On your e-mail you either have some kind of spam filter or you get tons of junk mail. That spam filter serves a very important purpose. I doubt if it's perfect, but it does a pretty good job of filtering out the messages you don't want to read.
In the real world, we're bombarded with "messages" all day long. Some of them are useful: encouragement from friends, words of inspiration, uplifting music, ideas for self-improvement, and so on. But in addition to these good messages comes a lot of clatter, junk, "spam" from the outside, tempting us to think this or do that. We may try to ignore those types of messages, but sometimes it isn't as easy as it looks.
Personally, I'm thankful for the Bible. It helps us filter the messages we receive day in, day out. It helps separate right from wrong, good from bad, truth from error. Philippians 4:8 says, "Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." Pretty good advice!
These 8 things serve as filters. If you'll think on these things, you'll discover the right messages get through, the wrong ones end up where they belong -- in the junk file.
As you go about your day today, you'll hear a significant amount of auditory spam: Messages telling you that you'll be happy if you live only for yourself...that you should seek revenge for some small offense...that a little bit of gossip never hurt anyone...that you deserve special treatment, and so on.
I encourage you to run those things through your "spam" filter......and let them end up where they belong.......in the junk folder to be deleted!
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