Am I Thinking God's Way or Satan's?

 Am I thinking - true things?

Am I thinking - honest things?

Am I thinking - just things?

Am I thinking - pure things?

Am I thinking- lovely things?

Am I thinking- of good reports?

Am I thinking- of virtuous things?

Am I thinking- of praise worthy things?

Or Am I thinking - falsehoods, lies, unfair, filthy, ugly, evil, despicable, demeaning things?

Where are our thoughts focused?! We're thinking them, so where are they focused?! It is so easy to let the doom and gloom take over our every thought. Thinking the worst instantly becomes habitual to our nature, why? Does it have to be that way? If Satan has any say in the matter, yes, it has to be that way. It's the way we were conditioned by him. He groomed us in his school of angst, anxiety, anguish and heartache, and he's bent on perfecting our tendencies towards his ways. He offers great incentives and fills our lives with warped comfort, a mind numbing satisfaction in all things detrimental. He strokes our bizarre notions and keeps the flames of deceptive fires burning so we believe that proves we're alive and thriving through pure muck. We bathe ourselves in deep, warm sinking sand, fooling ourselves that we can touch the bottom and never go too far below. Satan doesn't care if we stand on the hidden precipice feeling safe there, he'll keep us there as long as we aren't inclined to turn from His evil swaying ways.  What horror for Satan when we dare to think about how unfair things are, but only for a moment! Just for a moment we dip our toes in the beckoning pool of self-pity and then pull those toes out and instead run and jump in the crystal clear, pure water of God focused, heavenly treasure filled life to come. God, please send us the Comforter, the Holy Spirit to teach us to think on the things you would have us think on, and not let Satan's thoughts control us. Please teach us, help us learn the truth and leave the lies Satan has made our lives up with. Daily, hourly, minutely, keep us from the Evil.

All through Jesus Christ our LORD and SAVIOR! Now and forever!!! Amen!

Php 4:8  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.