{"id":2244,"date":"2015-06-27T08:04:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T12:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2015-06-27T08:04:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T12:04:02","slug":"a-prayer-to-think-lovely-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2015\/06\/a-prayer-to-think-lovely-thoughts.html","title":{"rendered":"A Prayer to Think Lovely Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. (Isaiah 8:11)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:8)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. (Proverbs 23:7)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Lord,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Teach me to take control of my undisciplined\u00a0mind. Help me to expel\u00a0negative and critical thoughts. I choose today to keep my mind on You, Your great love for me and Your promises to me that will never fail. I choose <strong>hope<\/strong> today, knowing that the things that aren&#8217;t working in my life will get better as I choose to walk in <strong>love,\u00a0<\/strong>as I align my thoughts with your thoughts, and as I speak words of truth and love. Give me a heart to quickly <strong>forgive<\/strong> offenses and not to dwell on them, mulling over them in my mind until I am in a dark place. I choose <strong>gratitude<\/strong> today. I will look for <strong>blessings<\/strong> under every rock. I will <strong>appreciate<\/strong>\u00a0the beauty around me and express my <strong>thanks<\/strong> to people I love, first and foremost You, my God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Amen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Now, think lovely thoughts, and up you go&#8230;.I&#8217;m flying! Look at me way up high!&#8221; ~Peter Pan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. (Isaiah 8:11) Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 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