HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE YOU SEEN, HEARD, OR PLAYED?

Top Ten Movies 4/28/2006 - 4/30/2006 RV, $16.4 mil United 93, $11.6 mil Stick It, $11.3 mil Silent Hill, $9.3 mil Scary Movie 4, $7.8 mil The Sentinel, $7.6 mil Ice Age: The Meltdown, $7.1 mil Akeelah and the Bee, $6.3 mil The Wild, $4.7 mil Benchwarmers, $4.4 mil Source: Nielsen EDI   Top Ten Video Game Rentals Hitman: Blood Money (Xbox 360) Tomb Raider: Legend (Xbox 360) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS) Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PS2) Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Xbox 360) Kingdom Hearts II (PS2) 2006 FIFA World Cup (Xbox 360) X-Men: The Official Game (Xbox 360) Tomb Raider: Legend (PS2) Far Cry Instincts: Predator (Xbox 360) GameFly - Week Ending: 5/1/2006     TRL Top Ten   4/24/06 - 4/28/06 Mariah Carey - Say Somethin' Fort Minor - Where'd You Go Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles A Little More 'Touch Me' Rihanna - SOS The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Missy Elliott - We Run This Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me Sean Paul - Temperature The Pussycat Dolls - Buttons As Voted on by viewers of MTV's TRL Top Ten Songs (Radio Airplay)   CHR/Pop songs Sean Paul - Temperature Rihanna - SOS Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten Shakira - Hips Don't Lie Mary J. Blige - Be Without You Daniel Powter - Bad Day Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away James Blunt - You're Beautiful Staind - Right Here Cascada - Everytime We Touch Source: Radio & Records Magazine Week Ending 4/28/2006 Launch.com Top 10 Streaming Music Videos   5/2/2006 Shakira - Hips Don't Lie Sean Paul - Temperature Rascal Flatts - What Hurts the Most Rihanna - SOS Lil' Romeo - U Can't Shine Like Me Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies T.I. - What You Know? Pink - Stupid Girls Chamillionaire - Ridin' Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (Fans Only Version) As Viewed on Launch: Music on Yahoo!

Top Ten TV Shows rank TV Program Audience (in millions) 1.       American Idol - Tuesday (Fox) 28.7 2. American Idol - Wednesday (Fox) 28.3 3. CSI (CBS) 27.4 4. House (Fox) 24.5 5. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 21.3 6. Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 20.8 7. CSI: Miami (CBS) 18.7 8. Without a Trace (CBS) 17.9 9. Survivor: Panama -Exile Island (CBS) 17.1 10. Deal or No Deal (NBC) 15.6 Neilsen Media Research 4/24/06 - 4/30/06   Top Ten Albums Godsmack - IV Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Avant - Director Rihanna - A Girl Like Me Rascal Flatts - Me and My Gang Various Artists - Disney's High School Musical Soundtrack Various Artists - NOW! 21 Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In Andrea Bocelli - Amore Billboard Magazine, Issue Date: 5/13/2006     Top Ten Song Downloads  Rihanna - SOS Daniel Powter - Bad Day Nick Lachey - What's Left of Me Sean Paul - Temperature Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone - Ridin' LL Cool J & Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice All-American Rejects - Move Along The Fray - Over My Head Source: i-Tunes, 5/1/06   Lycos Top Ten Poker Prom Hairstyles Paris Hilton Pamela Anderson Britney Spears NFL Pokemon WWE Jennifer Lopez Anna Kournikova Source: http://50.lycos.com  Week Ending 4/29/2006

hot list chart courtesy cpyu.org, 05/01/06

Living by the Spirit's Power

¹⁶So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won't be doing what your sinful nature craves. ¹⁷The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict. ¹⁸But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law. ¹⁹When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure,

HOW DOES TODAY'S SCRIPTURE CONNECT TO THE MEDIA IN TODAY'S CULTURE?

In today's passage, Paul gets real specific with sensual sins.  OUCH!

Every one of us struggle with evil desires.  We can't ignore them.  Most of them won't be noticed by others, but we all know that deep down, there's some pretty ungodly stuff being tossed around.

Paul says that if we're not letting the Holy Spirit control every part of our lives, our sinful nature is going to produce some sinful desires and result in evil.

You may not be sexually active, but if you allow your mind to be continually filled with impure values, doesn't it seem logical that in time you could become eager for lustful pleasures?  Will you then have the strength to say no to sexual immorality?

If we allow the Holy Spirit to control our minds,  we will experience God's power to make Godly choices about what goes into our minds and hearts.  If we don't, would we want anyone to see our TOP TEN thoughts?

• Read today's passage again, slowly and out loud.  New thoughts?
• For one week, keep a written journal of what goes into your mind.... like your choices in movies, TV shows, magazines, music, video games, the internet, and obvious Godly stuff like...time in the Word and prayer, worship, Bible studies at church or with friends at school, a Christian book, etc.  At the end of the week, evaulate which is having the greatest impact on your mind?
• Memorize Galatians 5:16.

Daily Devos is published Monday through Friday. Archives can be found at YFC.ORG.  Its purpose is to help you apply truths from God's Word every day.

Our writer, Byron Emmert, has been involved with Youth For Christ for 30 years. He's served as Campus Life Staff, as a writer, and in leadership for the DCLA Conferences. Byron is married to Linda and their family includes two married sons and daughters-in-law, and a daughter in college.  He loves sports, deep dish pizza, and spending time with his family.