Where's Your Head At?

Introduction

Talk about the current political climate and society’s divide

Talk about how easy it is to be distracted right now and focus on negativity and pessimism

Body

Read Philippians 4:8-9

Talk about the virtues and how we are to be guarding our mind not just our bodies from the evils and discouragement of this world.

Talk about the Pandemic and how we are being presented with options and threats that must be considered and dealt with

Talk about how everyone right now is fully aware of regulations and why we have the regulations and boundaries. Discuss further how we should also have boundaries like this for our mind and our spirit.

Discuss the six virtues

True

Noble

Just

Pure

Lovely

Good Report (Admirable)

Discuss how Paul’s use of virtue and praiseworthy qualifies the previous six qualities.

Talk also about how these all point to Christ and how Christ would be the unique fulfillment of all six of these qualities.

Furthermore, those that live in Christ would also fulfill these qualities and with Him as our standard this is what we should be striving for.

Talk about how the world both in Paul’s day and now have virtues or standards of excellence that it strives for.

Discuss further how as Christians we should not use our salvation and promised inheritance to be lazy or undisciplined, rather we should be ever more so considering the example and condition of Christ.

Conclusion

Mention the story with dad about “the objective of the conversation”

Discuss how we can approach not only our actions, but also our thoughts under such a motive and question.

Finish with a charge and imploring to seek peace with intention and purpose rather than waiting for it to land in our laps