THOUGHT-LIFE
Matthew 9:4
"But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?' "
My thought-life is very important, first and foremost because God knows what I think, but also because my thoughts guide my actions, just like a rudder guides a ship. What I allow my mind to dwell on is the well-spring out of which my actions flow – either for good or for evil. Jesus said, "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man" (Matthew 15:19-20a). Just as evil thought produce evil living, so pure thought will produce pure living. So, whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy, think on these things (Philippians 3:8).
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: Evil thoughts produce evil action; pure thoughts produce pure living.
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Have a pure-thoughts day. Love you.
Matthew 9:4
"But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?' "
My thought-life is very important, first and foremost because God knows what I think, but also because my thoughts guide my actions, just like a rudder guides a ship. What I allow my mind to dwell on is the well-spring out of which my actions flow – either for good or for evil. Jesus said, "For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man" (Matthew 15:19-20a). Just as evil thought produce evil living, so pure thought will produce pure living. So, whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, virtuous, and praiseworthy, think on these things (Philippians 3:8).
TODAY'S PRINCIPLE: Evil thoughts produce evil action; pure thoughts produce pure living.
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Have a pure-thoughts day. Love you.
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