"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
-Romans 12:2
The whole mental filter idea started with this scripture. The only way to renew our minds is to let go of the filters we've collected throughout our life. Otherwise, the filters slow or prevent God's pleasing and perfect will from getting into our minds.
"Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."
-Mark 10:15
There is purity in the minds of children that we, as adults, lose. It's because we start collecting mental filters that prevent God's love from entering our mind and eventually into our heart. So why does it matter? Because God wants His love to pour through us so we can give it back to others.
"Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these."
-John 14:12
Our mental filters prevent us from allowing God's love to flow through us. We literally hold ourselves back from expressing God's love to others because of our own thoughts and beliefs.
Check out the video below which illustrates how our mental filters slow God's love from pouring into us.
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