"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end
for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."
1 Peter 1:13.
"Many need to make a decided change in the tenor of their thoughts and
actions, if they would please Jesus."
"The thoughts must be trained. Gird up the loins of the mind that it shall
work in the right direction, and after the order of well-formed plans; then every
step is one in advance, and no effort or time is lost in following vague ideas and
random plans. We must consider the aim and object of life, and ever keep worthy
purposes in view. Every day the thoughts should be trained and kept to the point
as the compass to the pole. Every one should have his aims and purposes, and
then make every thought and action of that character to accomplish that which he
purposes. The thoughts must be controlled. There must be a fixedness of purpose
to carry out that which you shall undertake...."
"No one but yourself can control your thoughts. In the struggle to reach the
highest standard, success or failure will depend much upon the character, and the
manner in which the thoughts are disciplined. If the thoughts are well girded, as
God directs they shall be each day, they will be upon those subjects that will help
us to greater devotion. If the thoughts are right, then as a result the words will be
right; the actions will be of that character to bring gladness and comfort and rest
to souls...."
"Those who move without thoughtful consideration move unwisely. They
make fitful efforts, strike out here and there, catch at this and that, but it amounts
to nothing. They resemble the vine; its tendrils untrained and left to struggle out
in every direction will fasten upon any rubbish within their reach; but before the
vine can be of any use these tendrils must be broken off from the things they
have grasped, and trained to entwine about those things which will make them
graceful and well formed."
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