1) Do not be conformed to the world - We cannot be fashioned, shaped or follow the patterns of the world
2) Be Transformed - Transform means to change into another form (eg. a caterpillar changing to a butterfly). We all need to be transformed into the likeness of Christ.
3) Renewing your mind - Transformation takes place as our minds are renewed. Change always starts in the mind. Renewing means to make new (remove the old and put on the new), renovate (remove the unwanted and put on the new)
4) Power of Your Thoughts (Pro.23:7) - You become what you think. Character is the result of your thoughts. The way you think will affect the way you feel and what you do. Your destiny is linked to how you think.
5) How to Renew your Mind? - 4 powerful principles that will revolutionize your life
Meditate on God’s Word
Influences to watch
Negatives to get rid
Determination to keep changing and improving
a) Meditate on God’s Word
Get the Word into your mind. Saturate your mind with God’s Word. God’s Word is the agent of transformation. God’s Word has the power to renew our minds
Jos.1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Principle of Sowing and Reaping
Gal.6:7.8 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
Laws of sowing and reaping
· You reap what you sow
· You reap more than you sow
· If you are not reaping, you have not sown
· You reap at the appointed time. Sowing and reaping is a process.It is God that causes you to reap
Thought > Action > Habit > Attitude > Character > Destiny > Eternity
Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap an attitude. Sow an attitude, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny. Sow a destiny, reap an eternity
· You reap what you sow
· You reap more than you sow
· If you are not reaping, you have not sown
· You reap at the appointed time. Sowing and reaping is a process.It is God that causes you to reap
Thought > Action > Habit > Attitude > Character > Destiny > Eternity
Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap an attitude. Sow an attitude, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny. Sow a destiny, reap an eternity
b) Influences to watch
Ps.1:1; Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Watch what you see, what you hear and who you are mixing with. We are here to influence the world but we cannot allow the world to influence us
c) Negatives to get rid
Eph.4:22-24 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Guard your thoughts. The old must go, the new must come. Put off the old, get rid of every thought that is against God’s Word or negative. Put on the new. Put on God’s Word, put on good thoughts
How do you get rid of negative thoughts?
· Confess and ask God for forgiveness (1 Jn.1:9)
· Yield your life to God (Rom.12:1)
· Release your negative thoughts to God in prayer (Phil.4:6,7; 1 Pet.5:7)
· Be on guard.
· You may need to change your environment (Ps.1:1)
· Set your mind on God’s Word. (Col.3:2)
· Have a Daily Devotion – prayer and God’s Word (Jos.1:8)
· Be committed to Church (Heb.10:24,25)
d) Determination to keep changing and improving
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth (Col.3:2) Put on the mind of Christ (Phil.2:5). There must be a determination to keep changing and improving. This involves daily decisions, continual evaluation and a yieldedness to God. Our goal is to become like Christ and walk in His will
Phil.4:8,9 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
To be like Christ is to think the way He would think in every situation. Renewal brings revival.
Ps.1:1; Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Watch what you see, what you hear and who you are mixing with. We are here to influence the world but we cannot allow the world to influence us
c) Negatives to get rid
Eph.4:22-24 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Guard your thoughts. The old must go, the new must come. Put off the old, get rid of every thought that is against God’s Word or negative. Put on the new. Put on God’s Word, put on good thoughts
How do you get rid of negative thoughts?
· Confess and ask God for forgiveness (1 Jn.1:9)
· Yield your life to God (Rom.12:1)
· Release your negative thoughts to God in prayer (Phil.4:6,7; 1 Pet.5:7)
· Be on guard.
· You may need to change your environment (Ps.1:1)
· Set your mind on God’s Word. (Col.3:2)
· Have a Daily Devotion – prayer and God’s Word (Jos.1:8)
· Be committed to Church (Heb.10:24,25)
d) Determination to keep changing and improving
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth (Col.3:2) Put on the mind of Christ (Phil.2:5). There must be a determination to keep changing and improving. This involves daily decisions, continual evaluation and a yieldedness to God. Our goal is to become like Christ and walk in His will
Phil.4:8,9 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
To be like Christ is to think the way He would think in every situation. Renewal brings revival.
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