Whatever things are Noble

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about such things.

I will never leave you alone about the issue of "what you think about". You know why? Because it can make or break you!
I was reading an article in Joyce Meyer's magazine this morning. It said that our thoughts have actual physical structure and that whenever we think good thoughts our minds are bathed in a good chemical and when we think bad thoughts our minds are bathed in a bad chemical. The article said that medical science has proven that almost all illness originates from our thought life! Amazing! Didn't God say that a long time ago though?
In Proverbs it says,
A merry heart does good like a medicine but a broken spirit dries the bones!

God is so good, how does He know all this stuff? :) (you know I am kidding right?)

2 Corinthians 10:5 ... We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

We have to take our thoughts captive! We have to cast down the bad thoughts and replace them with the truth. We have to literally fill our minds with whatever is good, true, and wholesome!
When we watch television or listen to music, we have to be careful what we let in! Because what goes in will come out! If you feed fear in, then you will have fear. If you feed curse words in, they will eventually come out! But what if we only watched wholesome shows and we filled our minds with music and books that give God glory? We would be so full of God that we would be overflowing! We might even start to think more positively!
Matthew 12:34
...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Proverbs 23:7
For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he...
By the way, you can get Joyce Meyer's magazine for free by going on her website and signing up for it. The website is http://www.joycemeyerministries.org/. It is packed with great information.