YOU are the gardener. Pull up the weeds—the bad thoughts, and PLANT good, BIBLICAL thoughts, Romans 12:2. You will reap what you sow, that is, you will harvest what you plant. So plant God’s truth in your mind, so that you will harvest a great future with God. Here are some thoughts to plant in your mind:
1. I am in God’s Story. It is not ABOUT me, but I am in His Story. We are invited to join Him in His adventure.
2. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139. He knows what He is doing in me. His work making me is awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping! His work inspires WONDER. I am a unique picture of God. I bear His image!
3. My life has PURPOSE. The Maker had a reason for making me! I am not random, or expendable! God put me here for a noble, Godly purpose. I am here to show His glory.
4. The Cross has the Final Word. Jesus looks at the sin and destruction in your life, your need for salvation, and says “IT IS FINISHED.” God is GOOD, and God is TRUSTWORTHY. You are a person of GREAT WORTH to Him.
—We often struggle with thoughts of being UNWORTHY, UNLOVELY, and NOT GOOD ENOUGH. But God says look at the CROSS! God says you are beautiful, worthy, and good!
5. I serve at the pleasure of the KING. He chose ME! Plant that thought in your mind!! Let that seed grow to harvest!
6. Jesus IS LORD! He sits on THE throne, with NO rival. He is the one and only, ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGN. And He welcomes us into His presence, where every soul that ever lived will say “He is Lord.”
7. My God turns evil into good. He will cause ALL THINGS to work together for good! Romans 8:28. Is there evil and suffering around you? God will bring GOOD out of that!
Keep pulling weeds, eradicating bad thoughts and planting good thoughts, and you WILL HARVEST good fruit!
Your mind is a garden. Cultivate it! Fill it with the WORD!
—from Louie Giglio’s sermon “Seven Supernatural Thoughts.”
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