FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS (2 OF 9)
Scripture: Romans 8:5-8
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Focus Your Thoughts (2 of 9)
Series: Romans 8
Stephen Whitney
Romans 8:5-8
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (d. 1862), was a poet and philosopher- ''A man is what he thinks about all day long.''
Norman Vincent Peel (d. 1993), was a pastor and known for his book The Power of Positive Thinking- ''If you think in negative terms you will get negative results. If you think in positive terms you will achieve positive results.''
Our thoughts control our actions so we become what we think. Long before Emmerson or Peel wrote about our thinking, Solomon wrote in Proverbs 23:7 As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. GNB - What he thinks is what he really is. A person may say one thing publicly, but what they think in their mind is really who they are and what they believe.
If we just think about physical things, we become worldly and want more than we have. We want our physical desires to be met. If we think about spiritual things, then they influence us so the result is that our character becomes godly and holy.
Background :4 Christians are able to keep the law of God if they allow the Holy Spirit to control their thoughts and actions which is what God desires of his people so they honor him.
PERSONAL CHOICE :5 Sinful desires For - gives us the reason why a believer can keep the law of God. Flesh - is used as a synonym for our human sinful nature (:3,4).
Set their mind (KJB do mind) - Gk. to think or take delight in. It means to understand, to desire, to relish or delight in a thing.
Our sinful nature desires whatever it believes will make it happy without regard to if it is right or wrong. It seeks its own pleasure and selfish ambition first and foremost not caring about others. Those who live their lives allowing their sinful nature to control their behavior will focus on what they want because that is natural.
Rom. 1:29 Paul gives us a general statement of sinful behavior. They are filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, mali ...
Series: Romans 8
Stephen Whitney
Romans 8:5-8
Ralph Waldo Emmerson (d. 1862), was a poet and philosopher- ''A man is what he thinks about all day long.''
Norman Vincent Peel (d. 1993), was a pastor and known for his book The Power of Positive Thinking- ''If you think in negative terms you will get negative results. If you think in positive terms you will achieve positive results.''
Our thoughts control our actions so we become what we think. Long before Emmerson or Peel wrote about our thinking, Solomon wrote in Proverbs 23:7 As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. GNB - What he thinks is what he really is. A person may say one thing publicly, but what they think in their mind is really who they are and what they believe.
If we just think about physical things, we become worldly and want more than we have. We want our physical desires to be met. If we think about spiritual things, then they influence us so the result is that our character becomes godly and holy.
Background :4 Christians are able to keep the law of God if they allow the Holy Spirit to control their thoughts and actions which is what God desires of his people so they honor him.
PERSONAL CHOICE :5 Sinful desires For - gives us the reason why a believer can keep the law of God. Flesh - is used as a synonym for our human sinful nature (:3,4).
Set their mind (KJB do mind) - Gk. to think or take delight in. It means to understand, to desire, to relish or delight in a thing.
Our sinful nature desires whatever it believes will make it happy without regard to if it is right or wrong. It seeks its own pleasure and selfish ambition first and foremost not caring about others. Those who live their lives allowing their sinful nature to control their behavior will focus on what they want because that is natural.
Rom. 1:29 Paul gives us a general statement of sinful behavior. They are filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, mali ...
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