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NO. 1387. A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1877, BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”.
- Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV / 105 helpful votes. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 87 helpful votes. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 84 helpful votes. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
- Psalm 18:30 ESV / 75 helpful votes. This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
The Psalmist understood this. In the classic passage describing God’s utmost care in creating us—Psalm 139—emotionality is the one aspect of our inner personality specifically referenced. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb” (Psalm 139:13). “Inmost being” is kidneys or reins in the KJV.
Paul doesn't just say to stop thinking impure thoughts. No, he goes beyond that and says to begin thinking right thoughts (cf. Phil. 4:7- 8). We must "put off" (say "No!") AND "put on" (develop a new habit to replace the old one!). Picture a mountainside which has recently endured a forest fire. There it sits, blackened, dry and barren.
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways. And My thoughts than your thoughts. Job 36:26. Verse Concepts. “Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. Deuteronomy 29:29.
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. Isaiah 55:9 Verse Concepts Earth God's Plan soaring Thoughts The Mind The Earth God's Plan For Us God, Wisdom Of God, Wise Heaven Better Than Earth Way, The Wisdom, Source Of Human God, Greatness Of God On High
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Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV / 50 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
