Philippians 4:8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
This week we've been looking at God transforming us by changing the way we think - being Overcomers, coming from a place of victory, God supplying and not demanding from us, God perfecting what concerns us, letting go of anxious thoughts.
The Apostle Paul was speaking to the Christians in the Philippian church and he obviously knew they struggled with thinking the right things just like we do, so we're not unusual.😊
He really spells it out for them and us though, and leaves us in no doubt about what should be filling our minds. It's a bit like the simple guide to thinking.......here's what to think!
The trouble is we tend to ignore it and allow all sorts of negative thoughts, to not just visit our heads, but a bit like a bird, they nest there and have eggs!! Or is it just me? We may not be able to stop the bird landing but we sure can stop it nesting - we can tell it to go!
One easy test to see if a thought is from God or not, is to ask ourselves "does what I'm thinking lift me up or bring me down?" If it discourages or depresses us in any way then it's not from God and we can tell it to leave.
Anyway, I hope this week's blogs have been a help in some small way to enable us to at least recognise what we're thinking about, and given us some encouragement to choose God's thoughts over all the other things that try to fill our minds.
I hope you have a blessed weekend thinking lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy thoughts for His glory. 😊
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