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What Do You
Think?
Conduct your own survey. Tally up what you are receiving - what your children are receiving.
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Website stats: Every morning I
check the statistics on this website to see how many times each page was viewed the previous day. From this I can determine
which articles are of greatest interest. The other morning I powered up my computer only
to find that no stats had been calculated during the night. The lack of
information frustrated me and finally, about midday, I emailed the hosting company and they
quickly fixed the problem.
TV's stats: The incident caused me to wonder, though, what would
happen if I monitored other areas of my life as closely as I did my website
stats? What if I monitored, for example, how many times during an hour of
television viewing, I received the notion that sickness and disease were
imminent? How many times I received the idea that indigestion was looming
and sleepless nights would require a sleep aide? How many times the side
effects of chemotherapy would pass through my consciousness? Exactly what
was I feeding my mind, anyway? I decided to find out.
The results: The next evening I tallied the commercials during an
hour of prime time viewing. To my surprise, in addition to the heartburn, skin rash, medicate-your-child,
flu-is-coming-and-you-are-going-to-get-it dialogue, there was a barrage of
coming attractions filled with terror, violence, and sexual promiscuity. I
was filling my mind with 60-second snippets of mayhem and perversion, of
fear and death! All things contrary to God’s promises. All things contrary
to His Word. Each evening the life of God was being siphoned out of me and replaced by all
things negative.It is time to preserve our souls by allowing them to meditate on good things. Conduct your own survey.
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“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any
virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” |
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The Holy Bible, The New
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Philippians, Chapter 4: Verse
8
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