Lord, help me control my thoughts and put them into practice in my life; then, I will experience Your Presence, Peace, and Provision

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Some of our greatest struggles on life’s journey are our thoughts and how we think about the journey. If we are not careful of our thoughts, we disrupt our journey. And this is the same in our spiritual journey. Our thinking matters to the success of the journey.

Paul is sitting in prison, and this is not a positive place; there are positive people and situations all around him. And He writes to the church in Philippians 4: 8-9; “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me – everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.”

Do we think more about things that are right or wrong, true or false, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and worthy of praise? We must control our thoughts, for our thoughts will determine our actions and destination. We will not enjoy the journey if we always think negatively and pessimistically.

I cannot change what happens to me, but I can change how I view, perceive, and think about it.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, it is an excellent week to refocus our thoughts on everything happening in our lives, families, cities, and countries and thank the Lord. Remember, God’s Word tells us to “Give thanks in all circumstances….even the difficult ones!”

Lord, help me control my thoughts and put them into practice in my life. Then, I will experience Your presence, peace, and provision for the journey!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pastor Ronald Squibb has been the International Christian Church (ICC) Lead Senior Pastor at State‎n Island, New York, since 2011. He draws many experiences from his over 40 years as a pastor and significant emotional life experiences.

His new book, Following the Journey with Jesus, which he co-authored with Daniel McNaughton, was recently published and is getting rave reviews. His daily devotional appears in this publication.