Uphill Habits: “Habit #2” Control My Thoughts

Uphill Habits
Habit #2
1/11/26
Pastor Mark England

“We are what we repeatedly do.” – Aristotle

We and then our .

Most people have and .

is great, but it’s a motivator not a strategy.
will get you going, but it won’t keep you going.

Romans 12:2 (CSB) Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

This 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting can develop new habits.
What I dies.
What I thrives.

Habit #2
Control my .

I will never until I .

Ecclesiastes 10:2 (CSB) A wise person’s heart goes to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.

• Everything with a thought.

Romans 12:2 (NLT) Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

• What we think determines .

Philippians 4:8-9 (CSB) Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy—dwell on these things. ⁹ Do what you have learned and received and heard from me, and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

• Our thoughts determine our .

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Romans 8:5-6 (NLT) Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.

Mastering the Habit

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (CSB) For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, ⁴ since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments ⁵ and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.

1. Find a to my thoughts.

Read the .
When you read the Bible it will change how you think.  It has the power to change you inside out.

Hebrews 4:12 (CSB) For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2. Find a to my thoughts.

Turn down the world’s to hear the voice of God.
Have a daily .

Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Colossians 3:2 (NLT) Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.

3. Find a to my thoughts.

James 5:16 (CSB) Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed.

Get in a .

Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT) Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

4. Find a to my thoughts.

The healthiest thought you can have is…
I why I’m here and I have a job to do because I know my !

God is saying…
“Let’s , and let’s about your !”

Romans 12:2 (CSB) Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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5. Find a to fuel my .

When God speaks to you, He will ask you to do something that is for you to do.

Open my life to the power of the .

Isaiah 55:9 (CSB) “For as heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV) Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.  

• Jesus is first in my life.
• I exist to serve and glorify Him.
• I love my wife, and I will lay down my life to serve her.
• My children will love God and serve Him with their whole hearts.
• I will nurture, equip, train, and empower them to do more for God’s kingdom than they can possibly imagine.
• I am growing closer to Jesus every day.
• I am anointed, empowered, equipped, and called to reach people far from God.
• My words, thoughts, and imaginations are under the power of Christ.
• I take all thought captive and make them obedient to Christ.
• I wake up with purpose, direction, and meaning every day of my life.
• I love people and believe the best about others.
• I am disciplined. Christ in me is stronger than the wrong desires in me.
• I am anointed, creative, innovative, focused, and blessed beyond measure because the Holy Spirit dwells within me.
• I equip leaders. That’s not something I do, it’s who I am.
• I bring my best and then some.
• It’s what I do after I bring my best that’s making the biggest difference.
• The world will be different and better because I served Jesus today.
• I am a servant of the Most High God.