Vivification involves filling ourselves with a renewed way of thinking, based on ultimate realities—those things that stir up our love, gratitude, and affections for Jesus—while getting our minds off the nagging, noisy combination of sound bites, bad advice, rumors, old wives’ tales, trivia, others’ opinions, devilish accusations, breaking news, and all the unholy influences we allow to rattle around in our brains all day, from beer commercials and movie trailers to temporary worries and a whole carousel of covetous desires.
