#675: Thoughts, Words & Reality

Allen Jackson Ministries

Ben Hayes

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Our thoughts impact our words, and our words can define our reality. How can we ensure our reality reflects growing spiritually in the Lord? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson shares two behaviors the Bible tells us are essential for growing: giving thanks to God and guarding our hearts. Gratitude starts in our thoughts, and Pastor Allen teaches about the benefits of thankfulness versus complaining. He shares stories of the Apostle Paul, Silas, Jonah, and Job to demonstrate the power of praise, even in discouraging and frightening situations. Let’s be willing to engage in behaviors that allow God to bring new growth into our lives!

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0:00.0	We worship God not because he needs to be reminded of who he is.
0:08.0	We worship God and give thanks to God and we give praise to God
0:14.0	because there's a continual battle in our hearts, in our minds, and our thoughts about who God is.
0:20.0	And by a decision of my will, I will and our minds and our thoughts about who God is.
0:24.4	And by a decision of my will,
0:27.9	I will raise my voice in praise and thanksgiving to God.
0:35.3	It is very seldom driven by the condition of my emotions.
0:45.1	You're listening to Alan Jackson Ministries. You can get the outlines for this episode at Alanjaxon.com slash podcast. If these messages help build you up, or encourage you to be a more
0:51.5	fully devoted Christ follower, leave us a five-star rating and review.
0:56.0	Hopefully, that will help others find out about them as well.
0:59.0	Now it's on to Pastor Allen.
1:02.0	Be blessed.
1:07.0	My title for the session, which my titles are usually underwhelming, but thoughts, words,
1:12.9	and reality, and there is a progression there that I want to unpack with you because I believe
1:17.7	truthfully your thoughts lead to your words and those will ultimately define your reality.
1:25.2	That's more than a myth and it's more than some leadership mantra.
1:29.2	But I want to start really my, this little study for me has come out of a meeting that I
1:35.9	have had multiple times. Different people, different settings, but it feels like the messaging in the
1:41.6	meeting has been so similar or the concerns in the meeting has been so similar, or the concerns in the meeting,
1:45.8	that it's become a Bible study for me.
1:48.1	And so I'm just going to share a little bit with you from the overflow of that.
1:52.5	And I put a passage in your notes from Galatians 5.
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