Think.

 THINK.

God tells us HOW to think. Is this to control us? Never. This is to HELP us. 

God knows that Satan will envelope us in dark, negative, lies, meant to keep us from God's love! Anything that will keep us from living in the Spirit of God's love will be dredged up by Satan and used against us. As darkness, depression, angst, roil within us suffocating our minds Satan glories in keeping us focused on the pit we are in and not the truth of our eternal destination which no pit can smother because it exists outside of the temporary world we live in- this is TRUTH. 

Is it true?

Is it honest?

Is it just?

Is it pure?

Is it lovely?

Is it of good report?

Is it virtuous?

Is it praiseworthy?

TRUE, HONEST, JUST, PURE, LOVELY, GOOD REPORT, VIRTUOUS, PRAISEWORTHY.

Satan doesn't want us to question what is happening WHILE it is happening.  Satan wants to drown us in his lies. Satan sets the lies up so they will overwhelm us. We have to think how God wants us to think. God doesn't want us to listen to Satan. 

God wants us to THINK TRUE things so we must know truth.

God wants us to THINK HONEST things, so we must be honest, knowing honesty.

God wants us to THINK PURE things. Do we know what is pure? We must. 

God wants us to THINK LOVELY things. We must know what is lovely.

God wants us to THINK GOOD. Do we know what is a good report?

God wants us to THINK VIRTUE. We must know what is virtuous.  

God wants us to THINK PRAISE. We must know what to praise. 

Philippians 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.