Tame Your Thoughts Quotes

“God’s hold on you does not depend upon your hold on him.”
― Max Lucado, Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life

“The room was God’s idea. Not the God who created heaven and earth but an air force brigadier general by the name of Godfrey McHugh. He went by “God” for short. (Apparently his ego was healthy.) “God” was an adviser and close friend of John F. Kennedy. So close that First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy requested he stand guard over the casket of her slain husband while she stood at the side of Lyndon Johnson as he was sworn in as president on Air Force One. In the spring of 1961, McHugh proposed to the president a “situation room” to handle the matters of the Cold War. It would be a clearinghouse for crisis management. Kennedy gave it the green light. Two weeks and $35,000 later, the basement bowling alley was transformed, and the Situation Room was open for business. Though it has since enjoyed multiple updates, expansions, and sophistications, the purpose of the White House Situation Room remains unchanged: filter facts and make decisions.2 You have one of those rooms. It occupies about six inches, the space between your ears. Your “Sit Room” buzzes with nonstop activity, processing data, issuing commands, making selections, and determining the course of your life. Like the one at the White House, your room exists to filter facts and make decisions. And, like the one in Washington, it was designed and built by God. Only in your case, God is not an adviser to a president; he is the creator of the universe. Whether the situation room is in Washington or in your skull, one rule matters above all others: truth. Good decisions depend upon reliable information. The White House control center does not open its door to just any random person who wants to spout an opinion or give advice. Only personnel of the highest caliber, armed with the most accurate intel, are allowed to speak. Inaccuracy invites catastrophe. Isn’t the same true with our thoughts?”
― Max Lucado, Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life

“God is up to something good. You are just an answered prayer away from a fresh start.”
― Max Lucado, Tame Your Thoughts: Three Tools to Renew Your Mind and Transform Your Life