A New You
But be transformed
by the renewal of your mind.
Romans 12:2
God is in the life changing business. The life he wants to change is your life.
RENEWAL is a byproduct of change that comes after an action has been undertaken. Spiritual renewal is something to seek with one’s whole heart. Scripture instructs us to love God with all our heart, mind, and soul, and our neighbor as ourselves. This is a tall order. Self-focused thoughts do not lend themselves to loving others or God.
When we
-do not love well,
-do not love in sincerity,
-when we hold back,
-hide behind our issues,
-harbor anger toward God or others,
we impede a work of God.
The “love” is not producing in kind because it is not absolute love, it is more like a facsimile of love. Change is needed. What to do?
RENEWAL is a byproduct of change that comes after an action has been undertaken. Spiritual renewal is something to seek with one’s whole heart. Scripture instructs us to love God with all our heart, mind, and soul, and our neighbor as ourselves. This is a tall order. Self-focused thoughts do not lend themselves to loving others or God.
When we
-do not love well,
-do not love in sincerity,
-when we hold back,
-hide behind our issues,
-harbor anger toward God or others,
we impede a work of God.
The “love” is not producing in kind because it is not absolute love, it is more like a facsimile of love. Change is needed. What to do?
Love God. That is what it will take. Renewal of the mind is based in love for God. What if we don’t love God or feel His love? What
can we do to change its lack of liveliness and woeful emptiness? The mind and the heart must bind
together for love to be released in fullness.
No magical formula can fabricate love out of nothing. However, the more we know, grow, bond, and develop in relationship with God, the more we can know and experience His great love for us. God loves His dearly beloved children with a deep, eternal love that conquers sin and death. His love reaches and changes each person willing and open to His ministrations.
A reciprocal action is initiated when we open ourselves to God. He transfuses His character in our character. God’s presence will renew our mind, desires, and purposes, whereby He creates new life.
No magical formula can fabricate love out of nothing. However, the more we know, grow, bond, and develop in relationship with God, the more we can know and experience His great love for us. God loves His dearly beloved children with a deep, eternal love that conquers sin and death. His love reaches and changes each person willing and open to His ministrations.
A reciprocal action is initiated when we open ourselves to God. He transfuses His character in our character. God’s presence will renew our mind, desires, and purposes, whereby He creates new life.
Ask for God’s love. Claim His promises.
Try this. It is radical. Offer yourself to God with no holds barred. As a result, a new work in you unfolds. The mind thinks in a way that exhibits the Source of its considerations.
Try this. It is radical. Offer yourself to God with no holds barred. As a result, a new work in you unfolds. The mind thinks in a way that exhibits the Source of its considerations.
Dear Father God, You are all I want. I give to you my mind that you may renew it, my heart that you
may grow it, my soul that you may transform it.
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