GGD 02.16.10 What Were They Thinking? (Classic)

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02.16.10

What Were They Thinking?

The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. - Proverbs 12:5.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord. - Proverbs 15:26.

We have to wonder sometimes what people are thinking like Bob Bowling, who while practicing his quick draw on a snowman shot himself in the thigh. Then there is Paul Dimoff, who rigged a booby-trapped shotgun to fire at any burglars entering his home. But somehow it was Dimoff, who was accidentally shot in the chest on New Years morning at 2:00 A.M. Juan Manuel Lopez also shot himself. Juan was trying to impress and demonstrate his manliness in front of a girl by firing his gun toward the floor of her apartment. Juan shot himself in the foot!

Involvement in evil and wickedness to any degree warps our minds and even our thoughts. In Titus 1:15 we are told, To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. When our thoughts are wrong our actions reveal the true nature of our character. We may say we know God but when every action we take continually reeks of evil the truth of the matter is revealed.

Contrast the thoughts of the evil person with the thoughts of the righteous. As the writer of Proverbs says, The thoughts of the righteous are right. With right thinking comes right actions and words. Jesus says, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks (Luke 6:45). Our thoughts often result in actions, which are sometimes good and sometimes bad. However, if our conscience has been corrupted our actions will always be influenced by evil.

To change our pattern of thinking we must begin with the basics. The very most important change that we can make is to receive Jesus as our Savior and be born again because it will radically change everything in our lives (2 Corinthians 5:17). Then we must take advantage of the resources of God found in Christ (Philippians 4:19). To think right we must begin to think about good things and not bad things (Philippians 4:8). And there is nothing more good and excellent than Gods Holy Word. Renew your mind through reading, memorizing, and meditating upon Gods Word (Romans 12:2).

When your thoughts are right you wont be shooting yourself in the foot anymore.

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of Gods Word to more than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can now leave comments/feedback about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 111 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!
(A Devotional Classic from 2002)

02.16.10

What Were They Thinking?

The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. - Proverbs 12:5.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord. - Proverbs 15:26.

We have to wonder sometimes what people are thinking like Bob Bowling, who while practicing his quick draw on a snowman shot himself in the thigh. Then there is Paul Dimoff, who rigged a booby-trapped shotgun to fire at any burglars entering his home. But somehow it was Dimoff, who was accidentally shot in the chest on New Years morning at 2:00 A.M. Juan Manuel Lopez also shot himself. Juan was trying to impress and demonstrate his manliness in front of a girl by firing his gun toward the floor of her apartment. Juan shot himself in the foot!

Involvement in evil and wickedness to any degree warps our minds and even our thoughts. In Titus 1:15 we are told, To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. When our thoughts are wrong our actions reveal the true nature of our character. We may say we know God but when every action we take continually reeks of evil the truth of the matter is revealed.

Contrast the thoughts of the evil person with the thoughts of the righteous. As the writer of Proverbs says, The thoughts of the righteous are right. With right thinking comes right actions and words. Jesus says, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks (Luke 6:45). Our thoughts often result in actions, which are sometimes good and sometimes bad. However, if our conscience has been corrupted our actions will always be influenced by evil.

To change our pattern of thinking we must begin with the basics. The very most important change that we can make is to receive Jesus as our Savior and be born again because it will radically change everything in our lives (2 Corinthians 5:17). Then we must take advantage of the resources of God found in Christ (Philippians 4:19). To think right we must begin to think about good things and not bad things (Philippians 4:8). And there is nothing more good and excellent than Gods Holy Word. Renew your mind through reading, memorizing, and meditating upon Gods Word (Romans 12:2).

When your thoughts are right you wont be shooting yourself in the foot anymore.

Copyright © 2002 - 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.

Prayer Requests: Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. I have an unspoken prayer request for a lost person at this time. His salvation would make a difference for many people.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on Godtube at: http://www.godtube.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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