by David Gibson<\/p>\n
The stairway at a Burger King in Oxford, England had a low clearance above, and so this sign was posted: “Mind your head.”<\/p>\n
Aside from taking care to avoid getting a knot on the noggin, there is another good way to mind one’s head: by cultivating the habit of monitoring our thoughts.<\/p>\nGod so created our minds that not only can we think, but we can think about what we think.
\nWhen we realize our thoughts are unworthy of a Christian, we have the ability, with God’s help, to focus on good things instead (Philippians 4:8).\n
As David wrote, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer<\/em>” (Psalms 19:14).<\/p>\n On one occasion, Jesus rebuked Peter, “… you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man<\/em>” (Matthew 16:23). In time, Peter learned to think in harmony with God’s interests. What he did, we all can do, with God’s help (Colossians 3:1-2).<\/p>\n Since every word and every action starts in the mind, if we can train our thoughts to be in line with the will of God, the rest will follow.<\/p>\n Don’t you think?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by David Gibson The stairway at a Burger King in Oxford, England had a low clearance above, and so this sign was posted: “Mind your head.” Aside from taking care to avoid getting a knot on the noggin, there is another good way to mind one’s head: by cultivating the habit of monitoring our thoughts.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[27],"tags":[674,1090],"class_list":["post-86740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-change","tag-conviction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24599,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-think-satan-can-bring-a-thought-to-your-mind\/","url_meta":{"origin":86740,"position":0},"title":"I think Satan can bring a thought to your mind","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Yes, Satan can put thoughts in a man's mind. \u00a0Look at the Scripture. \u00a0I disagree with what you answered to \"Can Satan put bad thoughts into your head?\" \"And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel\" (I Chronicles 21:1). \" But Peter said, Ananias, why\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45580,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/setting-your-mind-on-the-things-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":86740,"position":1},"title":"Setting Your Mind on the Things of God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer What we are trained to think about truth will be determined by whether we are thinking the things of God or the things of man. 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