I got a word. In fact, there’s a whole series, and I’m calling it «What’s Going On in My Head.» Oh, are y’all ready for that? We’ve got some theme music for you. All right, we designed music; give it to him! Clap like this, Singapore! What’s going on in your head, Asian? Yeah, I caught a burn in 1979. Yeah, we just bootlegged that for this series. All right, if you have a Bible, either digitally or in physical copy, I’m in Proverbs chapter 4. That’s where we’re going to park today: Proverbs chapter 4, specifically verse 23. If you want to follow along in your Bible, please get it now. Whether you’re following along in your Bible or not, please stand, if you’re physically able, for the reading of God’s word to honor His voice. Yes, Speak, Lord; Your servants are listening. Is there anybody listening to me right now who knows you need God to speak to you? Amen! There ain’t no game like God. If You don’t speak to me, I’m going to make a wrong move; I might make a wrong move. When You speak to me, I’m sure I have a shot at doing it right; if You speak to me, amen! We stand in honor of His word. I’m going to read three different translations since I’m only going to focus on one verse today, and I want to start with the Easy to Read Version. Give me the ERV. It says, «Above all, be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life.» Whoo! Elbow somebody next to you and say, «That’s deep right there, that’s deep right there.» Go to the Easy Translation. You know the Easy Translation? It says, «Be very careful to keep your mind safe.» If I’ve got to keep my mind safe, that means it’s dangerous in there. Keep your mind safe! Keep your mind safe! The thoughts that you think make you the person that you are. Look at somebody and say, «I thought myself like this; I understand myself.» This is what I thought; this is who I thought I am. This is the translation I want to use for this focus in this series: «Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.» You may be seated. If along your spiritual journey you’ve ever come across Proverbs chapter 4, verse 23, you may have heard it written, read, or seen it written this way: «Guard your heart with all diligence, for out of it flow the issues of life.» And it is, or «out of it springs the wellsprings of life.» There are many translations that use the word «heart» as the thing or the object we should guard, monitor, or protect. I just read to you three translations, for there are many that interchange the word «heart» with «thoughts» or «minds.» The reason why that is accurate is because we don’t look at the heart as just an organ that pumps blood; anatomically, the heart and the mind are separated in our bodies. However, internally, the heart is a thinking realm. Your thoughts and your feelings are interconnected; in fact, there are some things you do where you can say, «It crossed my mind that I should say such and such, ” or you can say, „It was laid on my heart that I should say such and such.“ It’s the same thing. We say, „It was laid on my heart“ to make it sound more spiritual, so that when we say it, people feel like, „Oh, the Spirit of God told me, ” or, if you’re from around here, you say, „The Spirit told me.“ But all of it is interconnected. In fact, our minds, our thoughts, and our feelings actually feed off of one another; they are interconnected. The reality is, whatever translation you decide to use in Proverbs chapter 4, verse 23, at the end of the day, the A clause is doing the same thing as the B clause in every translation. Here’s how it works: whatever is happening in the A clause of the verse—whatever’s happening in your heart and in your mind and in your thought realm—is impacting the B clause: your life. It’s not separate; what’s going on in your head impacts what’s going on in your house, what’s going on in your job, what’s going on in your life—one impacts the other. So, it is critical that we understand that connection in our lives. In fact, Napoleon Hill once wrote a book called „Think and Grow Rich.“ That’s brilliant! Because you can’t just think and be rich; you think, and you grow rich because your wealth is birthed out of the wealth of your thoughts. You can’t have a poverty mentality and a rich portfolio. Your thinking has to move you towards something, and everything in our lives starts with our thoughts. Whatever you are, whatever you become, whatever you say, and whatever you do starts with how you think. You can’t do it until you think it; you can’t say it without thinking it; you can’t become it without thinking it—good or bad. Everything starts with our thoughts. Are y’all with me? So, I want to give you four things that are connected to Proverbs chapter 4, verse 23, as it relates to this matter of thinking. The first point I want to make is in those first two words where it says, „Be careful.“ Everybody say, „Be careful.“ And what I call this is thought awareness.
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