The "I Wills" of Virtue
- I will do what is right and encourage others to do the same.
- I will guard my eyes, ears, words and thoughts.
- I will learn to stand alone.
- I will abstain from anything which might damage or pollute my mind or body.
- I will treat others as I would want them to treat me.
- A parent establishing a standard of moral conduct in the family and upholding it by example.
- A parent teaching children to make wise choices about friends, music, and clothing.
- Family members dressing modestly, inside and outside the home.
- Family members filling their minds with God-honoring music and good influences.
- It establishes the practice of tolerating evil to enjoy some good.
- Its amusement format lowers their resistance to evil.
- It provides constant access to the world's system and its false concepts.
- It deadens their conscience by providing comparison with new lows of immorality.
- It allows them to relate to evil individuals whom you would otherwise never allow into your home.
- It devours one of their most precious resources: Time.
- It stifles creativity by deadening their responses to conscience and Scripture.
- It ultimately makes them an enemy of God.
