Think About Such Things

     Today our culture is FULL of so many wrong, ugly, sinful, degrading things! Especially in our media and in the way we choose to entertain ourselves. It is so easy to listen to the newest, hottest, song out there because we like the beat or the person singing it. It doesn`t matter that the words are provocative, or talk about all the wonderfulness of partying/drinking all night without consequences. There are some seriously whacked out things that we listen to without caring. We sing the words or watch the shows that have crude jokes thinking that it won`t effect us. But it does. We find ourselves thinking about things that are the complete opposite of nobility, righteousness, goodness and pureness. When noble, right, good, pure things are exactly what we, as Christians, are supposed to think of! We may think it`s not a big deal, but what we think on, sometimes becomes what we act on. Every time I think on un-pure things, it becomes harder to make those thoughts obedient to Christ. So, from now on I want to fill my mind and heart with true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, praiseworthy things. That my friends, I think would be a great way to live and think. 


"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-- think about such things." -Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ." -2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NIV)