What are thoughts?

Dr. A. R. Bernard, of the Christian Cultural Center of Brooklyn NY, has suggested that thoughts have:

• Origin
• Power
• Potential
• Purpose

Where do thoughts come from?

Thoughts either come from God or they do not.  If a thought does not come from God we must be very careful before we invite it into our mind.

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.  For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. - Isaiah 55:8-9

What power do thoughts have?

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander. - Matthew 15:19

Repent of your wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive your evil thoughts, Acts 8:22

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What is the potential of thoughts?

They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. - Romans 2:15

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What is the purpose of thoughts?

This can broken down into the purpose of thoughts generally and the purpose of individual thoughts.

What is the purpose of thoughts generally?

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8

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What is the purpose of individual thoughts?

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