by Dona Hake
Yesterday, my husband shared such an awesome message on “Mindsets”. It was truly an amazing time in the Word of God, and I look forward to hearing part 2 next Sunday! Oh, how our wrong mindsets can set us up for problems, and hold us back from God’s perfect will.
Recently, I had my Granddaughters on the sofa with me, and we were talking about walking in God’s love, and what that meant to them. I opened my Bible to 1 Corinthians 13, and read. What blessed me was there are no bright colorful pictures in my Bible to entertain their eyes and minds. They both were cuddled closely, holding tightly to my arms, and their eyes were glued on me as I talked to them about how God loves when we love. We began discussing how wrong thoughts that are in our minds will always cause us problems. I was so blessed when my oldest Granddaughter spoke up and said,
“Grandma, when you have bad things in your brain, bad words are going to come out of your mouth. You need to erase those bad things so there are only good things in your brain!”
My heart was touched to hear her speak such simple words yet they were so profound. Today, may I encourage you to keep bad things out of your brain in order that there is only room for good things! I believe it is a wonderful thing to strive for, and it will keep our hearts right with God. It will also be a guard over our tongues that we may express good and edifying things to everyone around us!
Romans 12:1-2 (NIV)
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is —his good, pleasing and perfect will.”