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How Renewing Your Mind Will Transform Your Life
It is the way to living in a whole new kind of freedom
“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, NLT
Years ago, when I first became a Christian, I found myself in a lot of awkward situations. My life changed quite a bit in the first few years of my new faith. There were many times when I would be around old friends but realize their influence was counter to the things God had called me into.
It wasn’t just about following random rules that I read in the Bible either. I started to notice that I would have these knee-jerk reactions to things I used to think were normal. On several occasions, I felt I needed to leave, but couldn’t exactly tell anyone why.
Years later now, I realize that my way of thinking was being changed by my new faith. I was being transformed by God by what the Bible calls “renewing my mind.”
As I continued to pray, study the Bible, and be part of the Christian community through church, God was rewiring my mind for things of his Kingdom and not of this world. My old habits and behaviors were no longer the things I was drawn…
