A prayer for our minds, by Christine Brown, read by Liam Arton.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things, Colossians 3-2.

While tucking my young son into bed, he would sometimes tell me he couldn't go to sleep

because of scary thoughts.

I always reassured him with lots of mom cuddles and this kid friendly advice.

Think about good things, I'd say.

Then we'd spend a few moments listing all the good things that came to mind.

Our impromptu gratitude list would turn into a nighttime prayer and I'd hoped that the

bad thoughts would stay away long enough for him to drift off to sleep.

As an adult, I can have the same struggle with thinking about good things.

If I let my guard down, my mind automatically wanders to the worries and frustrations of

that day.

I begin listing all the things on my to-do list instead of the blessings from my Heavenly

Father.

It takes intentional effort for me to redirect my mind.

Have you ever noticed how hard it is to keep your mind focused on good things?

Paul instructed believers with these words of hope.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things, Colossians 3-2.

He knew how forceful the pull of worldly things could be.

He wanted to equip Jesus' followers with the truth.

We need to daily set our minds on things above.

Keeping our thoughts centered around God's goodness doesn't come easily, so we shouldn't

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