Fix Your Thoughts
Key Thought | What you fix your mind on will eventually form your life—so anchor it in truth, not assumptions.
Key Scripture | “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”—Philippians 4:8 NLT
Paul, in such a fatherly tone, gives us eight filters in one verse to guard our minds. Over the next few weeks, we are going to dig into this one verse. If we’re honest, I’m doing it just as much for me as for you. I’ve realized I’ve got some “stinking thinking,” and it’s time to realign myself to His voice.
Through this, my hope is that you might see the power of God's Word. This is one verse, not a chapter. His Word is so powerful when digested and not just snacked upon.
Paul starts with Truth.
True | Reality, not illusion. What is factually and spiritually true, not feelings, not assumptions—truth.
I don’t know if you’re like me, but my mind naturally drifts toward assumptions, fears, and worst-case scenarios. Paul calls us back to reality—God’s reality. Did you catch that last line? God’s reality, not my reality.
In a revival meeting we once had at Opendoor, an old pastor, who passed away many years ago, said that “my reality is not God’s finality.” That statement has always stuck with me in a deep and powerful way.
So often I get stuck in what I can see with my natural eyes, and yet constantly, I feel God drawing me to see with spiritual eyes. To see in the spiritual what God is doing, to see in the spiritual what the enemy is trying to do.
One of the major issues with truth is that many times we are looking for it in all the wrong places. Where do you go to find truth? If the starting place is anywhere other than God’s Word and His presence, then we will never end up in truth.
Truth anchors us when emotions try to take over. People anchored in truth are the last steady people emotionally. It doesn’t mean that they are perfect, but there is a steadiness to them that is felt.
Today, let’s fix our minds on truth. The truth of God’s love, the truth of God’s sovereignty, the truth of God’s Word.
You might not be as anxious as you think you are. You just may have some stinking thinking.
Reflection | Where have I been believing something that isn’t actually true?
Activation | Write down one anxious thought → replace it with a truth from Scripture.
Prayer | Father, thank You for the gift of Your Word that brings clarity where my thoughts feel chaotic. You see how easily my mind drifts toward fear, assumptions, and things that aren’t true. Help me recognize those patterns and gently realign my thinking with Your truth. Teach me to pause, to filter my thoughts through what is true, right, and praiseworthy, and to trust what You say over what I feel. Anchor me in Your reality today, and let Your truth steady my heart. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Key Scripture | “And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”—Philippians 4:8 NLT
Paul, in such a fatherly tone, gives us eight filters in one verse to guard our minds. Over the next few weeks, we are going to dig into this one verse. If we’re honest, I’m doing it just as much for me as for you. I’ve realized I’ve got some “stinking thinking,” and it’s time to realign myself to His voice.
Through this, my hope is that you might see the power of God's Word. This is one verse, not a chapter. His Word is so powerful when digested and not just snacked upon.
Paul starts with Truth.
True | Reality, not illusion. What is factually and spiritually true, not feelings, not assumptions—truth.
I don’t know if you’re like me, but my mind naturally drifts toward assumptions, fears, and worst-case scenarios. Paul calls us back to reality—God’s reality. Did you catch that last line? God’s reality, not my reality.
In a revival meeting we once had at Opendoor, an old pastor, who passed away many years ago, said that “my reality is not God’s finality.” That statement has always stuck with me in a deep and powerful way.
So often I get stuck in what I can see with my natural eyes, and yet constantly, I feel God drawing me to see with spiritual eyes. To see in the spiritual what God is doing, to see in the spiritual what the enemy is trying to do.
One of the major issues with truth is that many times we are looking for it in all the wrong places. Where do you go to find truth? If the starting place is anywhere other than God’s Word and His presence, then we will never end up in truth.
Truth anchors us when emotions try to take over. People anchored in truth are the last steady people emotionally. It doesn’t mean that they are perfect, but there is a steadiness to them that is felt.
Today, let’s fix our minds on truth. The truth of God’s love, the truth of God’s sovereignty, the truth of God’s Word.
You might not be as anxious as you think you are. You just may have some stinking thinking.
Reflection | Where have I been believing something that isn’t actually true?
Activation | Write down one anxious thought → replace it with a truth from Scripture.
Prayer | Father, thank You for the gift of Your Word that brings clarity where my thoughts feel chaotic. You see how easily my mind drifts toward fear, assumptions, and things that aren’t true. Help me recognize those patterns and gently realign my thinking with Your truth. Teach me to pause, to filter my thoughts through what is true, right, and praiseworthy, and to trust what You say over what I feel. Anchor me in Your reality today, and let Your truth steady my heart. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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