How can anyone keep a pure mind and heart in our world? How can we live in the world but not be of the world? Over stimulation of the senses is not healthy for anyone. Once our addictive tastes get sensations rewarded, we are sliding down a slippery slope. Trying harder to be pure minded doesn’t work. Following a formuka of tricks doesn’t work. Only falling in love with Jesus more and more is the solution.
“Our problem is that this world does not teach us to pay attention to what matters. We circulate résumés that chronicle what we have accomplished, not who we have become. The advertisements we watch, the conversations we hold, the criteria by which we are judged, and the entertainment we consume all inflame our desire to change our situation, while God waits to redeem our souls.” - John Ortberg, Soul Keeping: Caring For the Most Important Part of You
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