How to Handle Your Thought Life - Part 2

Welcome to the podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, September 29. Every action begins as a not consider that as you continue this series on helps to holiness when you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior you obtained at that moment a number which meant which meant new capacities in your ability to think and the reason and to perceive the true when you became a child of God. According to Scripture.

The Holy Spirit came in your heart. So what do he began to lift the shade from your eyes and pull back the drapes so that you and could begin to understand spiritual thing before we could just sort of skim the surface of John 316 that I must center in and God leads the same and I want to be saved. And that's just about all we understood, but you received the power of God within you in the spirit of God came in your life to perceive and understand now wherever you are in your thinking tonight wherever you are in your spiritual life is the result of the way you have thought since the moment Jesus Christ came in your life, because he says the power of sin was broken.

The moment you gave your life to Christ, so that you no longer had to walk that way you have the power to determine the choices of your life. I will think about that.

I will not think about that before you became a Christian, you didn't have the power, the power of divine power to assist you in the choosing of your thought about. But now we do. But many people say to me even have their say 10 years 20 years 30 years 40 as you. I still have a problem.

What I think about so that is a drag on now.

Even though you not have the capacity to think and to develop new thought that there are many Christians will still be playing. It's like an infesting disease within them still being plagued by all thought patterns years and years and years ago. I want you listen very, very careful what I'm say and I want you parents to listen very, very careful to one another say because all of us know that thought patterns developed or picked up or become a part of our life. We were young, they will either assist you and help you all of your life will they will be a drag on you as long as you live until you learn how to do because you see watchlist and feelings are always following our thoughts and you see it. Our imaginations were sanctified and remain silent about all of our life man listen old things that all is forget about not interested couldn't care less, but the imagination.

Think about this for moment you can sit right where you are you what you could enter in a moment of imagination. You can project yourself Israel project yourself in California. Project yourself in Connecticut. Project yourself on the beach, project yourself with someone project yourself and imagine having you see in your mind you can sit right there and go on vacation never leaves the so imaginations like a big machine shop will not think it's the grinding away and doing everything all the cards and moving whatever you just let it keep on moving and moving and moving and you let that thing get total control of a man is what he thinks if his imagination is uncontrollable and wild and furious. He or she will indulge in all kinds of things out of control because an attitude of thought process and imagination.

You see listed is what Satan does what it Satan to leave he said will you get yourself a good body that you be as smart as God and she began to imagine being as smart as God. Satan said to David, you go to bed with her and you satisfy the desire of and is there listening to God. David listen to the devil. But I want to show you something you go through the Bible and you know about about for your own life, as well as the Bible is what you will have to agree that every time Satan has built up this tremendous imaginative fee in our life. And then you finally healing God.

21. After you were ultimately this appointed in the third thing I will say is the steps to handling your own thought processes. A limit given. Number one, and this is a simple but very important question, ask yourself this question, why am I thinking to start.

Ask yourself why you thinking what you think that's a simple question but that's the key.

As he said, thinking the starting line is that I don't have to think why my thinking. I don't have to think they get better, thinking the start. The second thing a densify the root cause of that thought is a first way is, thinking that you say makes it well it's because I saw this because I want that I've been I've been trying to get this and I've been trying to go to Norwich you may get what you see that's not the answer why my thinking about. Secondly, identify the root of that thought. For example, let's go back to since you out or impure thoughts. Let's say for example that you are thinking something in purely ask yourself the question, what is the root cause of the thought. It may be, for example, that you will only it. Maybe if you have some feeling of rejection.

If it's green for example you have to say either one who conclusions the root cause of my desire for that regardless is not just green that I have a wrong sense of material values in life. Is he unto you at 10 to file the root beneath all of the trunk of the tree when they leave the truck.

There are some roots are AA Rule that says this is the reason you thinking all this, the fruit is the result of the thought processes and what motivates the thought processes. Some root and you see if you if you say well the reason I keep thinking these things is got. I'm just since you will not, then you can deal with it. But if you say I don't know what I'm thinking we start yes you do you have to say because I want to think because I like to think because I enjoy thinking all you have to say. I don't know why I don't like thinking these things. Why do I keep taking the thing I don't think these but go ahead and admit that you do think them and that you have a responsibility for dealing with them and ask God to show you what is the root cause. Why do you keep thinking that is try to do your best to ponder what is third question very important and just get on the last part if I keep thinking these thoughts. Where will they lead me if I keep thinking these thoughts. Where will they lead you see if you can just stop and analyze glasses of the question why my thinking is not what's the root under this and if I keep thinking this thought. Where is he going to lead me… Don't say well it's just going to suddenly be just go ahead and say it if I keep thinking green. I am surely going to do something to get what I'm after, violate the principle of God on the violate the law of God, I'm gonna break the law of God, where will this lead me if I continue think that way because God said as a man thinking in his heart, so is this if I keep thinking that I'm know the kind that when I become that when I go to be like next question. If I keep thinking these thoughts will these thoughts get me where I'm going to get that window will this get me where I'm going. Now what you think about that for a moment all you have some purpose in life. A sense of direction.

