TODAY’S
WORD FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2013.
THINK
DEFINITION:
Form
a mental concept of; hold as a belief or opinion; exercise the mind; to employ
one's mind rationally in evaluating a situation.
SCRIPTURE:
For
as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7.
KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERIENCE:
We
are often asked how to develop a Godly attitude in our daily living. Much of
our actions and our desires are controlled by the way we think. Our thoughts
motivate us to do the things we do. Many people we talk to have an inferior
feeling due to fear that has come from sin in their life and they have a
constant fear and want to overcome this fear.
Following
are a few principles that if they become part of your daily thinking they will
motivate a change in your attitude from fear to faith. Allowing these
principles to guide your daily thought process will soon help you to develop a
positive Godly mental attitude.
Here
are eight constructive suggestions that you can think about daily and apply
then to your life as necessary.
• Today I will think like a dynamic
servant of God because as the scripture says (above), I am what I think
• I am not always what I think I am;
I am what I think.
• I am not what I eat; I am what I
think.
• Clothes do not make the man or
woman; thinking makes the man or woman.
• I will keep my thought processes
active and open to the voice of God.
• God did not call me to a life of
failure, but to a life of success.
• I cannot fail as long as I do His
will. I will allow Him to work in and through me today, motivating my every
thought.
• Because my God is a great God, I
will think with confidence on every issue that comes my way knowing that my
thoughts never can be greater than my God's.
Make
your commitment today to think like a dynamic servant of God. A dynamic servant
of God thinks by faith and not with or by fear. You think by choice. You can
think good or you can think evil. It is your choice but remember you cannot
have it both ways, by thinking good and evil at the same time. We really have
two ways to think, the righteous way or the unrighteous way.
In
Isaiah 55:8-9 it reads: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are
your ways My ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your
thoughts." When you really want to work at your thinking process remember
to keep your thought process, your thinking, focused on the Word of God and
open to the voice of God. Learn to listen for God's voice.
LEARNING:
Our
memory verse for this week is found in I Timothy 1:15.
It
is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all.
PRAYER:
Help
me to be alert so that when my spiritual alarm goes off I will be quick to draw
back and reject any unwise choices. Help me to realize that my conscience is
not designed to be my guide but it is a tool of the Holy Spirit dealing within
me. Help me to be submissive to the Holy Spirit so I can conform to the
likeness of Christ.
