Pastor, teacher, and author, Adrian Rogers has introduced people all over the world to the love of Jesus Christ,

and it's impacted untold numbers of lives by presenting profound truth, simply stated.

Thanks for joining us for this message. Here's Adrian Rogers.

Take God's word and turn to the book of Psalms, the heart of the Bible, and Psalm 119, which is the great

Psalm on the Word of God. And in a moment we're going to begin reading in verse 9. The subject

is on how to control your thought life. And you know that we live in a world that has gone wild.

And the problem primarily is the thought life.

If you think back when God destroyed the first civilization with the flood,

the reason that he did it was because of the thought life,

the thoughts of men's hearts, the imagination of men's hearts

was evil continually before the Lord. Sometime back, U.S. News and World Report had an alarming

issue. Matter of fact, I saved the issue. On the front of that issue was a picture of a youngster. He looked like

he's in his early teens, maybe 13. He's in his blue jeans. He has a pullover t-shirt. He has a

tape player and he has earphones on. And caption asked this question this is on the front cover

do you know what your children are listening to now this is not in a religious journal this is

news and world report and here's some of the things that that article said in this secular magazine.

Day and night, America's youth, are enticed by electronic visions of a world so violent,

sensual and narcotic, that childhood itself seems to be under siege.

The pleasures pervade to the young today through records, television, videos, and films

are so provocative that parents are in an uproar.

Psychologists are warning of dire consequences.

Entertainment producers are fearful of threats to free speech, and politicians

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