I certainly hope and trust in you have some ambitions and desires in life things you want to accomplish. Maybe some relationships you will develop places you want to go, whatever it might be you know what you got my ask yourself this question. If I keep thinking these thoughts are allowing them to penetrate my mind and and and take up as much of my time is there as they have will this get me where I'm going to say for example that your university school and and you got some big goals for your life and maybe old Satan.

He's just that he's storing it in front of you everywhere you turn and you battling with these thoughts in your mind, ask yourself this question listed. If I allow myself or give myself overly start will I be able to get where I'm going. When God has given me definite direction for my life and I will tell you Margaret whatever guards told you that worry about you go you keep allowing that step in your life and you won't get that is a key question would get me wrong on this and you will drill that ended in the minds of your kids when they were there, so you will get me where I'm going to get a run going to get around long will it get anywhere on the anything wall all those things are simple but you begin to think about your nothing, just go ahead and say Lord at this very moment I'm being very sensual. I'm being very greedy.

I am filled with doubt.

I am overwhelmed with self-pity.

Just go and telling getting all the details.

It will do you any good, but confess it to listen and watch things you may not feel like everything in you may be drawing you down to the but you tell God in desperation, Lord God, my emotions tell me one thing, but out of pure desperation before you.

I confess this before you and I repent. I don't feel like it, but I repented my mother repent your mind, you don't feel like because repentance is a willful act of the change of the mind. You see, if you wait till you get all feeling like it. It may be that you stepped off the cliff and it's too late. The next thing I can preach a sermon telling you this, right click in Psalm 119 verse nine where with all shall a young man cleanse his way and watch this. What is his way. It is the path he chooses fundamental thoughts to walk his path is the result and the fruit of his thinking I would also young man cleanse his way by taking heed thereto according to the word you want to learn how to handle your thoughts. I want to tell you something a look at who you talk to you listed 10,000 sermons. The greatest bridges. The room only read 50,000 books will make one little difference in will you begin to feel your mind by memorizing the word of God. You try everything else.

Everything else had set up at this point is no avail.

Skip, you will get control of your thinking, what is the Scripture said let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus.

That means if God said let this mind be in you it can be in you posit we have the mind of Christ.

That means the potential is there. Listen, the renewing of the mind is the work of us. But it is the choice of the believer. That means I want my mind plans the greatest mind plans so there is is the quotation of a verse of Scripture. When Satan has hit you in your weakest point at your weakest moment. What Jesus said when Satan all of his forces launch their attack upon him. In a moment of hunger. After 40 days of fasting and praying Jesus Christ turned to him and said get behind me Satan does it is written Jesus Christ use the only effective tool. Ultimately controlling the mind and beating the devil and grabbing your thoughts and that is to give him something he cannot stand. And that's the word of God. That's why mom and dad.

You may think well I does have a hard time memorizing this.

If Jesus Christ response to Satan was to quote him Scripture. Do you think anybody can improve on that. He hates it.

He flees from.

Listen how you drive wrong thoughts on the mind, not by saying in the full amount you draw them out by replacing them with something that and the only thing on God's heaven. All of the universe is only one thing that cleans your mom and this word of God says about a shepherd boy called David, who grew up to be a great man of God and had to learn the hard way himself said was also young man cleanse his way cleanse is mine by taking heed thereto according to the word of God.

You want to get control of your thinking then you get in this book and you start memorizing verses editors upon the weakness in your life the best thing is to start with some script one last thing. Look, if you will, and Philippians chapter 4 is what he said. How do you cultivate how you build how you construct new thought patterns.

He says you think like this on a brother in verse eight, Philippians 4 Bonner brother, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just there right, whatever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatever things are good of good report, if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Watch this thinking all the thing that will get you where you going and make you the person God wants you to be one last thing you have to work at what I took. You have to work at heaven.

There is one ultimate rule getting control of your thought life. One ultimate rule never give up and never giving never give up and never giving as long as you don't give up. As long as you don't get in there is hope. But when you give up, listen, watch this. Have there been times in your life when you visit the new thing where I might as well give up and just give in.

You know are people who attempted in all areas of life. You know, while they follow those things and they become enslaved by them because they were tempted to give up. They gave up and then they read Romans 11 letter Scripture Romans one, and he describes it all right. In this passage when he said in verse 26. Watch this he said they gave up. They gave man what God gave them over to if you give up and you give the God will give you over to what you choose to think when you know better than the thing other than what he want you think when you give up and you give in.

God said for some things you give your the ultimate rule is never give up and never giving father, we thank you tonight that you're so understanding.

So patient so loving, so kind. You don't have a number by each one of our names.

That means you will only forgive us so many times because that's not even your nature to put limitation on forgiveness. You got such great great things for us. Blessings yet to unfold. And you know the battles that all of the space.

Day after day week after week, year after year.

The victories we experience the failures we experience you never surprised you never even disappointed because you couldn't get the saponin something that you already know is going to happen.

Thank you father for sending the Lord Jesus Christ to give us such a beautiful example and then to say about him that he was tempted in all points such as we thank you for sending the Holy Spirit to equip us and empower us to make the right choices.

Thank you Paula, we fall flat on her face. You don't stop us, but you reached down that loving, forgiving, omnipotent hand of yours and pick us through the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses set us on the path. In Jesus name. Thanks for listening to particular how to handle your thought life.

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