“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.”   ~Proverbs 4:23 GNT

Thoughts are things, or at least become things. So, of course, our thoughts will eventually become our prayers. The thoughts we are having will determine the prayers we are praying. 

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."​​   ~Proverbs 4:23 NIV

The real question needs to be, who are you listening to? Who’s feeding your thoughts? When we’re in contact with God we see things differently, we lose the anger and judgment, but when we listen to Satan, we feel a sense of rage and injustice. The very moment we feel these negative feelings we need to recognize his handy-work and run back to the Lord! If we just hold to the word of God ,we can easily overcome the devil’s evil persuasions. 

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”   ~James 4:7

There is an old saying, “Evil to him who evil he thinks.” What we get in our life is largely determined by what we are thinking. We are living magnets. What we attract into our lives is in harmony with our dominant thoughts. Our thoughts are the seeds of our prayers, and our words are the product of our thoughts. Therefore our prayers are always influenced by our thoughts in one way or another.

We get to choose our thoughts, good or bad, happy or sad. We get to decide whether we will dwell on problems and allow fear to create worry in us, or focus our energy on thinking faith-filled thoughts of hopeful outcomes. The choice is ultimately ours. We must train ourselves to turn to God the minute anything unexpected happens—turn to Him to increase our faith and fill us with hope the very second Satan tries to seduce us.

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”   ~Philippians 4:8

“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”   ~Luke 6:45 ESV

Will I always find what I seek…?

Try talking about a few of your blessings rather than promoting all the drama, and just see what happens.

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”   ~Luke 11:9-10

The thoughts you think become the words you speak, and the words you speak become the house you live in. So, give it all up to God, devote yourself to His ways, His words, and His works—and good thoughts will then be established! 

“Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.”   ~Proverbs 16:3

What are you focusing on? What are you manifesting into your life—good or bad? Don’t focus on your problems, don’t get caught in the devil's negativity loop! The more you complain about your problems, the more problems you will have. But…the more you praise God for the good in your life, the more good stuff you will begin to see! Get caught in God's blessing loop instead!

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”​   ~ 2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV

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