Watch that thought (6)

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. The Bible says:

Primary Text:

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely …” Philippians 6v8 (KJV)

Lovely can be defined as “charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower; having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well as to the eye, as a person or a face; delightful; highly pleasing: to have a lovely time; of a great moral or spiritual beauty: a lovely character; very attractive or beautiful; enjoyable; loving and attentive; inspiring love; lovable” (www.dictionary.com). There are so many lovely things in the world today. Our God is a lovely God. Being in His presence is lovely. Psalm 84v1 says: “HOW LOVELY are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!” (AMP). His presence in the life of a person is lovely. We thank God for lovely things. The Shunammite woman in describing her beloved said: “… yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” (Song of Solomon 5v16). “Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket.” (Proverbs 25v11, NLT). We are told it is good to sing praises to God, for He is gracious and lovely (Psalm 147v1). How then do we fix our thoughts on what is lovely? I think through the help of God, we can begin to appreciate more of the lovely things around us that He has created. God is a good God. We can also ask Him that Lord, in the midst of all that is happening around me, help me to think lovely thoughts, and not to pervert the loveliness I see around me. For instance, Bathsheba was lovely to look at, but the adultery David committed, wasn’t lovely (2 Samuel 11).

Supplementary Text

“PRAISE THE Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate.” Psalm 147v1 (AMP)

Prayer

Father, we thank You for this day. Father I pray, that You will fill our thoughts with lovely things. Help us to see through Your eyes the loveliness that You surround us with each and every day, in Jesus name we pray, amen.