"..I'm giving you ever square inch of the land you set your foot on -- just as I promised Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon east to the Great River, the Euphrates River -- all the Hittite country -- and then west to the Great Sea. It's all yours. All your life, no one will be able to hold out against you. In the same way I was with Moses, I'll be with you. I won't give up on you; I won't leave you. Strength! Courage! You are going to lead this people to inherit the land that I promised to give their ancestors. Give it everything you have, heart and soul Make sure you carry out The Revelation that Moses commanded you, every bit of it. Don't get off track, either left or right, so as to make sure you get to where you're going. And don't for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practive eerything written in it. Then you'll get where you're going; then you'll succeed. Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get dicouraged. GOD, your God, is with you every step you take." (Joshua 1)
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What you think about in your unguarded moments reflects what your mind dwells on. What you speak about when your guard is down is a good guage of what is in your heart (Matt. 12:34). Your mind needs exercise just as your physical body does. To keep your thoughts pure, you must guard what goes into your mind. To exercise your mind, you must contemplate things that are noble and truths that stretch your mind.
Expose your mind to the truths of God -- Whatever is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, and good.
The things you allow your mind to dwell on will be revealed by the way you live. If you focus on negative things, you will inevitable be a negative person. If you allow unholy thoughts to fill your mind, ungodliness will become common in your life. If you fill your mind with thoughts of Christ, you will become Christlike..!
What you fill your mind with is a matter of choise. Choose to concentrate on the magnificant truths of God, and they will create you in a noble character that brings glory to God.
(Philippians 4:8)
Finally, brothers, whatever things are truth, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy -- meditate on these things.
-Blackaby and Blackaby
Experiencing God Day-By-Day
