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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