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\nPsalm 19:14<\/b> \u00a0 <\/span>May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight,\u00a0Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 66:18-20<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.\u00a0\u00a0But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.\u00a0\u00a0Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
There is no thought hidden from God, no word spoken that He does not hear, no action taken that He does not see. David is aware of this in a very deep and sincere way. He is aware of his thought life and the words that come from it. They can be thoughts of worldly or Godly. They can be thoughts that seem to make provision for sin and disregard God. They can be words that proclaim faith, trust, reliance, hope, strength, love, praise, worship, etc\u2026 in and to God. How many minutes or hours go by each day without thinking about God being ever-present? How many thoughts are not in line with God\u2019s Word, not to mention words spoken?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
If we truly believed and understood that all of our thoughts were known by God would we allow them to remain in our minds? We can\u2019t really stop thoughts that come into our minds but we surely are responsible for allowing them time there. How many angry thoughts? How many lustful thoughts? How many prideful thoughts? How many greedy thoughts? How many jealous thoughts? How many thoughts are filtered through worldly approval and not God\u2019s Word?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Our thoughts can lead to words and actions that do not honor or glorify God and things of God. If our heart’s desire was set on honoring and glorifying Jesus Christ in all of our thoughts, words, and actions, and we truly fed on the Word of God, and we set our minds to be led by the Holy Spirit, it is then that we would begin to monitor our thoughts to see if they were honoring and glorifying Jesus Christ.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Can you say \u201cMay these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight\u201d? Unless there is a foundational desire to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all thoughts, words, and actions these might be spoken but with no substance. Once we have come to the knowledge of our sin and the need for forgiveness and have seen and understood Salvation through faith, trust, reliance, and obedience in and to Jesus Christ, it is important to lay the first stone of desire and commitment on this foundation to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all thoughts, words, and actions at all times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
On our own, I think this is next to impossible. I know this: neglect of God\u2019s Word and being complacent toward the things of God will deafen your ears to hear the Holy Spirit speak to your hearts and minds.\u00a0 <\/span>However, with the Holy Spirit, we are continually being spoken to and led on this path to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all thoughts, all words, and all actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Psalm 19:14 \u00a0 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight,\u00a0Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. \u00a0Psalms 66:18-20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.\u00a0\u00a0But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.\u00a0\u00a0Blessed be … Continue reading “Thoughts, Words, and Actions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177932"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177962,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177932\/revisions\/177962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}