{"id":61134,"date":"2023-05-21T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61134"},"modified":"2023-06-03T15:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T20:27:06","slug":"the-importance-of-our-thoughts-in-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-importance-of-our-thoughts-in-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Our Thoughts in Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Importance-of-Our-Thoughts-in-Motivation.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-61134-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Importance-of-Our-Thoughts-in-Motivation.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Importance-of-Our-Thoughts-in-Motivation.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Importance-of-Our-Thoughts-in-Motivation.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Garry Floyd<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Garry Floyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119],"tags":[1242,499],"class_list":["post-61134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-character","tag-motivation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61123,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/gods-will-for-motivation\/","url_meta":{"origin":61134,"position":0},"title":"God&#8217;s Will for Motivation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Garry Floyd","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68370,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-importance-of-fathers\/","url_meta":{"origin":61134,"position":1},"title":"The Importance of Fathers","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Download Audio by Raymond Warfel","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46178,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-importance-of-bible-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":61134,"position":2},"title":"The Importance of Bible Study","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Brace Rutledge 2015 Fall Meeting","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38128,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/changing-my-mind\/","url_meta":{"origin":61134,"position":3},"title":"Changing My Mind","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Matthew 7:15-20 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Solomon observed about the miser that it wasn\u2019t the man\u2019s words or his actions that made him a miser, but his thoughts - Proverbs 23:6-7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0People too often say things that they don\u2019t mean \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Given motivation, they may do things that they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57327,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-importance-of-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":61134,"position":4},"title":"The Importance of Thoughts","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 26, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bill Crews If you are concerned about your character, your conduct, your life, and your destiny, then be concerned about your thoughts. \"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life\" (Proverbs 4:23). 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