Hey Friends,
I’ve been teaching lately on the renewing of your mind.
This concept is taken from Romans 12:2
- Do not conform any longer 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.
Friend, if you knew what God’s perfect will was for your life, would you do it?
What if you don’t know what that will is?
You don’t want to get to heaven and find out you had an assignment on earth that you never knew about!
The only way you’re going to know what God’s full will is for your life is if you begin to renew your mind. You see if you’ve given your life to Jesus Christ then your spirit is brand new. The problem is you still have your old brain and body. So although Jesus has done a complete work in your spirit He has left some work for you to do:
You are responsible to renew your mind.
If you don’t do it, nobody else will.
Realize though the benefit: if you renew your mind you will be transformed. The word “transformed” there comes from the same Greek word where we get metamorphosis. So imagine a caterpillar being changed into a butterfly. God’s will for your life is that you be more like a butterfly than a caterpillar.
If you’re walking around this life with an un-renewed mind you are more like a worm,
a caterpillar
than what you are supposed to be like:
a butterfly.
Spend time reading God’s word.
Listen to some good teaching about who you have become now that Jesus lives in your heart.
I’ve shared about this several times in our teaching at church.
Take some time and listen on our church website. I believe you’ll be blessed.
Love ya
Joe
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Joseph Barlow 
Today,so many of our brothers and sisters in christ has fallen because we are to worried about our cars,money,clothes,hair,shoes,and houses instead of worriying about being ready for jesus to come back.
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“You are responsible to renew your mind.If you don’t do it, nobody else will.”If you think of renewing your mind like reprogramming, ACTUALLY if you don’t do it everyone ELSE will and you’ll be full of stinkin’ thinkin’. Lots of thoughts and beliefs, no idea why you believe that way.Good post!!
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Great post, Pastor Joe. This is definitely material for “chewing” on repeatedly!
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See John 5:39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.The Holy Spirit is your best teacher.
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But don’t you agree that fostering intimacy with Him is what will generate the renewing of our minds?
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Sam,You’re right on. We won’t be ready for God’s ultimate will for our lives if we don’t pay attention to mind renewal.
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Do you think that some Christians spend so much time trying to find out God’s will for their lives in terms of the job they should hold or the place they should live, that it actually becomes a distraction from the foundational will of God – to be conformed into the image of His Son? I have met many Christians who are struggling to figure out what job they should hold and have no concern about addressing personal issues that actually keep them from growing in their relationship with God. Its as if they have lost the simple truth that we were created to be loved by God and to love Him. They are captivated not by His love but by His “will” for their lives.
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