Change starts in your mind. Change starts in your thoughts. God cares about your mind. He is truly clear that our thoughts are both visible and important to Him.
Romans 12:2 (TEV) “Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind.”
You need to conform and be transformed. You are going to be different by allowing God to transform your mind. You need to rethink your life.
“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. THEN you can see God in the outside world.” Matthew 5:8 (MSG)
Any change you want to make in your life starts in the inside, in your mind. The way you think.
Ephesians 4:23 (NLT) “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes”
What you think, you are. The renewal of your mind is related to the word “repentance.” Repent” simply means to make a mental U-turn. It’s something you do in your mind, not with your behaviour. Changing the way you think will then affect your emotions and your behaviour. I turn from purposelessness to purpose in life. I turn from no hope to new hope. I turn from frustration to freedom. I turn from darkness to light!
Replace self-focused thinking with a God-focused mindset.
Philippians 4:8-9 (MSG) “ Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.”
Psalm 19:14(NLT) “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart (mind) be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer”