Think on what is lovely. Let God direct your mind to what is truly lovely
in this world. At the very least that tree, flower, and blade of grass that He
made and you saw today is lovely. Let Him influence your thoughts every day
until you think on what God considers lovely. Then dwell on those things. Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. (Col. 3:16) There will be
an overflow of lovely thoughts pour from your mind. Think about how encouraging
to others that would be. Think lovely thoughts.
“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:27). It would be best if you worked on creating in your mind mental structures for success. A study was done where two basketball teams had to shoot free throws. One group went out and shot 100 free throws with something life 30% accuracy. The second group had sat for 30 minutes and visualized making a perfect free throw 100 times. That team went out and shot 100 free throws with 75% accuracy. What is the difference? The mental structure. You can do the same. Paul said, “I discipline my body, I seek to please God.” Just like Paul, we must get in our heads what we will do to be successful in Christ. Work to create Godly mental structures. ...
Great thoughts, I'll do my best to be a happy thinker today!
ReplyDeleteThank you. That is a great goal to have.
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