JESUS HAS WONTHE BATTLE IS OVER
THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION
HOLY SPIRIT IS SENT TO HELP USTO BE, TO WILL & TO DO
5 DON’T LIVE UNDER THE CONTROL OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT
YOUR SINFUL NATURE WANTS. LIVE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT THE SPIRIT WANTS.6 THE WAY A SINFUL PERSON THINKS LEADS TO DEATH. BUT THE MIND CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT BRINGS
LIFE AND PEACE. 7 THE SINFUL MIND IS AT WAR WITH GOD. IT DOES NOT OBEY GOD’S LAW. IT CAN’T. (ROM
8:5-7)
NEW MINDSET
YOUR THOUGHTS – YOUR DESTINY
“FOR AS HE THINKETH IN HIS HEART, SO IS HE.” -PROV 23:7
“GUARD YOUR HEART ABOVE ALL ELSE, FOR IT DETERMINES THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE.”
- PROV 4:23
“WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS FOR THEY BECOME WORDS. WATCH YOUR WORDS FOR THEY BECOME
ACTIONS. WATCH YOUR ACTIONS FOR THEY BECOME HABITS. WATCH YOUR HABITS FOR THEY BECOME YOUR CHARACTER. AND WATCH YOUR CHARACTER
FOR IT WILL BECOME YOUR DESTINY!”
~ MARGARET THATCHER
TO THINK(Change of Mind)
TO DO(Change of Behavior)
TO BE(Change of Character)
TO HAVE(Change of Result)
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
METANOIAMETA = ABOVE, BEYOND
NOIA = THOUGHTS, MINDS
TO TRANSFORM ONE’S MIND/HEART.
GOD (NEW)Thought
World (OLD)Thought
DEATH(Rom 8:5-8)
LIFE & PEACE(Rom 8:5-8)
OLD LIFE(Eph 4:22-24)
(Col 3:5-9)
NEW LIFE(Eph 4:22-24)(Col 3:12-14)
TO THINK(Change of Mind)
TO DO(Change of Behavior)
TO BE(Change of Character)
TO HAVE(Change of Result)
HOW TO METANOIA?
LOOK UNTO JESUS
LET US FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH... HEB 2:2
27 JOHN REPLIED, “A PERSON CAN RECEIVE ONLY WHAT IS GIVEN THEM FROM HEAVEN…HE MUST BECOME GREATER; I MUST
BECOME LESS.” JOHN 3:30
LESS ABOUT ME & MORE ABOUT JESUS.
FILL YOUR MIND WITH THE WORDBUT EVIL PEOPLE AND IMPOSTORS WILL FLOURISH. THEY WILL
DECEIVE OTHERS AND WILL THEMSELVES BE DECEIVED.BUT YOU MUST REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT…ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY GOD AND IS
USEFUL TO TEACH US WHAT IS TRUE AND TO MAKE US REALIZE WHAT IS WRONG IN OUR LIVES. IT CORRECTS US WHEN WE ARE WRONG AND TEACHES US TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. 17 GOD USES IT TO PREPARE AND EQUIP HIS PEOPLE TO DO EVERY GOOD WORK.
2 TIM 3:13-17
BE INTENTIONAL WITH THE WORD
LIVE IN OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD DAILY
FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL BUT MIGHTY IN GOD FOR PULLING
DOWN STRONGHOLDS, CASTING DOWN ARGUMENTS AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT
EXALTS ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO
CAPTIVITY TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST – 2 COR 10:4-5
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FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH DO MIND THE THINGS OF THE FLESH; BUT THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE SPIRIT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. FOR TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH; BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS
LIFE AND PEACE. ROM. 8:5-8