Power Thoughts

Joyce: Did you know that whatever we think is what we will become?  Today we’re gonna learn that where the mind goes, the man follows. (music)

Joyce: Thoughts are just absolutely one of the most important things that we need to learn about because literally the bible says in Proverbs 23:7 that whatever you think, that’s what you become. Just think about that. Whatever you think, that’s what you become.  That doesn’t mean that you can just think anything into your life that you want to think into your life. That gets over into humanism, and that’s taking a Godly principle so far then that it becomes a sin. But the fact does remain that whatever god says we can have, if we don’t get into agreement with him, we will never have it. So we need to find out what the word says, and we need to bring our mind and our thoughts captive onto the obedience of Jesus Christ. That’s the way 2 Corinthians 10:5 says it, that we should bring every thought captive onto the obedience of Jesus Christ. I like to say this:  where the mind goes, the man follows.

If you get your mind on a hot fudge sundae long enough, you’re more than likely going to get it. Am I telling the truth? (yes.) If you think about it long enough… If you think long enough about what somebody has done to you that hurt you and you go over and over it in your mind, there’s a real good chance you’re going to tell them off. Or at the very least, the next time you get around them, you will not be able to treat them properly. I think one of the greatest revelations that any one of us can have is to find out that we can do something about our thoughts, that we don’t have to just think everything that falls into our head, but we can choose what we want to think about — and I want you to listen to what I’m going to say because it’s very important to this whole series — you can think things on purpose. I think that we all need to have a “think session” every day.