Thinking on Higher Thoughts

Here's a verse I memorized today:
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, my Brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything is worthy to be praised, dwell on these things."

God is showing me just how much my thought life is critical to how I act and what I desire. If I fill my mind with things that are the antithesis of what is good, then obviously I cannot expect good to result. I must stand for what is right and filter out the garbage that most media saturates my mind with. As Phil. 4:8 says I need to keep my mind on God’s word and what is worthy of praise. The one thing that has brought me much peace is that I can hand my worries over to God, which was a helpful thing one should know in keeping at peace in such a high stress and fast moving world. In order to keep my mind re-focused on God at the beginning and end of each day I want to attempt with God's help to write out a single verse from my Bible reading at the beginning of each day to meditate on and hopefully memorize. Secondly I want to look back on each day giving five points of praise and thanksgiving to God no matter how difficult the day may have been. So here I go:
1. I am thankful for God speaking to me through the book Good to Great
2. I praise and thank God for the 99/100 on my P. Chem Test
3. I thank God for Kellie with all of her love and kindness, as well as her encouragement and friendship.
4. I thank God for helping me during my Thermo Test today
5. I praise God for helping me put the finishing touches on my first music album