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You Are What You Think
by Joyce Meyer - posted March 21, 2013
For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. —Philippians 4:8
We are what we think. What we think about truly determines our character, our emotions, our attitudes, and our decisions. Our thinking has a direct impact on our lives.
For example, if we think unkind thoughts, we become unkind. If we think loving thoughts, we become loving. If we think angry thoughts about a person, we often do not treat him in a loving way. The same principle applies to circumstances and situations. If we think things will go well, that’s often the way we experience them. I am not saying that we can control everything that happens to us with our thinking, but if we think right it can sure improve the quality of our journey.
Today’s Scripture is so important because it tells us exactly the kinds of things we need to think about. The verse encourages us to think in the most positive ways and to “fix [our] minds” on the virtues it mentions. This means we are not to allow our minds to be easily distracted from them.
God wants us to discipline ourselves to think right thoughts—He knows that right thinking is one of the best ways we can love ourselves and other people.
Love Yourself Today: Think happy thoughts and be a happy person!
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From the book Love Out Loud by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2011 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved
I have had to learn positive self-talk and it really has helped me. I think this message is just what I needed today to remind me to think positively. I have some things going on in my life right now that were bringing me down, so this helped.
by Joyce Meyer - posted March 21, 2013
For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. —Philippians 4:8
We are what we think. What we think about truly determines our character, our emotions, our attitudes, and our decisions. Our thinking has a direct impact on our lives.
For example, if we think unkind thoughts, we become unkind. If we think loving thoughts, we become loving. If we think angry thoughts about a person, we often do not treat him in a loving way. The same principle applies to circumstances and situations. If we think things will go well, that’s often the way we experience them. I am not saying that we can control everything that happens to us with our thinking, but if we think right it can sure improve the quality of our journey.
Today’s Scripture is so important because it tells us exactly the kinds of things we need to think about. The verse encourages us to think in the most positive ways and to “fix [our] minds” on the virtues it mentions. This means we are not to allow our minds to be easily distracted from them.
God wants us to discipline ourselves to think right thoughts—He knows that right thinking is one of the best ways we can love ourselves and other people.
Love Yourself Today: Think happy thoughts and be a happy person!
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From the book Love Out Loud by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2011 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved
I have had to learn positive self-talk and it really has helped me. I think this message is just what I needed today to remind me to think positively. I have some things going on in my life right now that were bringing me down, so this helped.
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ellowyne
Thank you for posting this.
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I love her and her good practical, common sense style of teaching us all. Thank you for this post.
JudyPrudy
Thinking only good of others helps to keep us from being judgmental, although we are supposed to warn someone if they're in danger of losing their faith. When I look only for the good, I see a lot of good that was always there that I used to not even notice. Since our minds can only focus on one thing at a time, we can enjoy beauty and things that are cute and be totally in the moment, letting go of our many worries and hurts, etc. It's so healing to live in the moment, especially when focusing on the good things...
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