How we think.......

Romans 12:2b says “Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

The mind plays a vital part of who we are, how we think and what we believe. When the Bible speaks about renewing our mind, I don’t believe it’s speaking about someone else trying to ‘control’ how you think, behave or what you say. We are not created to be experiments like Pavlov’s theory but we were created to worship the living God…… and worship Him in spirit and truth. God has given each of us gifts – some more than others. 

We need to learn how to celebrate our own gifts as well as the gifts given to others for example, some preachers lead churches of tens of thousands while others lead churches with less than 50 people. Whatever the case, there is no need to panic or feel insecure. Let us rejoice and be glad because Christ is coming back for His bride. 

Too often, we try and hinder people or try and stop them from operating in their God-given gifts. Gods’ ways are much higher than ours and His thoughts are far greater and purer than ours. Renewed thinking comes from saturating ourselves in the word of God. So many of life’s experiences can be found in the Bible and what better Father, guide, counselor, vindicator do we have than God Himself.

When all is said and done, all Christians want to be with our eternal Lord and Saviour forever.

Philippians 2:5 - 11

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

By Molly Manhanga