Welcome to Day 216 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
7 Thought Patterns for a Rich and Satisfying Life #2
Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 216 of our Trek. Yesterday was the start of a brand new year and I want to emphasize again how important it is for us to have the proper mindset as we begin 2016.  For the first three days of this year, we will explore how we need to renew our minds so we can transform our lives.  After that, we will spend a few days focusing on setting our plans and goals for this new year.  If you miss any days of our Wisdom-Trek episodes, please go to Wisdom-Trek.com to listen to them and read the daily journal.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at ‘Home2’ in Charlotte, NC.  Paula and I arrived back in Indian Trail late New Year’s Eve and were able to sleep in a little on New Year’s Day.  The remainder of the day was invested in watching the Rose Bowl Parade, working on more life planning, and visiting with Paula’s sister Ruth and her husband Joe who brought Mom Jarvis back from her Christmas week with them.



Let’s continue on our Wisdom-Trek for 2016, as we hike our trail for today on the mountain of transformation.  Personal transformation of any area in our life first begins on the trail of renewing our minds, or it might be said, changing the way you think.   The only way 2016 will be a better year is that we change how we think.   The trek up Transformation Mountain will take us three days as we explore the:
7 Thought Patterns for a Rich and Satisfying Life
I stated yesterday that if you desire to live a life that is rich and satisfying in 2016 and beyond, then it starts with changing the way that you think.  It is such a simple concept, and yet for most of us, so difficult to do consistently each day.  Your thought patterns, your habits, the manner in which you live is so engrained in us. To make significant and lasting changes, it takes consistent and persistent commitment to change the way you think.  Changing the way you think first begins with what you allow to enter into your minds.  Your minds are programmed for certain thought patterns and outcomes based on what you feed it.  Yesterday we covered the first two thought patterns of Trust and Thankfulness.  Today we will explore the next two thought patterns that you need to infuse into your lives to make a real and lasting change.  The first of those is:




TRUTH


If you want your life to be transformed, you must fill your mind with thoughts of truth. You must meditate on the Word of God and fill your heart and mind with the revelation of the truth from the Word of God which will bring freedom and deliverance in your life. You should not be deceived by the lies of the devil. You must put away thoughts of lies, slander, gossip, impurity, falsehood, and evil. You must not allow your minds to be filled with the filth of this world and not allow your mind to dwell on the evil that may reach your ears. You must meditate on thoughts of goodness and purity and truth and not allow yourself to be deceived by appearances. When your minds are filled with the truth, your life will be transformed.

You Must Be Willing to Seek Truth
John 8:32   And you will know the truth,