Have you ever been thinking and ...something shiny.... what was I saying?
Have you ever been thinking and ... squirrel ... really?
Have you ever been thinking and ... I never thought about that! Like....have you ever been thinking these kind of thoughts....
Why do pajamas have pockets?
Why do people sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" when they're already there?
Does anybody actually enjoy the music you hear when you're on "hold"?
Why is it called a hamburger when it is beef?
Why are they called apartments when they're all together?
How come permanents are temporary?
Before they invented golf balls, how did they measure hail?
Why aren't they called bakies instead of cookies?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Get my point ... thoughts...can be really random and our thoughts can make or break us...
When we believe something, it will affect our feelings. When you believe you are a failure, you will feel like one. When you believe you are forgiven, you will act like you live in GRACE!
The difference between a guilt-ridden Christian and a happy and joyful Christian is often one simple thing... what we think about. Guess who's thinking about the sin, the guilt and the past? And, guess who's thinking about how they have been washed clean and they are a new person in Christ?
Philippians 4:8 says, "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."
Our enemy loves to put thoughts of failure into our minds. Those thoughts (if meditated on), produce strongholds, which produces feelings, which lands us in bondage... all because we listened to the enemy... more than our heavenly Father!
In Psalms 94:1 David declares, "When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul."
.... So it is like this, two voices are speaking: Satan likes to come along and tell you, "Look at that sin you did so long ago! That was so bad! You are such a failure!" However, Jesus, through God's Word, tries to tell us that if we turn to Him, we will be forgiven (1 John 1:9), and our past will be forgotten!
Isaiah 43:25... (NIV) “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more...
The Christian thought life is not the playground for the enemy, but the stage upon which the Truth of Jesus Christ can shine. Jesus has given the saints of God everything they need in order to take command over their thought lives.
We as Christian's are privileged to think on nothing but that which is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, virtuous, and of good report...
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Whatever you keep your mind on (think about often) will affect your entire being...so if I were to sum it up with a perfect verse...I think Isaiah was 'just sayin,' when he said...
Isaiah 26:3... (MSG.) "People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don’t quit. Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing."
See you soon!
-Kelly
