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Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right and pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
– Philippians 4:8(NLT)
WORTHY AND EXCELLENT THOUGHTS
A poem and essay by ILMA
What have you been thinking of lately?
Are they edifying, honorable and lovely?
Fix your thoughts on what is true and right
Think about things that are excellent and bright.
Dwell not on the things that are negative
They are lies that make you unproductive
Do not allow the enemy to capture your thinking
Do not engage in empty philosophies and reasoning.
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Have you ever thought about what you are actually thinking right now? Are you able to evaluate where they are coming from? Many times, we don’t even pay attention to what comes in our minds. We can be talking to someone else and our minds just go in different directions from everything that has nothing to do with what we are actually saying. Be careful! John 10:10 says that the enemy’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy us. One of the things that Satan likes to steal is our thinking process. He likes to inject many different lies in our minds. It is the mind that is our battlefield because it is from it that he opens doors to our hearts to infiltrate and corrupt. The bible advises us to think only of worthy, and excellent thoughts.
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PRAYER
Lord, keep my mind focused only on pure, honorable and right thoughts.
REFLECTION
How can you monitor what comes in your mind?
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