THOUGHTS
BREAD
8 Finally,
brothers, 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.
Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
1 Since,
then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where
Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things
above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ
in God. 4 When
Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Colossians 3:1-4 (NIV)
6 On my
bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7 Because you are my help, I
sing in the shadow of your wings. 8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
Psalms 63:6-8 (NIV)
29 A
wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his ways. 30 There is no wisdom, no
insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
Proverbs 21:29-30 (NIV)
11 When I
was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a
child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)
BUTTER
“The
future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and
hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today.” Albert Schweitzer
“His
wisdom’s vast, and knows no bounds, a deep where all our thoughts are drowned.” Isaac
Watts
“We
must be aware of the various ways sin pulls us to wrong thoughts about God,
righteousness, grace, ourselves and sin itself. Only the truth of God’s word
and meditation in prayer can reveal the deceitfulness of sin.110 Sin works
against God. Sin will either deceive us into thinking God is a cruel
taskmaster, or, if that will not work, will deceive us into thinking He is like
a doting grandfather who really does not care what we do. Sin affects every
Christian’s view of God and leads us to worship idols, figments of our own
imaginations, and not the true God. Sin will deceive us concerning grace. We
will either be deceived into thinking it is too good to be true, or we will buy
into cheap grace and think that ethics are unimportant.” Dr.
Bob Flayhart
“We need to keep
our heart full of a sense of the love of God. This is the greatest perspective
available to us against the power of temptation in the world...Fill your heart
with a sense of the love of God in Christ, and apply the eternal design of
grace and shed blood to yourselves. Accept all the privileges of adoption,
justification, and acceptance with God. Fill your heart with thoughts of the
beauty of holiness...then in the ordinary course of walking with God, you will
experience great peace and security from temptation.” John Owen
“Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad
thoughts and actions can never produce good results. This is but saying that
nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles but nettles. Men
understand this law in the natural world and work with it; but few understand
it in the mental and moral world though its operation there is just as simple
and undeviating. A person's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently
cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it
must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, than an
abundance of useless seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce
their kind.” James Allen
“He
that rides to be crowned will not think much of a rainy day.” John
Trapp
“We are justified
if we have accepted Christ as Savior.
But present communion with God requires continual bowing in both the
intellect and the will. Without bowing
in the intellect, in thinking after God; without acting upon the finished work
of Christ in my present life; and without bowing in the will in practice, as
the waves of the present life break over me, there is no sufficient communion
with God. Without these things I am not
in my place as the creature in a fallen and abnormal world. These three things are absolutely necessary
if there is to be real and sufficient communion with God in the present life.” Francis
Schaeffer
HEART SAVOR
· I am to dwell on things above – true, noble, right,
pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy things - not earthly things.
· A prudent person will give thought to their ways.
· No earthly wisdom will ultimately succeed against the
Lord Who makes known the end from the beginning.
