Thoughts Exposed - Jane H. Young
What if every thought of yours was heard by those around you? I bet you’d get them under control very quickly — who wouldn’t? What kind of thoughts are you allowing to run through your mind? The choice is yours. You’re in complete control. Don’t tell yourself you can’t help it — that’s a lie straight from the devil’s mouth.
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things,” (Philippians 4:8 NASB).
I believe it takes less time to have a good thought than a bad thought, because when you are having a bad thought you roll it over and over in your mind, trying not to let it go. Not the same with good thoughts; they are usually in and out of your mind in record time.
Let’s say you had a fight with someone, and now you’re reliving that fight in your mind; only this time it is playing out with a different result because you are controlling both sides of the conservations all by yourself — and in your mind, you are winning. You feel good, you have the upper hand, but you also have the upper hand in giving yourself an absolutely miserable day.
We can decide on purpose what we think about. Let’s make it’s something good! Being mad and agitated all day is completely useless. As we all know it doesn’t make the problem and the hurt and anger go away. Let’s take control of the thoughts we allow to fall into our minds each day, and more importantly what we give place to in our hearts.
Prayer: Lord you know all my thoughts — how displeasing for you to hear! Please forgive me. Help me control what I allow to enter my mind today. Let me grab only the good thoughts and dwell on those.
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