YOU CHOOSE TO REMEMBER THE GOOD
Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. (Philippians 1:3 NLT)
What do you remember when you think of certain places or people?
Having painful memories or happy memories is an option. You decide what you want to think.
Philippi was a city where Paul suffered much and where he was treated with much injustice, to the point where he was unjustly put in prison. (See Acts 16).
But, when he would think of the Philippians in his prayers, he wasn’t bringing to memory his humiliation, rather giving thanks to God for the good things that he also experienced.
When you read the entire book of Philippians, you observe that there were people who humiliated him, but there were also those who helped him, and these people are the ones he prefers to remember and give thanks to God to in his prayers.
Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. (Philippians 1:3 NLT)
You can’t change the bad things that happened to you, but you can change what you choose to think. The bad things that happened to you are not an option, but telling your brain what you want to think is a choice. You decide!
Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. (Philippians 1:3 NLT)
Think about it:
What do you often remember, painful or happy memories?
What do you need to stop remembering?
What do you wish to begin to remember?
