Greetings, Precious Family:

I pray that your hearts, minds, and souls are in a place of perfect peace in Christ Jesus. It took me years to realize that my words and the energy behind my words are so important. Jesus was my first teacher on why a person’s mind, mouth, and heart must be in synch with heaven (The Lord’s Prayer). 

Even though the Bible says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7), I didn’t understand that universal law applied to everything IN and every area OF my life.

There have been great teachers in my lifetime that have helped me to apply and understand the scripture passage that says, “Life and death are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21).

For me, it was Jesus who taught me to think differently. It perplexes me when people seem to be afraid of the way Jesus taught and thought. The same fear is present when people discuss New Thought.

In 2014, I graduated from the most amazing seminary. I am a licensed and ordained New Thought Christian Minister. It has always been the goal of this devotional to help you go deeper.

Many people think that the term “New Thought” is threatening to Christianity. Little known fact, New Thought or what I like to call “Jesus Thought” was spread by Christians who wanted to be more like Jesus and not so much live by the letter of religious law. Which is in line with the Bible, as Jesus encouraged us to do even greater things than he did. Why does thinking how Jesus taught us to think scare people?

Jesus was hated and ultimately crucified for thinking and responding with love FIRST. The law was important to Jesus, but caring for sentient beings was the MOST important.

Are we afraid to be who Jesus called us to be? Are we afraid to do greater things, as Jesus instructed? As Christians, please do not allow a label or a word to scare you. Just think like Jesus, teach like Jesus, and live like Jesus, and you will be just fine.

Scriptures of Higher Thinking

Philippians 2:1-11

New International Version

Imitating Christ’s Humility

2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ² then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. ³ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ⁴ not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

⁵ In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

⁶ Who, being in very nature^[a] God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
⁷ rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature^[b] of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
⁸ And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

⁹ Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
¹¹ and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Worship with the Mind of Christ

I love you, all, with the amazing and everlasting of our Savior. Wayshower and King, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington/Atlanta, GA