God and His Word must always be primary in your life, your thoughts and motives. Any thought that is contrary to these goals must be turned down. The enemy cannot read your mind, but will give you thoughts and then watch your reactions and facial expressions to see how you respond. Be on guard at all times, because he will come when you least expect it. His purpose is to get you side-tracked from the Lord’s will for you. There will be times when you are praying, and a thought will come to you which was not of the Lord. 1 John 4:1 tells you to test the spirits. False prophets are around because they failed to test the messages or thoughts they had, then claimed they were messages from the Lord. The Lord will give you peace when the message is from Him.
1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul (mind).
Be encouraged! God will use everything in your life to prepare you for His glory, even your failures. God likes to work in such a way that He gets all the glory.
