"Hidden programs? That's why my computer's so slow?"
"That's why, but I'm deleting them right now," she said, as the screen showed rows of strange script. "You're loaded with old programs still running in the background. Junk that bogs down your speed."
So keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and holy, merciful and kind. And fasten your thoughts on every glorious work of God, praising him always. Philippians 4:8
"I'm a failure."
"God won't be there when I need him. I've done too many bad things."
"He's probably just some kind of imaginary Santa Claus."
Thoughts like these are destructive hidden beliefs running in the back of our minds. They are opposite of the truth of God, but they are so ingrained and familiar that they are hard to identify and shut down.
Only by discovering God's true nature can we grow in his loving purpose for us.