3月4日
标 题： 这些事你们都要思念
经 节： 弟兄们，我还有未尽的话：凡是真实的、可敬的、公义的、清洁的、可爱的、有美名的，若有什么德行，若有什么称赞，这些事你们都要思念。（腓立比书四章8节）
你毫无戒心时的思想，反映出你真正的心之所向。只有在没有戒心时所说出的话，是你心灵最好的评估（马太福音十二：34）。你的心思意念就像你的身体一样需要操练。想要身体健康，一定得留心吃进去的食物养分，并且一定要有固定的运动。要思想清洁，务要留心任何进入心灵的信息。要操练心思，务要注意并思念那些真实、可敬的人事物。
有些基督徒让属世的不敬虔思想，充满他们的心思意念。有些人似乎很消极，老是悲观地看待每件事。有些人满足于世俗的想法，有些人宁愿靠人类理性去判断行事，而不愿意把神的话语放在心中，照神的旨意行事。然而，有一些人则选择铭记神的真理在心里──凡是真实的、可敬的、公义的、清洁的、可爱的、有美名的事，都会思念。
你的生活方式透露你真正的心思意念。如果你专注于负面事物，自然就变成消极的人。如果满心不敬虔的思想，不敬虔自然成为你生活的一部分。如果以基督思想充满心思意念，你会愈来愈有基督的形像。
要拿什么填满你的心思意念，是你自己的选择。要选择专注于神崇高的真理，这些真理将使你创建荣耀神的高贵品格。
Meditate
on These Things
Finally,
brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things
are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things
are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy–meditate on these things. (Philippians 4:8)
What you think about in your unguarded
moments reflects what your mind dwells upon. What you speak about when your
guard is down is a good gauge of what is in your heart (Matt. 12:34). Your mind
needs exercise just as your physical body does. To keep your body healthy, you
must be careful what you put into it, and you must exercise regularly. To keep
your thoughts pure, you must guard what goes into your mind. To exercise your
mind, you must contemplate things that are noble and truths that stretch your
mind.
Some Christians allow the world to fill
their minds with ungodly thinking. Some people seem drawn to concentrate on the
negative, choosing to be pessimistic about everything. Some remain satisfied
with thinking of the mundane. Others fail to intentionally place Scripture in
their thoughts, choosing instead to adopt human reasoning. Others, however,
choose to expose their minds to the truths of God—to that which is true, noble,
just, pure, lovely, and good.
The things you allow your mind to dwell on
will be revealed by the way you live. If you focus on negative things, you will
inevitably be a negative person. If you allow unholy thoughts to fill your
mind, ungodliness will become common in your life. If you fill your mind with
thoughts of Christ, you will become Christlike. What you fill your mind with is
a matter of choice. Choose to concentrate on the magnificent truths of God, and
they will create in you a noble character that brings glory to God.
