Imagine filling up a glass of ice-cold water on a super hot day after running around at recess. Right before you take a big sip, somebody drops a tiny specks of dirt into your cup. Even if it’s just a little bit of mud, you wouldn’t want to drink it anymore, right? You want your water to be completely clean and pure!
Purity is just a fancy word for keeping things clean and honoring God with our whole lives. God wants us to have pure hearts, pure minds, and pure eyes because He cares so much about us. When we fill our minds with junk—like bad language, mean shows, or inappropriate pictures on the internet—it’s like throwing dirt into our clean water cup.
Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.
Living out purity starts with how we think, how we talk, and what we choose to look at every day. If you make sure to think right and talk right, it becomes so much easier to act right! That means choosing video games, movies, and YouTube videos that make God happy, and using kind words that build other people up instead of put them down.
Here’s a life hack to win at keeping a pure heart this week: practice the “look away” rule! If something pops up on a screen or pops into a conversation that feels sneaky, dirty, or wrong, turn your eyes away fast and talk to a parent right away. When we guard our hearts and guard our eyes, we stay super strong in Jesus’ amazing love!
Talk About It
- If you had to name the cleanest, purest thing in the entire world, what would it be?
- What main verse did we read about turning our eyes away from worthless things, and where is it found in the Bible?
- Parents, when you were kids, what was a show or trend that your parents helped you avoid so you could protect your heart?
- Why is it so hard to turn our eyes away when a sneaky image or bad video pops up, and how can Jesus give us courage to get help?
- What is one practical rule our family can follow to guard what we watch and listen to on our screens this week?