Thought Life

Psalm 19:14 "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."

What we choose to think about/ dwell on will directly affect the course of our lives. 

Psalm 119:97-99 "Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide. Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws. 

We will be prosperous when our thought life is pure. We know that all sin or behavior of any kind begins with a thought. If our thoughts are dwelling on negative, unhealthy things, our life will be unhealthy spiritually. If our thoughts are on God's Word our spiritual life (the life that counts) will be healthy. 

Joshua 1:8 "Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do."

Psalm 1:2-3 "But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do."

Webster defines meditation as: the act or process of spending time in quiet thought. 

If we are not careful our thought life can be influenced by the enemy. When this happens and is allowed to go unchecked, sin is always the result. Satan tries to plant thoughts in our mind to replace our thoughts about God and his Word. 

2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV) "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

Our thoughts are like wildfire. If they go unchecked they will ravage our life. Romans 7:23 "But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me."

However, when we take authority over our thoughts we will become righteous and holy, more like Christ. 

Ephesians 4:22-24 "throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy."