Sunday Blogvotional: What Goes In...

Have you ever heard the phrase "What goes in must come out."? Usually we hear this phrase when we're talking about food.  But what if we're not talking about food?  What if we're talking about foul language, violent movies, dirty jokes, gossiping friends, or overt sexual scenes on TV?

When we surround ourselves with this stuff we absorb it all in.  Just because we're Christians doesn't mean the "bad stuff" bounces off of us (never doing any harm).  Our minds are computers and it all gets assimilated in one fashion or another.  Whether we want to admit it or not, it has an affect on us.

Can we expect good thoughts, good words, scripture, prayers, etc to come out of our mouths when we haven't put them in our minds to begin with? 

Finally, brothers, 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

Encouragement for the week:  Pray for God to help you to be aware of the harmful things you are putting into your mind.  Once you've identified something - replace it with something good.