Did you know that you talk nonstop in your head?
Some thoughts are neutral. Oh, mayonnaise, where are you?
Some are positive. Woohoo! I found the mayonnaise in aisle 12. Good job, Lucy.You’re quite the sleuth.
Some are trashy. What?! A bazillion calories in a tablespoon of mayonnaise. You already have cellulite on cellulite, you fatso. Put it back. Ugh!
Thoughts are powerful.
The Bible underlines thought power. “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7, NLT).
When you think well your emotions and actions will line up with God’s plan and purpose for you:
an abundant life.
Thinking well is the result of a Holy Spirit-controlled mind. Take a look at this verse.
“Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what the sinful nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of a sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace” (Romans 8:5).
In other words, the sinful nature prefers bad company like lust and greed and lies. Lots of lies. Satan tempts you to lie to yourself and wallow in depression, strike out in anger or worse.
A Spirit-controlled mind wants what God wants, that His will be done.
But how?
To think well you need to continually believe. “Continual,” a present participle in the Greek, basically means, now that you believe Christ for your salvation keep on continually believing Him all day, every day.
It is a faith walk. Kinda like marriage.
Remember the day you walked the aisle, pretty in white, butterflies tickling your tummy, and you said “I do”?
But then you had to continue to make a go at marriage day after day.
Even moment by moment on the hard days,
or months
or years.
Thinking well is like this. You must choose to think well daily.
Or they’ll stink like trash.
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