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#1,161: Words and Thoughts that Please God

• Loren Hicks

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Imagine the impact on your life if you began to make this verse your daily prayer. What if we began every morning by letting God know we desire that the words of our mouths and the thoughts in our minds be pleasing to Him?


Main Points:

1. Our choices, decisions, actions, and ultimately our lifestyle are determined by our thoughts and our words. This makes self-control so vital for us. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we must control our words and thoughts. 

2. All of us have said, “I shouldn’t have thought that and I wish I hadn’t said that.” I believe with this prayer David is telling us that our thoughts and words don’t have to be impetuous. You and I are not without control. The Holy Spirit resides within us to give us power for daily living.

3. As we learn to pay attention to our thoughts, we ask the question, “Does this thought please God? Does it honor the Lord? As we ask this all-important question, we can immediately take action. We can entertain the thought if it does please God, but if it doesn’t we can cast it out. We can reject the thought. We can refuse to think things that don’t please the Lord.


Today’s Scripture Verses:

Psalm 19:14 - “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

2 Corinthians 10:5 - “…we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 

James 3:8 - “…no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.”

James 1:19 - “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”


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