{"id":40364,"date":"2026-05-18T21:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=40364"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:45:44","slug":"26-0519","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0519\/","title":{"rendered":"Give God Your Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Max Lucado<\/p>\n

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How do I detect God\u2019s unseen hand on my shoulder and his inaudible voice in my ear?<\/p>\n

Give God your\u00a0waking<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0thoughts. Before you face the day, face the Father. Psalm 5:3 (NCV) says, \u201cEvery morning, I tell you what I need, and I wait for your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Give God your\u00a0waiting<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0thoughts. Spend time with him in silence.<\/p>\n

Give God your\u00a0whispering<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0thoughts. During your lifetime, you will spend six months at stoplights, eight months opening junk mail. Give these moments to God. Simple phrases, such as \u201cThank you, Father,\u201d can turn a commute into a pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Give God your\u00a0waning<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0thoughts. Conclude the day as you began it: talking to God. If you fall asleep as you pray, don\u2019t worry. What better place to doze off than in the arms of your Father.<\/p>\n

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How do I detect God\u2019s unseen hand on my shoulder and his inaudible voice in my ear?<\/p>\n

Give God your waking thoughts. Before you face the day, face the Father. Psalm 5:3 (NCV) says, \u201cEvery morning, I tell you what I need, and I wait for your answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Give God your waiting thoughts. Spend time with him in silence.<\/p>\n

Give God your whispering thoughts. During your lifetime, you will spend six months at stoplights, eight months opening junk mail. Give these moments to God. Simple phrases, such as \u201cThank you, Father,\u201d can turn a commute into a pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

Give God your waning thoughts. Conclude the day as you began it: talking to God. If you fall asleep as you pray, don\u2019t worry. What better place to doze off than in the arms of your Father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40366,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40364\/revisions\/40366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}