The Power of Thinking Right

by an Old Disciple

“...think on these things...”~ Phil. 4:8 

A liberal theologian wrote a popular book some years ago entitled The Power of Positive Thinking. Well, I’m afraid the conservative scholar, Paul the Apostle, beat him to it by a couple of thousand years! Paul lists eight positive things we are to think about and promises peace of mind and heart to those who do.

The Bible teaches we are what we think. Right living is a result of right thinking and vice versa. For example, David tells us we can think wrong about God: “...Thou thoughtest that I (God) was altogether such a one as thyself.” Naaman illustrated this when he said, “I thought...” But he was all wrong about how God would deal with his problem. A carnal mind cannot have spiritual thoughts. It it is always a good thing to remember what God said to Isaiah, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts…saith the LORD.”

If you don’t bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, then those thoughts will hold you in captivity.

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