Renew Your Mind
Yesterday the Lord spoke to me and said that the battle is won or lost in the mind, so let’s talk about that today.
When we are born again, our spirit man is a new man, a new creation, a new species of being that never existed before. We are brand new. The Word of God tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17 that we are new creatures; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. How is that possible? The blood of Jesus has purged, cleansed us from sin, sickness and disease, poverty, fear, doubt. The slate has been wiped clean. All of your past is washed away, clean. Hebrews 1:3 and 10:1,2 tell us that we have been cleansed of our sin. And of course, that also means that we are cleansed of all the results of that sin.
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrews 10:1-2
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
We also see from these scriptures that we are cleansed of consciousness of sins by the blood of Jesus. We are to be righteousness conscious. What does that mean? We are to be thinking on and aware at all times of the blood of Jesus and what His blood has done and is continually doing for us. We are to be thankful for what He has done and see Him helping us to stay pure. What we think on is what we become. The Bible tells us that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Where people have the challenge is in their minds, which they themselves must renew by the Word of God to become conformed to His way of thinking. That is something you and I do by choice. We must, on purpose decide to think as God thinks. And how do we discover how He thinks? We read, confess, speak, think on what His Word has to say about situations and circumstances. His Word is the expression of the way God thinks. And the way God thinks is pure, honest, just, true, of a good report. He always sees the best and thinks the best of every person and situation. He is our model; we are to follow Him.
Ephes. 4:23 Amplified Bible
And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Kenneth Copeland, on his broadcast last week on the compassion of God made this statement and it is so true: “Living off the past through thoughts and words of fear shapes the future to repeat the past.” In other words, when we rehearse what has happened in the past that is negative and questioning, it repeats itself over and over. Why, God? becomes a pattern of thought instead of the Word replacing that thought pattern. We all have thought patterns that satan wants to perpetuate in our lives. Only the Word of God spoken out loud can cancel that thought. The Word of God is a noise cancelling device to shut up the noise satan makes in your ear constantly. Regardless of what it looks like, don’t submit to the thoughts that are contrary to God’s thoughts, which are spelled out in His Word.
When we are born again, our spirit man is a new man, a new creation, a new species of being that never existed before. We are brand new. The Word of God tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17 that we are new creatures; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. How is that possible? The blood of Jesus has purged, cleansed us from sin, sickness and disease, poverty, fear, doubt. The slate has been wiped clean. All of your past is washed away, clean. Hebrews 1:3 and 10:1,2 tell us that we have been cleansed of our sin. And of course, that also means that we are cleansed of all the results of that sin.
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrews 10:1-2
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
We also see from these scriptures that we are cleansed of consciousness of sins by the blood of Jesus. We are to be righteousness conscious. What does that mean? We are to be thinking on and aware at all times of the blood of Jesus and what His blood has done and is continually doing for us. We are to be thankful for what He has done and see Him helping us to stay pure. What we think on is what we become. The Bible tells us that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Where people have the challenge is in their minds, which they themselves must renew by the Word of God to become conformed to His way of thinking. That is something you and I do by choice. We must, on purpose decide to think as God thinks. And how do we discover how He thinks? We read, confess, speak, think on what His Word has to say about situations and circumstances. His Word is the expression of the way God thinks. And the way God thinks is pure, honest, just, true, of a good report. He always sees the best and thinks the best of every person and situation. He is our model; we are to follow Him.
Ephes. 4:23 Amplified Bible
And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude],
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Kenneth Copeland, on his broadcast last week on the compassion of God made this statement and it is so true: “Living off the past through thoughts and words of fear shapes the future to repeat the past.” In other words, when we rehearse what has happened in the past that is negative and questioning, it repeats itself over and over. Why, God? becomes a pattern of thought instead of the Word replacing that thought pattern. We all have thought patterns that satan wants to perpetuate in our lives. Only the Word of God spoken out loud can cancel that thought. The Word of God is a noise cancelling device to shut up the noise satan makes in your ear constantly. Regardless of what it looks like, don’t submit to the thoughts that are contrary to God’s thoughts, which are spelled out in His Word.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 6:43 AM
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