filter the thoughts that enter our minds and to purge the negative ones that are already there. Christians are often anxious over the fleeting thoughts that pop into their heads with no warning. They wonder how they possibly could have had such a thought. They start to feel guilty and dirty, as if the experience of the thought were itself a sin. The fact is that, in most cases, we cannot prevent a specific thought from entering our mind. All we can do is to manage it once it’s in there. If it’s a