Thoughts Spiritual - Christian Lessons

_{1. God won't ask what kind of car you drove, but will ask how many
people you drove who didn't have transportation

2. God won't ask the square footage of your house, but will ask
how many people you welcomed into your home

3. God won't ask about the fancy clothes you had in your closet,
but will ask how many of those clothes helped the needy

4. God won't ask about your social status, but will ask what kind
of class you displayed

5. God won't ask how many material possessions you had, but will
ask if they dictated your life

6. God won't ask what your highest salary was, but will ask if you
compromised your character to obtain that salary

7. God won't ask how much overtime you worked, but will ask if you
worked overtime for your family and loved ones

8. God won't ask how many promotions you received, but will ask
how you promoted others

9. God won't ask what your job title was, but will ask if you performed
your job to the best of your ability

10. God won't ask what you did to help yourself, but will ask what
you did to help others

11. God won't ask how many friends you had, but will ask how many
people to whom you were a true friend

12. God won't ask what you did to protect your rights, but will
ask what you did to protect the rights of others

13. God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, but will ask how
you treated your neighbors

14. God won't ask about the color of your skin, but will ask about
the content of your character

15. God won't ask how many times your deeds matched your words,
but will ask how many times they didn't}

--Author Unknown

Control Your Thoughts

Think of a big house.....What do you see in your mind?...nice living room?...nice bedrooms?...nice yard?...beautiful carpet?....furnitures?....cars?....Very nice....

Now, think of a sick man....what do you see?...dying in bed?...in the hospital?...very thin?....pale?....coughing?....

The greatest evidence of man's freedom lies in his power to focus his attention on what he chooses.

Thoughts are the material by which we live and work. Before anything else is accomplished of good or evil it is thought in the mind. Thoughts are important. For as(a man)thinketh in his heart, so is he...Pro.23:7

An evil person thinks of evil things. A carnal person has all carnality in his mind. But a saved person thinks of good things. He has holy thoughts.

Pro 4:23-Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Our thoughts are determined by the condition of our heart. Physically, our health condition depends on the condition of our heart. It is the main organ of our body. It pumps blood in and out of the body. That is the same thing spiritually if our heart, the inner self is unhealthy then everything in us including our thinking will be all...unhealthy..filthy.

Keep always in mind that we can choose. We can fill our minds with the drab and the lowly or the rich and noble, the impure and coarse or the pure and refined. We control our thoughts by what we read and we look at. The "soul is dyed by the color of our thoughts."

1 Cor 3.16--Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? We, all know the story of Moses when he talked with God. Why was the place where Moses stood one day holy ground? Why did God told Moses to take off his shoes because he was on holy ground? What made the ground holy? The answer is whatever God touches becomes holy. The ground is holy because God was there. We are holy. God reminded Moses. Like God to Moses, the spirit say remove that from your life, for you are the temple of God. The Holy Spirit lives within us and anything which is unholy cannot knowingly allowed.

God calls us to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ-- 2 Cor 10:5

Paul points out how we can control our thinking.

Philippians 4:8--Finally, brethren,whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, THINK ON THESE THINGS. Paul's thought is that we need to cultivate holy thoughts.

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You and God...

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies; Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you; Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating others could destroy overnight; Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous; Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.

--Mother Teresa