More than a Conqueror: May 2012

If I were to be honest a lot of my thoughts are inappropriate. My mind is cluttered with selfish, lustful, angry, jealous, prideful, doubtful, and worried thoughts. I think wrong thoughts toward others. Sometimes I can't pay attention; I get distracted by worldly thoughts. In church I will realize that my mind has wandered, continually becoming fixated on something trivial like weightlifting or work. I want my mind to be fixated on the Lord.

"How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You."

- Psalm 139:17-18, NKJV

The Lord, with all that He is responsible for and sovereign over, thinks about us. All of us. I hope that by His grace and His Spirit, I can think about Him. I want to think of His love, His blood, His will, His sovereignty, the blessings He's given me, why He saved me... I want to pray without ceasing. I want to focus on the needs of others instead of my own. I want to remember why I'm here. My purpose. I want to give God glory. That is my prayer... I want to honor God with my thoughts and my actions. To submit all my thoughts to God, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5).

"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things."
- Philippians 4:8

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