Mindingourminds Quotes

“We allow the ten thousand thoughts of the day to trample unrestrained through our heads. Like disobedient children, they race this way and that, generating chaos and a myriad of emotions. This ought not to be, God says. He gave us our minds with the expectation that we were to rule them. He wants us to make our minds mind. God wants us....to tell our thoughts where they can and cannot go. God desires us to nourish certain thoughts and rebuke others saying, NO! I will NOT go in this direction. 2 Cor. 10:5 Don't allow wrong thinking to sit on the throne of your mind. Hurl it down from its lofty position. Throw it into the trash and burn it. … Lasso in good thoughts. (paraphrase)”
― Linda Dillow – Lorraine Pintus

“Col 3:2 - Mind - a way of thinking or a mind-set. A collection of individual thoughts over a period of time that influence the way we perceive life. pg. 25”
― Linda Dillow – Lorraine Pintus

“Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." metamorphosis involves total change, from the inside out. Picture your mind as a flower bed. When you were born, the soil was bare. As you grew, life experiences scattered seeds across the flower bed. Some seeds grew into graceful lilies, uplifting ideas which, when nurtured, blossomed into fragrant thoughts. Other seeds produced weeds - thorny, water-sapping lies that robbed the flowers of nourishment. If those lies were not uprooted, they spread and took over entire sections of your mind. We transform the mind the way we transform a garden. First, uproot any and all weeds of wrong thinking that choke out the beauty of your garden. Second, plant flowers of God's perspective that enhance the grandeur of your flower bed and cause it to flourish. ...MEDITATION on God's word.... You must water and fertilize what has been planted. Likewise, after planting the seeds of Scripture in your mind, nourish what you have planted through the disciplines of memorization and meditation. Meditation sends the roots of Scripture down deep as you personalized what you've memorized and pray it back to God....This leads to new thought patterns.”
― Linda Dillow – Lorraine Pintus

“Jn 8:44 - Make no mistake, lies are Satan's favorite tool for keeping you in bondage. Each lie Satan gets you to believe becomes a link in a chain that he wraps around you. When you struggle to be free, Satan tugs on the chain. The links tighten, suffocating you with pain and fear. Regardless of the length and strength of your chain, Jesus CAN set you free. John 10:10, 8:32, 14:6. Jesus is the way out of your pain. He is the truth. When we exchange Satan's lies for God's truth, the chains fall off and we have life.”
― Linda Dillow – Lorraine Pintus

“p. 52 Blessings and burdens. Both can alarm-clock us out of slumber. Gifts stir homeward longings. So do struggles. Every homeless day carries us closer to the day our Father will come.”
― Max Lucado, Come Thirsty: No Heart Too Dry for His Touch