RENEWING YOUR MIND

Prayer is a gift that allows us to renew our mind daily.  It is the opportunity to get centered through prayer.  The more we do it, the more we get centered.  Many thoughts enter into our mind and/or are generated from our mind.  Thoughts created by the opinions of the people around us, the  influences of the world, and our own desires (in both the form of wants and fears).  Our mind (thought life) is the source of the words we speak and the actions we take. A centered thought life (renewed mind) guides us in being more thoughtful in word and action. Prayer is a purposeful approach to centering our thought life and renewing our mind. It helps protect us from our own blindness (not seeing dangerous thoughts) and from our own wandering heart (desiring blindly). Prayer is a conversation with God that is sharing of thoughts with Him.  Prayer is both an action and process.  An action to do it but a process on how it works (first on you and your thought life).  Prayer is a tool that helps us with deciding which thoughts you consent to stay.  There are two conversations that we are having with ourselves throughout the day.  One is the one where we are talking to and with ourselves which by default has the devil invited as part of that conversation.  The other one is with God where the devil is uninvited and we are in the presence of the all knowing One, God.  Prayer is having a friend with you all the time (in Jesus) and someone who is always for you (God).  The other conversation (the one with yourself with the evil one in tow) has forces against you where fears, worry, doubts, et al govern and influence your thoughts.  Father, renew my mind so I can hear Your voice.  Renew my mind so that the noise of this world does not get in the way of  the plans that You have that are for me.  Renew my mind so that the thoughts that take root are those good for me.  Father God, thank you for the gift of renewing my mind.