Your Thoughts Affect Your Actions

What's your thought life like? Honestly. What do you think about on a regular basis?

Did you know that what you think can become action? Legit. You will think something, then you will feel it emotionally (goes to the heart), and then you will act upon it. Guys, the brain, heart, and body all work together.
 
    A little side note: Thoughts begin with what you hear or see. 

So, let's say your thought is "I hate that chick!" Well, you will think about how you hate her (not that you necessarily do truly hate her at first), then you will truly feel the hate arise every time you see her and all, and then you will probably ignore her or even say some words to her that you wouldn't want someone to say to you.

Ok, not the greatest example. I know. So here's another one...
Say you start to think that you are worthless or unloved. You then start to feel sad and depressed. You convince yourself that no one is there for you and that you are alone. You know what that leads to? It leads to cutting, drinking to the point of getting wasted, sex with anyone and everyone, drugs, and even suicide.

Now, say you think about porn a lot (because you watch it). You will begin to get excited over small things like a certain phrase or seeing something on TV or picture. Now you are emotionally involved. You keep thinking about it. Then you are by yourself with someone (of the opposite sex) and you start to joke around about sex. Next thing you know you are on the floor having intercourse with them. Whoop! Well, that escalated quickly...

It happens guys! So be careful what you put into your minds! I have to be extremely careful what I put into my mind because (I don't like to admit it) I am easily tempted and influenced. So, I really need to have boundaries and walls up in certain areas.

So, now let's say you see a young poor child in Africa on TV. You think about how you have so much and they have nothing. You start to feel bad for them and wish you could do something. You donate money to a missions program. Or even better, you physically go to Africa and help them out in whatever way you can.

Sounds great, doesn't it? If only we would start to think of what we could do in a good way rather than think of junk that will lead us to nothing good.

You hear/see something, you start to think about it, then you emotions kick in, and finally you take action. It's as simple as that. But it's true! Your thoughts affect your actions!! So think about what you think about. If you have trouble thinking about good things, talk to someone. That's what I need to do all the time. Guys! I'm not perfect! No where near it! This is still a struggle for me! It affects me so much because I don't think the greatest things about myself and situations, but I know I need to work on it and I try. Not gonna say that we wont slip sometimes, but that's why we need to start fixing our thought life before it gets too far.

God bless!!
Philippians 4:13