Thoughts come from two directions the kingdom of light God and the kingdom of darkness the devil. Good and evil.
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God says: Philippians 4:8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. (NLT)
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I
was a smoker for many, many years. When
I started walking as a Christian I knew that I was setting a bad example by
smoking but for a long I kept it up throwing money down the drain not to mention
how bad it is for anyone’s health.
Finally I stopped and WOW I never realized what a hold that had on me it
was hard to drop that bondage I was in. Six
months later I was walking through Kmart to the backside of the store and
walked
through the aisle where they had tobacco products on the shelf there was a very
strong tobacco odor. The first
thing that came to my mind was wouldn’t you like to have a smoke? Oh would I ever. Where
did that thought come from? Right
from the devil of coarse. NO
I went through too much when I stopped and I’m not ever going through that
again ever. You see the devil comes
back at people through their mind and he will keep coming back at you he knows
your weak spots and will focus on them trying to get you again.
If he did it to Jesus he will sure try it on you believer.
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So
what did the devil pull on Jesus?
Matthew
4:1 {The Temptation of Jesus--} Then Jesus was led out into the
wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted there by the Devil.
3 Then
the Devil came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, change these
stones into loaves of bread."
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But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say, 'People need
more than bread for their life; they must feed on every word of God.'
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Then the Devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
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and said, "If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, 'He
orders his angels to protect you. And they will hold you with their hands to
keep you from striking your foot on a stone.' "
7 Jesus responded, "The Scriptures also say, 'Do not test the Lord your God.'
8 Next the Devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and
showed him the nations of the world and all their glory.
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"I will give it all to you," he said, "if you will only kneel
down and worship me."
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"Get out of here, Satan," Jesus told him. "For the Scriptures
say, 'You must worship the Lord your God; serve only him.' "
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Then the Devil went away, and angels came and cared for Jesus. (NLT)
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Gary
told me a long time ago that when he gets a bad thought he says get behind me.
That is good because that is what our example Jesus did.
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Conclusion:
Philippians 4:8 etc. etc. Fix
your thoughts on what is true
and honorable and right etc.
Set your thoughts on the things that you know are right and realize the devil is going to place bad thoughts in your mind not just once but many times. But the good news is you can overcome the devils bad thoughts the same way Jesus did Get out of here Satan
Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the LORD, and
your thoughts will be established.
(NKJ)
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GOD HAS GIVEN US HIS WORD TO GET OUR THINKING STRAIGHTENED OUT. AND WHEN WE THINK IN LINE WITH GODS WORD OUR BELIEVING WILL BE RIGHT. -- KENNETH HAGIN
THE
DEVIL CAN PUT THOUGHTS IN YOUR MIND. BUT
DON'T SPEAK THEM LEAST THEY GET IN YOUR HEART. --
CHARLES CAPPS