Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious. Bill Meyer
back it up with bible
Proverbs 23:7a For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.
Psalm 104:34 My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.
Psalm 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
Matthew 6:22,23 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
core christianity
Thinking Makes It So
“Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
A Native American boy was talking with his grandfather. “What do you think about the world situation?” he asked. The grandfather replied, “I feel like two wolves are fighting in my heart. One is full of anger and hatred. The other is full of love, forgiveness and peace.”
“Which one will win?” asked the boy.
To which the grandfather replied, “The one I feed.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds,” and James Allen rightly stated, “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”
Another has said, “What the mind dwells on the body acts on.” If you don’t believe this, think how temptation works—first a thought that seems to come from nowhere ... we feed it and the thought begins to expand ... then one’s feelings get involved ... and the more we think about it ... the more we hunger for it ... then we begin to rationalize and justify what we want to do ... and the battle is lost. It all starts in the mind.
As they say about computers: GIGO = garbage in garbage out. So it is with the mind. If we keep looking at and thinking about garbage, we will act out accordingly. But, if as the Bible says, we concentrate on thoughts that are noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable, we too, will act accordingly. It’s all in the mind, for what the mind dwells on the body acts on.
When tempting thoughts knock on the door of my mind, I try to remember to pray a very simple prayer, “Jesus, help. Jesus help,” until the “door knocker” goes away. (Richard Innes)
previously published
(Jesus speaking:) The verse from My Word, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he,” is just as true as ever. The Christian Scientists and others like them have a great measure of truth in their philosophy about the mind and the power that you have to change just by thinking positively. They just missed it on one little point, which makes all the difference. That is: You can’t do it without Me.
The truth is, your mind does have great power. Your thoughts are what make you what you are. If you’re thinking positive thoughts, your reactions to things become more and more positive. If you have a problem with something, much of the battle is won or lost in your thoughts. But there’s one key element that you can’t do without, and that is that you need My help first of all.
As I’ve said many times, the first step to victory is to call out to Me for help, but once you do that, I give you the victory. Then it’s up to you to hold on to the victory. And how do you do that? By believing that you have it and acting as if you have it! It’s not faking it; it’s not deceptive or deceitful--it’s a principle of faith. You can believe that you have it by faith because I’ve promised to give it to you.
Acting on your victory is just as important as asking Me for it in the first place. Because if you ask Me for the victory, but then don’t do anything about it, you’ll probably slip right back into your old habits and thought patterns. You have to go on the attack and believe that you have the victory--whether you feel it or not--and make a conscious effort to think those thoughts of victory, to think the way you should be thinking, not the way that’s natural for you to think. You have to make a conscious effort to do the things you know you should, to act on your victory, to take the little steps of obedience.
Anyone who calls out to Me can be assured that when you call out to Me for the victory and fulfill the conditions that I’ve laid out for you, it is given to you! Then, you begin the process of claiming it by faith. And in that case, because you really have it, you simply have to start acting like it, and then you will feel it, and you will be different, you will be changed You do have the victory!
The mind has tremendous power. Your thoughts have tremendous power. Your prayers have tremendous power. Your praises have tremendous power. All those things make you what you are. So think positively! And right after you have asked for prayer, ask Me how you should be thinking, and then, from that point on, make a conscious effort to think that way! And then take it a step further and do the things you know you should do--do the giving, the loving, the obeying, the humble thing. That’s called “putting feet to your prayers,” “living in the victory I’ve given you,” “claiming it by faith!” That’s your part, the part that you can do! It’s an unbeatable combination--My power, which is loosed to help you when you ask, and your determination to think positively and act as if you have the victory. Together, they will bring a solid, lasting victory for My glory! (Leaping the Hurdles, Part 2!)
make it personal
Jesus, “I hate vain thoughts, by Your law do I love!”…I love Your thoughts! Your thoughts and ways of thinking are wonderful and happy and good and bear beautiful fruit in my life and in the lives of those around me. Give me Your thoughts and Your mind, Your perspective. Help me to “feed” thoughts, perspectives, and reactions that are from You and of You. I know that will make me—and You most of all—most happy!
