Spiritual Thoughts

T he truth is that stress does not come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances. ~ Andrew Bernstein D o not fret or have any anxiety about anything, BUT in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. ~ Philippians 4:6 (Amplified)

Y our inner thoughts  reveal your true character. ~ Jonathan L. Huie   F or as he things in his heart, so is he. ~ Proverbs 23:7

W hen you rule your mind, you rule your world. When you choose your thoughts, you choose results. ~ Imelda Shanklin   H e who guards his mouth and tongue, guards his soul from troubles. ~ Proverbs 21:23

  Friday Tale - In Your Mind   Y our progress in life begins in your own mind and ends in the same space.   Every great accomplishment began with the germ of an idea in the mind of a great person, then it was shaped for practical usefulness and finally transformed into reality. Make your mind a fertile ground for ideas through constant study and learning, and condition yourself through constant practice to discipline yourself to follow through on your good ideas.   The most brilliant concept in the world is only a dream unless you take action. Even a mediocre idea that is put in to practice is far more valuable than a flash of genius that languishes in a fallow, undisciplined mind.   Keep Thoughts Positive. Thoughts Become Words. Keep Words Positive. Words Become Actions. Keep Actions Positive. Actions Become Habits. Keep Habits Positive. Habits Become Destiny.   Control your thoughts. Decide what you will think and concentrate upon....

I t's not the situation that is causing your stress, it is your thoughts, and you can change that right here and now. You can choose to be peaceful right here and now. [Inner] peace is a choice, and it has nothing to do with what other people do or think. ~ Gerald Jampolsky   Y ou keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. ~ Isaiah 26:3

F irst thing to do every morning is read or listen to something positive. Your mind is like a garden - whatever you plant grows. Plant good stuff. ~ Alwyn Cosgrove   T he righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, he will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the LORD, he will flourish in the courts of our God. ~ Psalm 92:12-13

  A small act is worth  a million thoughts. ~ Ai Weiwei   BUT love your enemies, and do good and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. ~ Luke 6:35

  Friday Tale - Think about your Thoughts   T hink about what you think, for it provides a mirror to the world of your heart and soul.   If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win, but think you can’t, It’s almost certain you won’t.   If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost, For out of this world we find Success begins with a person’s will, It’s all in our state of mind.   If you think you’re outclassed, you are. You’ve got to think high to rise. You’ve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize.   Cause life’s battles don’t always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the person who wins Is the person WHO THINKS HE CAN . ~ Walter D. Wintle   A s a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Let my thoughts be pleasing to Him; as for me, I shall be glad in the LORD. ~ Proverbs 23:7; Psalm 104:34

T o think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself, it will spiral down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.  This is one of the  things that discipline - training - is about. ~ James Clavell F or those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; BUT those who are according to the spirit, the things of the spirit..... for the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. ~ Romans 8:5-6

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish  with your life is the direct result of your thoughts. -James Allen  Search me, O God, and know my heart!  Try me and know my thoughts!    And see if there be any grievous way in me,     and lead me in the way everlasting! -Psalm 139:23-24

Y our life is a reflection of your thoughts.    If you change your thinking, you change your life. - Brian Tracy Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,    fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work          and increasing in the knowledge of God. -Colossians 1:10  

Y our mind is a garden.         Your thoughts are the seeds.   You can grow flowers.       Or you can grow weeds. -Unknown N ow the parable is this: The seed is the word of God....  as for what fell among the weeds, they are those who hear,   but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and     riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. As for that in the god soil, they are those who, hearing the word,    hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. -Luke 8:1, 14, 15

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow     where your thoughts take you. James Allen Search me, O God, and know my heart!     Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me,     and lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139:23-24

Be your own palace,    or the world is your jail. John Donne Search me, O God, and know my heart!     Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and      lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139:23-24