We must be mindful of our thought life as much as our prayer life. The Lord knows all and when we harbor anger, resentment, bitterness and think unholy thoughts of another, He knows. He knows all. We must search our hearts and cleanse ourselves of anything that is not of God. I tend to get hurt by others and my initial reaction is to get angry and "cut them of" when in fact I am to pray and be slow to anger. It is hard for me but I am learning and asking the Lord to change me. In our journey as a new home plant church, we face rejection everyday. Rejection from our brothers and sisters, other churches, the side critic. It is not for the faint of heart but we know we are working for the kingdom of God therefore nothing will stop us. There is nothing He can not do so we simply think and act only in His love. It is not always easy for we are all human but we must try. Like Joyce Meyer says when we have our days where we begin to have stinkin' thinkin', we need to stop and think all things lovely. So let us always concentrate on the Lord and His love for us so that we in turn can continue our work for Him and love others. And may we always keep our eyes on Him for He is the way, the truth and the life.
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.
Philippians 4:8
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