Has someone ever asked you, “What are you thinking?” Thinking is defined as the process of using one’s mind to consider or reason about something. Your mind is always processing the thoughts coming into it. What are you using to filter those thoughts? Mark Twain wrote, “What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words. His real life is led in his head and is known to none but himself.” 

All sin begins in your thoughts. Jesus explained in Mark 7:20-21 (NIV), “…what comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come….” No one commits outward sins without first having committed them in his mind. 

Paul tells you to develop a Christian thought-life by reading the Word daily. If you want to grow in your Christian walk, if you want to win the battle over sin at the level of your thoughts, read the Word regularly, asking God to help you to internalize what you’re reading. And, soon your heart and thoughts will be transformed!