Think 4:8 - 40 Days of Positive Mental Nutrition DAY FOURTEEN Our thoughts, like our actions, have consequences. As relentlessly as you may try, you cannot think one thing and experience something else. You cannot think critically about your spouse, even if you believe it is warranted, and reap true intimacy. You cannot think negatively and live positively any more than you can plant apple seeds and expect to harvest oranges. If you desire to live a joy-filled life—a life that fulfills God’s purpose for you—you must keep your thoughts fixed on the things of God. In your thought life, there’s no differentiation between past, present, and future. All you have is right now. This is the gift of the present. A blissful memory is experienced as present joy. A gloomy memory is experienced as present pain. As a result, thinking, talking, and worrying about what you do not want can never bring you what you do want. ASK Over the next 48 hours, make a running list of how many times you catch yourself thinking about something that you DO NOT want to see happen in your life and then ask God to free you from this worrisome habit. Share:
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