This Sunday I will be doing a sermon series on thanksgivings which is appropriate for the month of November. Each Sunday until Thanksgiving day, I will be looking at what we need to remember about being thankful for the blessings that we have. I came across a quote by James Allen, author of “As a Man Thinketh.” “Your are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” I have had time to reflect on this statement.
I know that when I was counseling others, how they viewed events and the way they thought about those events affected their mood and relationships. Beyond the Holy Spirit our thoughts are one of the strongest influences on the behavior and attitudes that we have. If one is always negative, than everything they experience is interpreted as negative. Paul in Philippians 4:4-9 speaks to this very idea. He reminds his fellow Christians to place their minds on the better thoughts. To take one’s cares and anxieties in prayer to God. If one is able to do that, we can live a better life and even in times of trials (Paul was believed to be writing from prison), one can endure hardships with an improved ability.
So rejoice in the Lord. Allow him to take your worries and anxieties away in prayer and to lift up thanksgiving.
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