God Bless You!

God knew we would have negative thoughts, he knew that many different things will cross our mind. What would happen if our thoughts were on display in a movie screen for everyone to see? Would they be pleasing to God? I dare say that each one of us would probably be embarrassed and extremely uncomfortable if our thoughts were all out in the open for everyone to see. Ouch!! Since God knew not all our thoughts would be positive and pure, he left specific instructions for us on what we should allow in our mind. He told us to focus on the true, noble, righteous, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy things. Why? Because only these kind of thoughts would bring peace and joy to our heart. Why do you think our brain controls all of our bodily functions?  Do you think this is a coincidence? Not at all!! The thoughts we allow in our brain are like the fertilizer for the seeds of greatness God has placed in each one of us. If we don’t nurture these with the correct “fertilizer” (the kind of thoughts God instructed), we will weaken our roots instead of strengthening them and they will no longer produce suitable fruit. I know how hard it is but our thoughts cannot be controlled by our emotions, they need to be controlled by the power and knowledge of who God really is in our lives and who we are in Him. Let’s remember that when the apostle Paul wrote today’s verse he was not in the best of conditions, he was in jail…he did not let his emotions run his thoughts he was focused on God no matter what was happening around him and this is what we all need to learn to do. 

Pastor Laura Palacios

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”