Morning Prayer 

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Inspiration 

Sin and its consequences don’t come about just because of our actions. They start with our thoughts. A mind on worldly things is a mind on death- that is, absent of the Spirit, fixated only on the pleasures of this life that will not last. But the mind that dwells on heavenly things is filled with life and peace, alive in the Spirit and viewing this life through the lens of eternity.

Prayer 

Lord God, thank You for filling me with the Spirit of life. Please teach me to train my thoughts on heavenly things so that I may live fully in this world, with a mind set not on the things of the world, but on Your kingdom. Use me to bring Your life and peace to those who see only this world, so that they may know You, too. In Jesus’ name, amen.