Trust Me in all your thoughts. I know that some thoughts are unconscious or semiconscious, and I do not hold you responsible for those. But you can direct conscious thoughts much more than you may realize.
- Practice thinking in certain ways — trusting Me, thanking Me — and those thoughts become more natural.
Reject negative or sinful thoughts as soon as you become aware of them. Don’t try to hide them from Me; confess them and leave them with Me. Go on your way lightheartedly. This method of controlling your thoughts will keep your mind in My Presence and your feet on the path of Peace.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. — Psalm 20:7
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. — 1 John 1:9
To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace. — Luke 1:79
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I am able to do far beyond all that you ask or imagine. Come to Me with positive expectations, knowing that there is no limit to what I can accomplish. Ask My Spirit to control your mind so that you can think great thoughts of Me. Do not be discouraged by the fact that many of your prayers are yet unanswered. Time is a trainer, teaching you to wait upon Me, to trust Me in the dark. The more extreme your circumstances, the more likely you are to see My Power and Glory at work in the situation.
Instead of letting difficulties draw you into worrying, try to view them as setting the scene for My glorious intervention.
Keep your eyes and your mind wide open to all that I am doing in your life.
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. — Ephesians 3:20–21
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. — Romans 8:6
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. — Isaiah 40:30–31 NKJV
Then I heard every creature in Heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” — Revelation 5:13
Excerpted with permission from Jesus Calling by Sarah Young, copyright Sarah Young.
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Your Turn
Lift up your thought-life! Remember that the Lord our God is in charge! Ask Him to intervene where you need His help and to give you wisdom where you’re confused. He will help! ~ Devotionals Daily