Let Us Think in a Godly Way
What’s been on your mind lately? Are you thinking about the goodness of God? Are your thoughts filled with worship, prayer, Scripture, and ways to love others better? Or are your thoughts weighed down with what someone said or did to hurt you? Maybe you're worrying about what could go wrong next, or replaying the hard things that have already happened.
The Bible says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). In other words, our thoughts shape who we are. That’s why it’s so important to ask: What are we feeding our minds? What are we letting settle into our hearts?
Jesus said that the words we speak come from what’s stored in our hearts (Luke 6:45). And Proverbs tells us to guard our hearts, because everything we do flows from them (Proverbs 4:23). When we fill our minds with bitterness, anger, or negativity, it doesn’t just stay there—it eventually shows up in our words and actions.
We reap what we sow (Galatians 6:7). If we plant kindness, encouragement, and godly thinking, we’ll grow a harvest of peace and blessing. But if we allow negative or harmful thoughts to take root, we shouldn’t be surprised when they produce discouragement or even destruction.
Let’s be honest: the world encourages revenge, fear, and negativity. But we’re called to a higher standard. Philippians 4:8 gives us a clear guide for our thinking: “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.”
We don’t have to be prisoners to destructive thoughts. As followers of Christ, we are temples of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). We’ve been given a renewed mind (Romans 12:2), and we can choose to think the way Jesus thinks (Philippians 2:5, 1 Corinthians 2:16).
Holding onto anger or plotting to get even doesn’t help us—it hurts us. Malachy McCourt said, it's like drinking poison and expecting someone else to suffer. Instead, let's fill our hearts and minds with the truth of God’s Word. Let’s speak life, hope, and grace.
Today, decide to think in a Godly way. Your thoughts matter more than you may realize. And when your thinking lines up with God’s truth, your life will follow.
Proverbs 23:7
New King James Version
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
Luke 6:45
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45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Galatians 6:7
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7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Philippians 4:8
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8 Finally, brothers and sisters, 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.
1 Corinthians 6:19
New King James Version
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
Romans 12:2
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2 Do not conform 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.
Philippians 2:5
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5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus
1 Corinthians 2:16
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16 for, “Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.
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