Guard Your Minds
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”
I want to say today - we need to guard our minds!
We need to focus on heavenly things, not on the troubles of this passing world.
We need to guard our hearts this weekend - to be aware of what we watch on television, what we listen to on the radio and what we watch on our cellphones and devices. We need to concentrate on good, clean, godly and eternal things. That is why there is so much stress, depression and anxiety in the world at the moment. People are concentrating on the wrong things.
Remember what you think, what you say is eventually what you become.
Close the door of your heart to the filth of this world and open your heart to the promises of God. Start speaking life and not death. Remember, the best is yet to come.
I remember John G. Lake, that famous American evangelist, said: “Every morning when you get up and you look into that mirror, speak to that person in the mirror and say, “Wherever you are going today, God is going with you” and then go out and face the world.”
You know, when I fly to Israel, often on El Al the Israeli airlines, early in the morning I see some of the Jewish priests. They stand up and they put phylacteries around their heads and on their left arm.
It's a small pair of leather boxes worn by the Jews during their prayer time. Scripture verses are written on small scrolls and placed in each box. One box is bound to the left arm and the other across the forehead with leather thongs. Then they put the prayer shawl over their heads - It is a sign of remembrance that God has brought them out of Egypt. This has been going on for hundreds and hundreds of years, and then they pray.
We don’t have to put a phylactery around our heads and on our arms but we do have to remember that it is the Word of God that heals you, delivers you and gives you new vision, that gives you new strength and that gives you new hope.
Remember - guard your mind this weekend by the Word of God.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.