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Philippians 4:8 - Thoughts for the New Year.

Philippians 4:8 (NLT) Fix your thoughts on 
what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, 
and lovely, and admirable. Think about things 
that are excellent and worthy of praise.  

Philippians 4:8 (MSG) Summing it all up, 
friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds 
and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, 
authentic, compelling, gracious - the best, not the 
worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to 
praise, not things to curse. 

COMMENTARY PEARL

Winning the Battle of the Mind
   In the movie Kung Fu Panda 3, Master 
Shifu makes this statement: Before the battle 
of the fist comes the battle of the mind. 
   How true. The spiritual battle were in 
starts with the mind. Its command central. We 
are the air traffic controllers of our minds. 
Just as an air traffic controller decides what 
plane flies where at what altitude, we decide what 
thoughts will come into our minds. 
   The way were thinking will determine 
the way well be living. We have to start with 
the thoughts that come into our minds and be 
very careful about what we let in. 
   As the old adage says, You cant 
stop a bird from flying over your head, but you 
can stop it from building a nest in your 
hair. In other words, we cant stop whatever 
random, evil, or strange thoughts that come knocking 
on the door of our imaginations, but we dont 
have to invite them in for lunch. 
   I love what the apostle Paul wrote in 
Philippians 4: Fix your thoughts on what is true, and 
honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and 
admirable. Think about things that are excellent and 
worthy of praise (verse 8 NLT). 
   The Message puts it this way: Summing 
it all up, friends, Id say youll do best 
by filling your minds and meditating on things 
true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, 
gracious - the best, not the worst; the beautiful, 
not the ugly; things to praise, not things to 
curse. 
   When those thoughts of fear or worry come 
to you at three oclock in the morning, run 
them through the grid of Philippians 4:8. Say, 
This is not from God. This isnt true, and it 
isnt helpful. I reject this thought, and Im 
replacing it with another thought from Scripture. 
   That is how you win the battle of the 
mind. [Greg Laurie from Harvest Ministries; 
https://www.harvestdaily.com] 

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YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs  

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