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Divine Dispatch
Philippians 4:8
God's 8-Part Filter for Your Mind!
Welcome, Faith Force Thought Filters! Today, we’re learning what kinds of thoughts to fill our minds with, as shared in Philippians 4:8.
Verse Of The Day:
"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)
Have you ever used a filter to separate good things from bad things? Paul gives us an eight-part filter for our thoughts!
Paul lists eight qualities our thoughts should have: “true” (factual and honest), “noble” (worthy of respect), “right” (morally correct), “pure” (clean and innocent), “lovely” (beautiful and attractive), “admirable” (worthy of praise), “excellent” (of highest quality), and “praiseworthy” (deserving honor).
Paul says “think about such things” – we should actively choose to focus our minds on thoughts that pass through these eight filters! When a thought, show, conversation, or activity comes into your mind, run it through this test. If it’s not true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy, don’t let it take up space in your thinking!
Think About These Things Filter Wheel:
Divide a paper plate into eight sections and label each with one quality: True, Noble, Right, Pure, Lovely, Admirable, Excellent, Praiseworthy. Add a spinner arrow using a brad fastener. When deciding what to think about, watch, or do, spin your wheel and ask if the activity passes ALL eight filter tests!
Time For A Prayer:
Dear God, help us filter our thoughts through Your eight-part test! When negative, impure, or worthless thoughts try to enter our minds, help us replace them with things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy. Guard our minds and fill them with good thoughts! Amen.
Keep filtering your thoughts through God’s excellence test, Faith Force Thought Filters! Until our next Divine Dispatch, remember to think about whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy!