As You Think, So You Are

Devotional Scripture : Proverbs 23:7

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

Golfer Arnold Palmer has won hundreds of trophies, but he never flaunts them. In his
office is only one trophy on display. It is a small cup he received at his first
professional win at the Canadian Open in 1955.

On his office wall is a lone framed plaque that reads:

If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't, it's almost certain you won't.
But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Life's battles, challenges, successes and/or failures are all fought, won or lost in the
mind.

"Keep your heart with all diligence," said Solomon, "for out of it are the issues of
life." (Proverbs 4:23) The heart in the Bible refers to the total mind: the intellect, the
will, and the emotions. And that's the mind we need to guard with all diligence and
daily commit and trust to God."

For what the mind dwells on, the body acts on. If you don't believe this, think how
temptation works. First a thought, then we dwell on it and keep thinking about it,
rationalize it in our mind, and act on it. It is all too true: What the mind dwells on
the body acts on.

As You Think, So You Are

Devotional Scripture : Proverbs 23:7
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

Golfer Arnold Palmer has won hundreds of trophies, but he never flaunts them. In his
office is only one trophy on display. It is a small cup he received at his first
professional win at the Canadian Open in 1955.

On his office wall is a lone framed plaque that reads:

If you think you are beaten, you are.

If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't, it's almost certain you won't.
But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Life's battles, challenges, successes and/or failures are all fought, won or lost in the
mind.

"Keep your heart with all diligence," said Solomon, "for out of it are the issues of
life." (Proverbs 4:23) The heart in the Bible refers to the total mind: the intellect, the
will, and the emotions. And that's the mind we need to guard with all diligence and
daily commit and trust to God."

For what the mind dwells on, the body acts on. If you don't believe this, think how
temptation works. First a thought, then we dwell on it and keep thinking about it,
rationalize it in our mind, and act on it. It is all too true: What the mind dwells on
the body acts on.