Positive/Biblical thoughts help us live healthy, godly lives while negative/unbiblical thoughts create stress and lead to the majority of our mental, physical, and behavioral health problems. Some estimates range from 75 to 90 percent of our illnesses come from our thought life.
In Deuteronomy 6:6-9, God tells His people, “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”
In other words, God was telling the Israelites that it takes strong commitment and intense focus to follow and obey Him. We take His Word casually to our own detriment.
A helpful way to learn the Bible is to engage with it in five ways: hear, read, study, meditate, and memorize the Bible.
When Satan approached Eve, he asked her, “Did God really say?” When he tempted the Messiah by quoting Scripture, Jesus quoted Scripture back. Eve sinned. Jesus resisted.
If hear, read, study, meditate, and memorize were each one finger of our grip on the Scriptures, then how many of those digits do you want holding on when Satan comes to you and asks, “Did God really say?”
