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Renewing Your Mind

~ I pray that after today’s time, your mind is clear and focused on truth, and that your emotions and actions are marked by abundant life as a result.

Your mind is the battleground on which the war for your emotions, purpose, effectiveness, and fullness of life is won or lost. It’s your mind that is attacked daily by the enemy. It’s your mind that the world is trying to influence for its own benefit. And it’s your mind that the Lord desires to renew daily in order for you to live in abundant relationship with Him.

• If the mind truly is a battleground, how do you come out the winner?
• How do you come out victorious over Satan and his schemes?

Scripture says clearly that to achieve victory over your mind it must be continually renewed by the power of God’s Word.

Romans 12:2 states:

“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.”

God puts conforming to the world and being transformed by the renewal of your mind in opposition. There is no grey area. Your mind is either being won for the kingdom of God or lost to the world. You are either thinking pleasing thoughts to God or not. You are either experiencing the abundant life Jesus made available to you or not.

For a long time, the idea of renewing my mind felt exhausting. Honestly, reading the Bible was incredibly boring for me. But I discovered that the Bible is only as life-giving to me as I am willing to be transformed by it. Until we actually sit down, open our hearts, and allow ourselves to be transformed by God’s Word, we will never experience the life that comes from victory in our minds. The thoughts that plague you — the thoughts that rob you of freedom, peace, and joy — will never leave you until you allow your mind to be renewed by God’s Word.

To ignore the war being waged around us is to lose the war. Our enemy longs for us to become complacent against his attacks. He longs for us to believe sinful thoughts, wrongful attitudes and lies are just a part of life on earth. He knows he has no power against the ability of God’s Word to transform us.

So, how do you renew your mind?

Philippians 4:8 says:

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”

Set your thoughts on the things of God. Begin every day by setting your mind on the wonderful character of the living God and your new identity in Christ. If you will allow God’s Word to be the foundation of your thought life by spending your first moments meditating on Scripture, the battle for your mind will be won for the Kingdom. The negative thoughts and insecurities you face daily will flee from you in the glorious light of God’s Truth. That’s God’s promise for you today and every day.

Take time today to meditate on Scripture and experience the transformative power of grace over your thoughts as you enter into prayer.



God’s Word is truer than how you feel, and if you will align your life with the truth of Scripture it will begin to powerfully affect your emotions. Emotions are the result of the way we think. We feel loved because we believe we are loved. We feel joy because we believe there is cause for joy. In the same way, when we believe a lie from the enemy our emotions are powerfully impacted. When we believe we’ll never get victory over a sin, that no one loves us, or that we’re not good enough, our lives begin to bear the fruit of those lies. But there is power when we root ourselves in the Word of God. Transcendent joy and peace come when we establish God’s Word as our basis for truth. May your day be marked by a new freedom as the result of renewing your mind.
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~ based upon an article by: First 15

https://www.first15.org/devotionals/renewing-your-mind-2024/






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