I was reading an article that said we should take every thought captive in the same manner as how we skip a mediocre song on our Ipod. Ingenius! Face it, we never stop thinking and we sometimes get thoughts that just need to be skipped over to get to the good thoughts, the hits of our mind.
Right now, I'm going through my music library and removing songs. In the same way, if we want to think less defectively, we must remove the root issues that cause defective thought. We must define what our moral code requires of us, what our true goals are, and how we will achieve those goals. Once we have assessed ourselves, we can then begin to attack the roots of our dysfunction.
It is through the process of sanctification that we are able to do this through the washing of the Word and the renewing of our minds in the Holy Spirit. Hmmm...I think God had a plan for us from the beginning! According to Phillippians 2:5, He wants everyone to take on the attitude and purpose of Christ! Christ's purpose was to reconcile man to God and bring Him glory in total obedience and surrender. In the same way, as members of Christ's body, we must find how our dream brings glory to God and pursue it madly!
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That is good... eventually the songs that should have never made into our iPod just get deleted...
I am glad the blog stirred some thoughts in you
I have heard that when temptation comes we too often try to "fight it," but the best way is not to fight it but to avoid it - to change the topic of our minds like we change the channel on the television. I like this perspective because it's simple and doesn't give much credit to the devil. Just swat him away like a fly, and set our minds on things above. Good blog!
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