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I agree with your reply, and "We have these thoughts whether we want them or not." is true of course - to some degree.

But if you think about it, our mind and our thoughts are not completely out of our control. We can notice, for example, that the negative thoughts come more when we are around certain places or people or when we read some types of literature or listen to some kinds of music. Or we may notice they come less when we are focused on God, or they come less the more we pray.

This may be part of why Paul exhorted us to pray without ceasing.

thanks for your reply.

But if you think about it, our mind and our thoughts are not completely out of our control.

Our minds are not completely out of control simply because of God. If you think otherwise then that is pride. Our natural spiritual tendency is towards evil with one of the greatest of evil being that of sodomy. The only reason we resist is because of God.

Rom 9:29 And just as Isaiah foretold, "UNLESS THE LORD OF SABAOTH HAD LEFT TO US A POSTERITY, WE WOULD HAVE BECOME LIKE SODOM, AND WOULD HAVE RESEMBLED GOMORRAH."

Christians need to stop manufacturing excuses for sin and call it what it is. The only way people can get help with such a condition is if they ask God to remove it from them.