My write up today is supposed to be about thoughts
I don’t claim to be an expert but I will attempt to write
the little I know or think.
Thoughts???? What are thoughts and why are they important. A thought is an idea, a plan, opinion or
picture formed in your mind. So why are thoughts important? How does a thought
affect you? Why is what you think important?
The center of thought is the mind. You win or lose in your mind.
People create movies in their minds. We make choices with our minds. The way I feel
is prompted by my mind. I make decisions in my mind and I chicken out with my
mind. The words I speak are thoughts expressed. I judge my situations in my
mind.
The bible tells us to keep our hearts with all diligence for
out of it flows the issues of life. As a man thinks in his heart so he is. Jesus
said a good man from the good treasures of his heart flings out good things and
an evil man from the evil treasures of his heart flings out evil things. I think
it’s safe to say that if I clean out my heart and thoughts I will clean out my
life. But how does this really work.
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. When you renew
your mind you change. It starts from the inside. What is the process of renewing
the mind? I believe it involves
deliberately making new choices. I am privileged to be a believer in Jesus and I
have the Holy Spirit living in me. The process of renewing my mind will involve
consistently listening and obeying the voice of the Holy Spirit. I get familiar
with His voice by reading the bible and I listen for his voice in my heart for
daily activities, this is going to be deliberate until it becomes a habit.
Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by
a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you;
you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect. Rom 12:2
NCV
You can either be shaped by your environment or decide your
path by changing the way you think. Putting it in to perspective for me is that
I can either decide to live the way I have been living and continue to repeat
the results I have been getting or take a higher way and get a better result. I
can change the way I respond to things. I can choose to see beauty, grace,
solution, victory, inspiration motivation instead of doom, failure, and helplessness.
The scripture puts it aptly in Philippians 4:8 AMP For the
rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is
honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely
and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue
and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and
take account of these things [fix your minds on them].
This is my standard this is my reference point, is it true,
is it worthy of praise, is it lovely and is it excellent? Ciao people.
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