of patients worldwide over the past 20 years, it is very clear to me that when your brain works right, you work right, and when your brain is troubled, you are much more likely to have trouble in your life.
With a healthier brain, you are happier, physically healthier, wealthier, wiser, and just make better decisions, which helps you be more successful and live longer. When the brain is not healthy for whatever reason-such as a head injury or past emotional trauma— people are sadder, sicker, poorer, less wise, and less successful.
It is easy to understand how trauma can hurt the brain, but researchers have also seen how negative thinking and bad programming from our past can also affect it.
6. The thought police — thoughts aren’t facts
Your brain throws out unhelpful thoughts like:
• “I won’t enjoy this.”
• “I’ll be bad at this.”
• “I don’t have the energy.”
• “I don’t deserve this.”
• “What’s the point?”
These thoughts are:
• automatic
• influenced by feelings, not reality
• not commands
• not who you are
When a thought appears, try:
1. Notice it
2. Question it
• Is it true?
• Where did it come from?
• Is it fear talking?
3. Let it go
• It’s just a thought, not a prediction.
• You don’t have to obey it.
In Summary — The BIG Picture
All these pages are teaching one connected idea:
- Your thoughts → create feelings → which influence actions → which create cycles.
Understanding the thought at the start of the chain gives you your power back.
You feel anxious or stuck not because you’re weak, failing, or broken — but because:
• your brain is on autopilot
• your survival system is misfiring
• negative thoughts are happening quietly in the background
• low mood is driving decisions
Once you notice the thoughts and loops, you can break them. This is how the devil uses your own brain against you.
Be proactive, you’re not a victim of your circumstances. Be careful don’t let this scripture happen to you.
The scripture says in Deuteronomy 28:66
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Shut it down, otherwise this will be the consequence. Omo that is hellish.
*Oguntuase, a nutritionist and a reflexologist, is a Pastor of Christ in Me Ministry, Windsor UK.
