Northgate Christian Community

Pastor Jon opened his message by explaining the fact that Thanksgiving is a mindset, offering encouragement from Bill Johnson that you can’t afford to have a thought about yourself that God doesn’t think about you. This quote references Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Pastor Jon also explained that there is a war that is constantly waging in our minds. The battlefield in our minds begins with our thoughts, and to overcome this it’s important to fill our minds with thoughts that God thinks of us. Often, the antithesis of positive thoughts is fear. As we consume fear, it can overwhelm us both spiritually and emotionally. In terms of Thanksgiving, our prayers have the ability to change the atmosphere that we live in (Pastor Jon used the thermostat versus thermometer analogy in his message). He also referenced 2 Corinthians 10-:3-5 and summarized it by emphasizing that even though we walk in the flesh, we don’t w