Our Thoughts
The name of this site is a reference to us becoming a product of our thought lives. As a pastor once said, “We’re not what we think we are, we are what we think…”
In modern day computer terminology it’s known as garbage in, garbage out.
This principle is reinforced in scripture:
Proverbs 4:23 - “Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.
Now it seems like there are beautiful deceptions vying for our attention more and more as a culture which is sex-saturated is becoming darker and darker.
Here’s part of a commentary on this topic:
You cannot live a godly life and fill your life with ungodly thoughts and ungodly pictures. It cannot happen, it will not happen, and it doesn’t happen - and it hasn’t been happening. The only way to change that is to renew your mind. Where does that start? Making a decision: God I want to start thinking your way. I want my life to be what you want it to be. I want to reach the maximum of my potential as a child of God. … I want to begin to think the way you think. I want your wisdom. I want your way, your will, your purpose, your plan for my life. I want the best for my life. Where does that start? It starts with getting in the word of God and absorbing its truth. It means opening this book before you turn on the television set, open some magazine or your favorite book. It means making first, foremost, priority, pre-eminant, zenith, pinacle in your life. It’s the one thing about which everything else resolves. Before long, do you know what will happen? In every single decision you make you’ll be asking the question, “What does God think? What’s the will of the Father?” You don’t have to get on your knees and ask Him - it’ll be your way of thinking. That’s what a lifestyle of righteous living and holy living is all about. You don’t have to say, “I need to go pray.” What happens is is your mind is so in tune with the mind of God, you know what is right, you know what is good, you know what is wise. Why? Because you have re-programmed your thinking to think the ways of God. And that’s what He’s looking for: people who are thinking His way. People who are looking at things from His viewpoint. And people who want to live life at its very best. And that’s living it in the will of God and according to the word of God.
Some of you have never trusted Jesus as your savior. You’re saying, “Well, how does that all fit me?”
Let me just say this, Satan has blinded your eyes up to this point in your life. And you may think, “Well, I’m getting along.” But there’s a judgement coming. Death is coming. And besides that, there’s going to be a whole lot of other things in life that will be coming your way that you’re not even aware of. Here’s the issue:
If there is a God - and there is - and He’s going to be your judge one of these days, is it not foolish to try to live your life - and to edit Him out of your life and one of these days think you’re going to stand before this holy, righteous, pure God - who is your judge - and He’s going to say, “Ahh, come on in! Don’t worry about it.” My friends you have been deceived if you think that. But rather you need to ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you of your sins. And tell Him that you want a new start and a new beginning. That you want life at its best. And the truth is that many of you would have to admit that life is not its best. You know things are not right. You don’t have any real purpose or meaning for living. And if you could just start it all over again, you would if you could. But you can’t go back to birth, but you can start with a second birth - a new birth - and that is Christ coming into your life. And when Jesus went to the cross, He died for your sin - past, present, future. He’ll forgive you of every single thing you’ve ever done. You can begin life all over again by simply asking Him to forgive you - knowing that that forgiveness is not based on your good works or how good you are - but the fact that Jesus died for you. And then the Spirit of God will come into your life and He’ll enable you to begin to think the way He thinks. - Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries
Tags: Theology
