Just as The Bible has a lot to say about our thoughts, and it makes an interesting study. For example, it says the Lord's [good] thoughts toward us are innumerable, and that we're supposed to hate vain thoughts but love His law. (See Psalm 40:5; 119:113.)

One of the best ways to put our thoughts to good use is to turn them into prayers. Think of all the things you do throughout the day, all the things you think about, all the thoughts that run through your head. Now consider your thoughts. Size them up, take stock, analyze, weigh them up, and ask yourself what your thoughts are accomplishing. Where are they going? Are you transforming your thoughts into power that will bring about some good in the lives of others?

If you want to do more in prayer, consider your thoughts. Thoughts are real things. They can help or they can hinder. Are your thoughts helping to sustain a soul in need? Or are they silently turning a blind eye to the one who cries for help? Where are your thoughts running? Are they reaching out to answer a call? Are you tapping into heavenly thought power through prayer? Are you directing your thoughts to where they can do some good and really make a positive difference?

God has equipped each of us with this great gift, and He wants us to learn to use it, to learn to convert our thoughts into powerful prayer-that is, praying for someone or something instead of just thinking about them. Thoughts turned into prayers will materialize into God's blessings, God's intervention, God's protection, power and strength, and God's healing balm poured out on those for whom we care.

Thoughts turned into prayers will accomplish great feats, make the impossible possible, and change the course of history! On the other hand, thought power left running idle has little worth and will only float off to oblivion and fade away to rust and ruin. Watch your thought power and take care, lest thoughts left unattended catch you unaware! For thoughts left idle can slip away into the gray mass of nowhere land, into the cracks and crevices of complacency, where they will rot and ruin and go to waste.

Thoughts turned into prayers will accomplish great feats, make the impossible possible, and change the course of history!

Every time we think a thought, we can turn it into a prayer-all the time, anywhere, even when we're all alone. For example, if you're at home cooking and your thoughts turn towards your kids at school, pray that they'll have a fun day. Or if while at work you start thinking about an upcoming difficult project, turn that thought into a prayer for the Lord's strength for the task. Or maybe you pass by an accident while driving home-pray for those who may be hurt, and for your own safety and that of your family.

All day long, no matter what else we're doing, we're thinking thoughts, but it's how we filter and direct them that can make a difference. What we decide to do with our thoughts and where we direct them is what counts. As we learn to direct our thoughts in prayer, filtering them through the sieve of God's Word, sending them on to where they can genuinely accomplish something, we will be able to fulfill this mission of prayer.

Turning every thought into a prayer is a great privilege and a great gift-the privilege of tapping into "heavenly thought power"! Use it, and it will serve you well. It will make your life easier and bring about miracles. Thoughts can be a burden or a blessing. Turn them into good by turning them into prayer. Tap into Heaven's thought power!

"I can take my telescope and look millions of miles into space; but I can lay my telescope aside, go into my room and shut the door, and while in earnest prayer I see more of Heaven and get closer to God than I can when assisted by all the telescopes and material agencies on earth." - Isaac Newton