Guard Your Minds

12/11/1999

An excerpt... Have any of you ever had a thought of bitterness come into your mind? How about a thought of jealousy? How about a thought of anger? How about a thought of lust? How about a thought of pride? These are thoughts that present themselves before you. It’s as if a little man has walked up to your mind and said, “I want to introduce you to a thought.” We decide whether to bring that thought in and think about that thought or to reject it and say, “No! Go away!” This is taking every thought captive. Have you ever had a thought of depression or self-hatred? You can think to yourself, “I am a depressed person; I hate myself.” But that’s not a mind controlled by the Spirit. We must take every thought captive. When that little man walks up and presents his idea to our brain, if it is not a pure and lovely and noble and praiseworthy thought, we MUST reject that thought! God said, “I want your mind! I want you to love Me with all of your mind. You will permit no thoughts in your minds that are not My thoughts. You will be transfigured and transformed by the renewing of your mind.” We permit only pure and noble and praiseworthy thoughts into our brain. We cast down every other imagination. If we will do that, we will be transformed. If we replace these kinds of thoughts with the thoughts of the Words of God, we will be transformed. Hope it is some good seed... : ) 2:10 p.m.