If Any Excellence
How often do we think excellent thoughts? So many of the things I think about are average everyday things and trivial pursuits. Our lives today are filled with general information and trivia that consumes all of our thoughts. It is amazing how much information we have to deal with. Technologies like the internet and television, with hundreds of stations and 24 hour news, are causing us to drown in information. It is impossible to keep up.
God does not want us to drown in trivia, He wants us to think excellent thoughts (Phil. 4:8). Excellent thoughts are morally good and righteous. They are worthy of our time and attention as children of God. They stand out from and above the common thoughts of people as more virtuous and valuable. They are the kind of thoughts that Jesus thinks.
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