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b'God did an amazing job when He created humans. Our brains alone are made up of about 100 billion nerves that communicate in 100 trillion connections, controlling all of the systems in our bodies and allowing us to communicate, think, and reason.\\nBut, because our world is broken by sin and death, sometimes our brains give us the farthest thing from wisdom. Our thoughts run wild\\u2014often with lies about who we are\\u2014influencing our feelings and actions.\\nFor example, let\\u2019s say you enter a room. Everyone looks at you, then goes back to what they were doing. Wild, lying thoughts might go like this: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Everyone just looked at me. Nobody came over to talk to me. They probably hate me. I should just go home.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Then you might go stand in the corner because you think you don\\u2019t belong.\\nIf you can capture those negative thoughts, you might be able to see the situation like this: \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153They all looked at me, but nobody talked to me. They might be just as nervous as I am. But Jesus loves me, and He loves everyone in this room. That table only has two people. I\\u2019ll see if I can join them.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d Instead of standing in the corner, you choose to participate by showing Christ\\u2019s love to others.\\nBut how can we change our wild thoughts? We can\\u2019t. We need God\\u2019s strength and wisdom, found in knowing Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:2-3). In 1 Kings 3, Solomon asked the Lord to give him wisdom, and God was pleased. He\\u2019s pleased to give us wisdom too (James 1:5).\\nGod will greatly increase our wisdom when we read His Word, the Bible, because it shows us who we are in relationship to Him, our Creator. It tells us the good news of how Jesus can give us freedom from sin and death\\u2014and how that wonderful truth affects every area of our lives.\\nCapturing your thoughts to obey Christ can help you over and over as you go through life. Tell yourself truth from God\\u2019s Word instead of letting your wild thoughts push you around. \\n\\u2022 Step 1: Take out a piece of paper and try writing all of your thoughts down for five minutes or so. Read over them and see which ones line up with God\\u2019s Word and which ones are just wild, lying thoughts.\\u2022 Step 2: Below what you have just written, take each wild thought and rewrite it as a Christ-captured thought.\\nWe destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1 Kings 3:5-12; 2 Corinthians 10:5'