Our Thought Life and Victory

We need to develop the habit of living before the face of God, not just others. We must be VERTICAL (discussing matters with HIM, in clear terms, renouncing, apologizing, discussing) in our dealings with God and with Truths that are His! The reason why God has given each of us a private area—our thought life—is so that He can test us to see whether we fear and love Him or not. If we are concerned only about our external reputation before other men, then we shall be careless about sin in our thought life. Thus God makes a separation between those who are desirous of total victory and those who desire only an external victory over sin. If we mourn over sin in our thought life as over external sin, we shall enter into victory in a much more rapid and powerful way.11:08 a.m.