Thinking Our Way to Success

From the Oct. 16th In Touch devotional (http://www.intouch.org/):

'Healthy thinking is a key contributor to godly success.

Every choice we make, every word we speak, and every action we take begins as a thought. So we really need to have our heads on straight, so to speak.

We are to lay aside attitudes like anger, jealousy, and self-pity. Negativity held in the head and heart can work its way outward like spreading poison, tainting conduct, conversation, and character.

Setting our minds on heavenly things is a choice. Consider Paul. He was often impoverished and friendless. And yet, during one of his many prison terms, Paul wrote of his joy, contentment, and unshakeable faith in God. He was a man committed to thinking godly thoughts whether his life was marked by blessing or adversity.

Proverbs 23:7 sums up the profound effect of our thought life: "For as [a man] thinks within himself, so he is." '

Winners claim the healthy, fulfilling thought life.