I found this article to be very encouraging!
We know the first commandment is to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength" but do we really strive to love Him with our minds on a day-to-day basis? This is a very challenging command!!

Spiritually Healthy Minds

- posted by my name is heather. @ Wednesday, February 25, 2004

 
"With

eyes wide open

to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers,
as an act of intelligent worship,

to give Him your bodies,
as a living sacrifice,

consecrated to Him and acceptable by Him."
[romans 12:1]

Open your eyes up -- WIDE -- to God's mercies..."They are new every morning." Did you wake up? Did your legs work when you swung them out of bed? Did your mommy make you breakfast again? ;-)
These are tiny tastes of the greatness of our Father's mercies.
In light of this...how can we not offer ourselves, wholly and completely, to Him?

"Lord, I'll give you my words today...but, well, my thoughts...they're not that great, but just let me be in control there today,"

"Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but

let God remold your minds from within,

so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good,
meets all His demands,
and moves toward the goal of true maturity." [romans 12:2]

I cannot give God part of my body...for I am one: heart, soul, mind, and strenth. If my words are to be for Him, then so must my heart...
for, "Out of the heart flows the words of the mouth" (paraphrased).

Meditate on Phillipians 4:8 = speak words that are true, right, honorable.
- posted by my name is heather. @ Wednesday, February 18, 2004