双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：7月9日 思想行为

7月 9日

思想行为

耶和华我的磐石，我的救赎主啊，愿我口中的言语、心里的意念在祢面前蒙悦纳。

——诗篇19:14

罗伯特.布朗宁说，“思想是行为的灵魂。”爱默生说，“思想是行为的发源地，每一个行为的始祖都是思想”。如果上帝曾经因为人类不断的邪恶思想而毁灭了这个世界，我们是否有理由相信，今天所有的罪恶、欲望和邪荡都会像那天一样使祂的心悲伤吗？很多人会向往罪、想象罪，而且一旦有机会，就会沉迷于罪，他们所缺乏的是犯罪的场合。所以在神的眼中，他们就像真的做了不道德的事，同样是罪人。所有的过犯都始于罪恶的思想。

清心来到基督面前的人，要提防撒旦放在意念中的淫荡、下流的画面，小心选择你所读的书，对所参加的娱乐活动、交往的朋友以及所处的环境要有辨别的能力。不应该让罪恶的思想堆积在你的头脑和灵魂里，就像不应该让垃圾堆积在客厅里一样。

今日祷告:

全能的上帝，我要以祢圣灵的能力不断地洁净我的意念。祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

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July 9

Thoughts and Actions

May my spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing even to you, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer.

——Psalm 19:14 (TLB)

Robert Browning said, “Thought is the soul of the act.” Emerson said, “Thought is the seat of action. The ancestor of every action is thought.” If God destroyed the world once for its continually evil imaginations, is it not reasonable to believe that all of the sin, lust, and licentiousness that is rampant today grieves His heart just as it did in that day? Many people dream of sin, imagine sin, and  if granted the opportunity would indulge in sin. All they lack is the occasion to sin. So, in the sight of God, they are sinners as great as though they actually had committed immorality. All transgressions begin with sinful thinking.

You who have come to Christ for a pure heart, guard against the pictures of lewdness and sensuality which Satan flashes upon the screen of your imagination, select with care the books you read, choose discerningly the kind of entertainment you attend, the kind of associates with whom you mingle, and the kind of environment in which you place yourself. You should no more allow sinful imaginations to accumulate in your mind and soul than you would let garbage collect in your living room.

Prayer for the day：

I need my thoughts to be continually purified by the cleansing power of Your Spirit, almighty God. In Jesus’ name, Amen.