Arsenal on Thought Life Week 3 – You Have a Choice

Thought Life Week 3:  You Have a Choice

I Peter 1:13-16

  NASB Bible:

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.  

 

14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,  

 

15 but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;  

 

16 because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.”

 

NLT (New Living):

13 Think clearly and exercise self control…  

 

14 don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires…

 

15 Be holy in everything you do.

 

MSG (The Message)

14 …Don’t slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing…

MyTake:  

There’s some great “grace” teaching out there.

Yet, with grace, it is clear we must choose to do – and not to do-  certain things, no matter how legalistic that may seem.

We have choices to make.

Daily.

For example:

It is our job to prepare our minds.

It is our job to not be conformed to former lusts.

And, yes – to be holy in our behaviors, actions. And choices.

Guys, that means we don’t do just whatever we feel like.

Truth.

Choose Truth.

Choose The Real.  Not the fake.

Choices literally determine our future.

You can choose what you think about.

And what you don’t.

– Mark 

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 Here’s a Brief Reminder on How to Build and Use This Arsenal over time.

• Choose  just one passage per week  (select your weapon)
• Add it to your arsenal **  (value your weapon)
• Meditate on the passage –  get it into your heart  (know your weapon)
• Speak it out loud daily   (get familiar & comfortable using your weapon)
• Return – HERE – next week until you’ve fully developed your own Arsenal on Thought Life.

** When adding to your Arsenal, be consistent with your storage system.  

Build it on your phone, laptop, or tablet.  

Utilize Evernote, OneNote, your Journal, or even 3×5 cards.  

Use what works for you.

You can email this article to yourself at the bottom of this article.

Why is this series on thought life important?

Guys, your mind is not born again.

It has to be RENEWED.

Enhance and Advance Your Legacy™ by defending yourself, your wife, your children, your business, your money…against the wiles of your enemy in any area of your life.  He’s a thief.

Defend your ground!

You must build your Arsenal in order to overcome.

If you don’t, who will?