Week 7 – Excellent

Week 7 – Excellent

I can’t believe it’s already week seven! Since it’s been a while, let’s take one last look at the full verse we have been dissecting over the last several weeks:  “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is 

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Week 6 – Admirable

Week 6 – Admirable

Think for a minute—who do you admire? What is it about that person that makes them the object of your admiration? We admire people for many reasons. We admire hardworking people who are successful in their careers. We admire those who are confident enough to 

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Week 5 – Lovely

Week 5 – Lovely

A brilliant sunrise. A majestic mountain peak. A rushing, sparkling waterfall. These are all things we consider to be lovely. What makes them so? Lovely things are those which are pleasing to our senses. They result in feelings of pleasure rather than discomfort. They cause 

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Week 4 – Pure

Week 4 – Pure

How much stuff do we thoughtlessly allow into our hearts and minds? Every day we are bombarded with thousands of ideas from advertisements, friends, and social media. Some of these are good things and some, well, not so much. Is it even possible to keep 

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Week 3 – Right

Week 3 – Right

The third thing Paul instructs us to think about are things which are “right”. There are a few ways we can interpret this word. We can look at it as something that is correct or factual. We can think of it in terms of morality 

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Week 2 – Noble

Week 2 – Noble

When I first started to take a look at the word “noble” in terms of our challenge, I was a bit perplexed. The word for me conjures up images of nobility or royalty which, while interesting to think about, isn’t terribly helpful when it comes 

Week 1 – True

Week 1 – True

Welcome to week one of the 7-Week Thoughts Challenge! This week we are focusing on the first attribute listed in Philippians 4:8 – True. “True” describes something which is not false (the most obvious definition). “True” means something is real, and not merely assumed or 

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