I listened to a sermon recently from one of my favorite pastors, Bill Johnson, on the transformed mind. I have heard about the transformed mind so many times, but the way he put it in this particular message allowed its magnificence to hit me with fresh conviction. I've found that growing up in a Christian home, that's what I am most in need of: fresh revelation on the most foundational truths of our faith. Truths like: Jesus loves me. I am an ambassador of Christ reconciling the world to Him and not counting their sins against them. Nothing in all of creation can separate me from the love of Christ. And without faith it is impossible to please God. I will never, no never outgrow these truths. I will always be in need of a personal revival of some sort. My heart is prone to forgetfulness and coldness where there ought to be the eager retelling of all God has done for me, and a blazing burning in my chest for my purpose on the earth. The lukewarm heart is such a bore! The Transformed … [Read more...]
Setting Our Minds on things Above
I had one of those moments today where one minute I was completely immersed in a podcast, mentally assuming glorious heights with Jesus, just to come toppling all the way back down to earth by a depressing visit to a shopping store where nothing fit correctly. Do you ever have moments like that? I am always amazed at my capacity to completely disregard whatever amazing soul work the Lord is doing at the slightest shift in my transient, physical nature. Setting Our Minds on things Above A couple of months ago, I started studying Eve. I had no idea why at the time, but it ended up being a God-thing. As most things in life are, I am finding. Perusing verses over her life, I realized how in the New Testament, the most defining factor about Eve is that she was deceived. In 2 Corinthians 11:3, Paul says; "But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ." And later in 1 Timothy … [Read more...]
Changing the Way You Think
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. - Romans 12:2 There are many ways that we can dig into this Scripture. It really is a meaty bit of Word. However, we will stick to the "transformation" portion. You see, God has such a great plan for our lives. He wants to bring each of His children to their full capacities. However, He can only do that when we leave our worldly thinking behind, and allow Him to transform us by changing the way we think. The cool thing about our Daddy God though, is that He is the perfect gentleman. He will not force us, or drag us into His will kicking and screaming. We must come to Him, and let Him to work in us. We must submit to His will and read His Word, so that we can renew our minds. Sadly, this world goes against everything our King stands for, so the ONLY way we can truly … [Read more...]
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