I THINK, THEREFORE I AM

     "The Bible places supreme value in the thought life. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," Solomon wrote. Jesus asserted that sin's gravity lay in the idea itself, not just the act. Paul admonished the church at Philippi to have the mind of Christ, and to the same people he wrote, "Whatever is true … pure … if there be any virtue … think on these things."

     Thus, the follower of Christ must demonstrate to the world what it is not just to think, but to think rightly." For it is when we “think rightly” that we will then also “walk rightly”. And it is when we both think rightly and walk rightly, which is to think not as man thinks, but to think as He thinks, and which is to walk not as man walks, but to walk as He walks, that the kingdom that is “the heart of man” will then bring honour and glory to the rightful King of those lands.

Let us not shame our King

And let us not shame this land of His which is our heart

For He is the King of my heart

And His is the kingdom of hearts.

Let us walk uprightly with His righteousness 

And steadfastly in His truth and love

Forever impaled upon His way, His truth and His life

With eagle eyes that see, not with the cataracts of the world, but with His all-seeing discernment and far reaching vision

Which is to see the needs of orphans and the loneliness of widows

And to have the vision of seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness

And let us speak with tongues that speak not with the language and thought life of men

But only with His all knowing words of spirit and life

That we may build this tabernacle in wisdom with rooms that are filled with rare and beautiful treasures through knowledge

Let our ways always be His ways

And our thoughts always be His thoughts

For we are His

He has won our complete affection and unshakable faithfulness

And has honour bound us to His bosom as a son unto his Father

Establish Your rule in this kingdom, LORD

And fill these lands with the harvest of Your labour

Let these lands be unto Your purposes like the basket of the five fish and two loaves

Being a land that always multiplies for the needs and seasons of its neighbour

Feeding the hungry and the poor

And healing the broken-hearted 

And visiting upon widows and orphans Your great love and mercy

That these lands may in all their ways and all their days honour the Spirit and life that frames and sustains them

Now to the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the ruler of our hearts, the only God, be glory and honour, for ever and ever. Amen.