Good morning Wednesday......
Father thank You for this NEW day. Please continue to fill our HEARTS & MINDS with Your LOVE & TRUTH, and TRANSFORM our ordinary day into an extraordinary day by shinning Your Light in us, through us, and over us. May we make a difference in this world, for Your Glory and Purposes TODAY!
- Thoughts Are What Shape Your Life
God is far more interested in changing your mind than changing your circumstances.
We want God to take away all of our problems, pain, sorrow, suffering, sickness, and sadness. But God wants to work on you first, because transformation won’t happen in your life until you renew your mind, until your thoughts begin to change.
Why is it so important that you learn how to manage your mind? Let me give you three reasons.
1: Manage your mind, because your thoughts control your life.
Proverbs 4:23 says:
“Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” (NKJV)
Your thoughts are powerful and have the tremendous ability to shape your heart, and by consequence life, for good or for bad. For example, maybe you accept the thought someone told you when you were growing up: “You’re worthless. You don’t matter.” If you accepted that thought, even though it was wrong, it shaped your life.
2: Manage your mind, because the mind is the battleground for sin.
All temptation involves the mind. Paul says in Romans 7:22-23:
“For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.(NKJV)
One of the reasons why you get mentally fatigued is because there’s a battle in your brain 24 hours a day. It’s debilitating because it’s intense, and it’s intense because your mind is your greatest asset. Satan wants your greatest asset!
3: Manage your mind, because it’s the key to peace and happiness.
An unmanaged mind leads to tension; a managed mind leads to tranquility. An unmanaged mind leads to conflict; a managed mind leads to confidence. An unmanaged mind leads to stress. When you don’t try to control your mind and the way you direct your thoughts, you will have an enormous amount of stress in your life. But a managed mind leads to strength and security and serenity.
“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6 (NKJV)
Think... Ask... Pray...
* What do you fill your mind with that pleases God? What do you fill your mind with that disappoints God?
* How do you practice managing your mind?
* What role does Scripture play in managing your mind?
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Thank You and God Bless