Religion & Spirituality
RENEW YOUR MIND Reset Scott Young.com – Pastor Of Hope Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2 Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. - Colossians 3:2 AMP HOW TO RENEW YOUR MIND 1. Surrendered Your Feelings I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. – Romans 12:1 2. Recognize God’s Will Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2 3. Choose To Be Transformed Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2 RENEWAL RECALIBRATES RELATIONSHIPS For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. – Romans 12:3 For as in one body we have many members …5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. – Romans 12:4 1. Renewed Thoughts About Jesus And he [Paul] said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. – Acts 9:5 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ. - Philippians 3:8 2. Renewed Thoughts About People You Don’t Like They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I [Paul] have lived as a Pharisee. – Acts 26:5 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. - 1 Timothy 2:7 3. Renewed Thoughts About Lost Friends Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark. 38 But Paul thought best not to take with them one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. – Acts 15:37 Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. - 2 Timothy 4: