My Mind

I've been reading 'Battlefield of the Mind' by Joyce Meyer and what a mighty great book it is.... I know what my problem is - it's my mind.

I've been struck recently by this verse, which she uses a lot "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" Prov 23:7 KJV.

If only my thought life was positive and good "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." Phil 4:8 NIV, then life would be amazing.

So my verse for life at the moment is this... "Do not conform any longer 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." Rom 12:2 NIV

or in The Message..."Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you."

But my fave is J.B. Phillips' version "Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould, but let God re-mould your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity."