Title

A Pure Mind Makes a Pure Life

Scripture
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
(Titus 1:15)
Devotional
If you have pure thoughts, you will experience pure deeds. All sin begins in the mind. There is no such thing as reflex sin. If you hit your thumb with a hammer and explicit language comes forth, it is because it was present. An indiscretion of the tongue begins with an indiscretion of the mind. The vulgarity of language is only coarse to the vulgar mind. A pure heart and mind can purify the grossest of words. Nevertheless, even the purest of words are polluted by the unbelieving and defiled mind. Actions truly speak louder than words. It is not so much what a person says as what a person does. Even what a person does is measured by what God sees, not by what man sees. Remember, man looks at the outward, but God looks at the heart. Therefore, if your thoughts are pure and your conscience clear your actions will follow suit.
Thought For The Night
“You need only ask at night before you go to bed, ‘What did I do to Jesus today? What did I do for Jesus today? What did I do with Jesus today?’ You have only to look at your hands. This is the best examination of conscience.”
Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), (1910-1997), founder of Missionaries of Charity
 
Evening Text
Titus 1:15: To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.
Looking for Answers
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Pure”: Those who have been redeemed by Christ—For there is no purity outside of Him.
 
Referencing: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God,” Matthew 5:8.
 
Applying: “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.