TOTD, Feb 09-11

Renew Your Mind

God has a good plan already laid out for each of us, but we will never enjoy it unless our mind is renewed with the Word, which is His thoughts and ideas about things.

Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].
--- Romans 12:2

My own reflection on this Thought:
* It's all in the mind... Good or bad it's all in our mind. Even something bad can turn out to be something good, if He wants to...
Something different from our plan is happening all the time and we might feel unsatisfied about this. But then, as the children of God, what should we do? We have to see it through the eyes of faith. Ask God to open the eyes of our heart, so that we could see His bigger picture in our life... (-fon-)


Positive Results

We will not see positive results in our daily lives if we constantly speak negative things.

A man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].
--- Proverbs 18:20

My own reflection on this Thought:
* In this kind of flood situation in Jakarta, I don't think it's an easy think to speak positive things about it. I myself, even though not living there for the time being, still find it hard to accept the stories that I've heard about what happened to my friends there. Then the negative thoughts about the looting and the spreading of diseases afterwards kept filling my mind...
But God's words today challenge us to make a difference... How can we speak positive things despite all the unfavorable situation, how can we stay positive in our faith to the LORD even the reality is leading to a different path?
It's the challenge today onwards... (-fon-)

Power in Prayer

Prayer is not of the mouth, it is of the spirit, the spiritual mind, and the heart. And where there is sincere prayer, there is power!

... The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
--- James 5:16

My own reflection on this Thought:
* We can pray all the time. We can build our relationship stronger with God by keep communicating with Him. All the time, not only at the church or in a special prayers.
We can even pray while working, while driving, while cooking, while studying... We can tell our feelings to God, the situation and the worries that we're facing, the concerns that we feel... Because He's our true friend that would never leave us alone even in the darkest part of our life... Keep praying, since it will make our hearts more sincere... (-fon-)