Casting Down Imaginations

Written By Cheryl Henderson

February 4, 2026

Scripture Of The Day

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (II Corinthians 10:5)

By Cheryl Henderson (Excerpts from Ed Henderson)

Back in 2015, my husband wrote a devotional on casting down imaginations. I felt I needed to share some of that devotional with you today. The mind is a miraculous part of our human body. It can learn, remember, store, process, calculate, and solve, just to name a few. It can also envision and imagine, which can be positive or negative. The Bible talks about vain imaginations and about casting down those types of imaginations.

One example of this happened right after Ed wrote that devotional. We send our daily devotionals out to those who have requested to be on our list. Several weeks ago, we noticed that one of our key supporters had unsubscribed to the devotional. My first thought was that we must have said something or written something that offended them. That is a vain imagination! I had no reason to think that, but as vain humans, we always think it must be about us, so we start imagining things with no facts.

My wife is better at dealing with these situations than I am, and we can all learn something from her on how to deal with vain imaginations. Her policy is to always deal with questionable situations like this straight up and quickly before your imagination morphs into a full-fledged movie. Cheryl called this supporter and asked them point-blank if we had offended them in any way because we noticed that they had unsubscribed to our devotional. Well, come to find out, the email we were using for them had been hacked, and they did not have access to that email anymore, and they were totally unaware of the situation. Problem solved, vain imagination debunked, relationship intact.

I encourage you today to hide God’s Word in your heart so that when you have the opportunity to have vain imaginations, you can cast them down and line your thoughts up with His Word.

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Cheryl Henderson

An Atlanta Ga native, Cheryl was married for 53 years to Ed Henderson. They have three sons and 8 grandchildren, and one great gran.

In January of 2021, Ed went home to be with the Lord after a brave fight with colon cancer.

Since 1985 Ed and Cheryl have been serving the Lord as evangelists in the Tennessee area and surrounding states.

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