Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
Philippians 4:4-9
Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence,
if there is anything worthy of praise,
think about these things.
What you have learned and received and heard
and seen in me—practice these things,
and the God of peace will be with you.
My Pondering 💭
We have a choice every moment of every day as to what we shall think, dwell, and meditate upon.
It’s an awesome responsibility considering we have many thousands of thoughts per day. Satan no doubt fires misleading and often negative darts at us. God wants us to think on these things listed by Paul by God’s Spirit for our edification. His encouragement is for us to mediate upon all this while abiding upon the Spirit.
Yes sir, we learn that when Moses asked God what His name is, He answered, “I AM”. We were created in His image.
I am __.
If we don’t intentionally fill in the _, someone else will do so automatically fill our minds and it’s not likely to be the best or even good.
This is why altering our state of consciousness and allowing ‘who knows what’ to enter is dangerous.
I think that’s why we need to be intentional focused and intentional on our thinking. To think about what we think about as Philippians 4:8 teaches.
Think good things
Do good things
Trust God in all things
Let go and know God has got all things
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