Okay, so it's true - I'm not going to give you a penny. But still - what are you thinking about? Why are you thinking that? How does what you think affect your spirit? Your attitude? Your day? Those around you?
You've heard the old saying, "Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
How true that is. And how true it is that our lives could be different - oh so different - if only we changed our thoughts. A Bible study I was involved in a few years ago stressed the importance of taking every thought captive for Christ. The goal is to give consideration to every single thought that comes into your mind and decide what to do with it before just acting on it. Some of us just spit out whatever we think. If we think it, we say it. Like the broken lemonade machine, we need a better filter!
Do you think it would make a difference if we would take every thought captive, mull over it, consider it and if it's not a good thought, reject it? You bet it would! If it's something that needs to be rejected, we shouldn't let it stay on our mind. We shouldn't give it another second's thought. And we certainly shouldn't allow it the opportunity to become words.
Joyce Meyer wrote a book a few years ago called, "Battlefield of the Mind." In it, she makes the statement, ""You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind." Basically saying that if our thoughts are negative, our words, our attitude and our entire demeanor will become negative. That darkness will seep into every portion of our life. But if we do away with those negative thoughts and think on good things, on positive things, it can change our life as well - but for the better.
If we would stop and think about what we're thinking about, it could make a huge impact on our lives - and probably someone else's life, too.
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." ~ Philippians 4:8
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