Your steps follow what you think. Consider that which is honorable, true, pleasing, and commendable.
In your mind, you choose the path of life or death? Of hope or hatred?
I give you choice. Freedom.
Love forced is not genuine love. I allow you to direct your mind and your decisions.
When you choose to love me, it comes freely. Not forced by me.
This love is rich and deep and holy. I want such love for my children.
Choose my love, my child, in the freedom and life I give.
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
Philippians 4:8-9 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. All rights reserved.
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
