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21 Days Of Devotionals

 Day 8

“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

 

The definition of purity is, “being free from foreign or inappropriate elements, clear and true.”

 

Purity is not from the outside in, but from the inside out. Purity isn’t necessarily just physical, it is mental first. It says in Philippians to THINK on these things.

 

In Proverbs 15:26 it says that the thoughts of the pure are pleasing to God.

 

Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, and habits shape a person’s character.

Nobody becomes an addict overnight. It is choice that is made over time.

 

The same concept applies with thoughts. These impure thoughts get engrained into our hearts. The Word says, “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45). So thoughts spawn words, just as negative thoughts spawn negative words.

 

The trick to overcoming this is to take our thoughts captive. We bring those impure and unclean thoughts to the obedience of Christ:

 

2 Corinthians 10:5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

 

Philippians 4 says, think of the holy, noble, and righteous things. We have the perfect example in Jesus. He was righteous, noble, and excellent.

 

Be kingdom minded; live for the eternal.

 

Jesus was the purest of all; he gave his life so that we could be the righteousness, the purity of God. It’s our job to follow out his commands to see fruit and blessings we will receive from it.

 

Questions:

What thoughts do you need to take captive?

What scripture will you use to replace them?

What do places, situations, or people should you avoid to keep you from thinking those thoughts and from acting on them?

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