The mind: your best ally or your worst enemy. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind Rom. 12: 2.

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The mind: your best ally or your worst enemy. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind Rom. 12: 2

FretEats up our peace FretEats up our peace WorryAbout all that never happens or we have no control over WorryAbout all that never happens or we have no control over JudgeBased on half truths JudgeBased on half truths AnticipateThe worst AnticipateThe worst Expects the impossibleWe are not perfect Expects the impossibleWe are not perfect Listen to: gossipLies Listen to: gossipLies : the mediaMore lies : the mediaMore lies Past experiencesHalf truth Past experiencesHalf truth Mind: enemy number 1.

Does our mind truly obey God? He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' " Luke 10: 27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' ; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' " Luke 10: 27

Mind: our best ally. JudgeFrom God’s point of view JudgeFrom God’s point of view Listen with balanceIn the other’s shoes Listen with balanceIn the other’s shoes Rests in Jesus’ workHe is perfectly able to guide me Rests in Jesus’ workHe is perfectly able to guide me Accepts: I am not perfectAllows for mistakes and corrects it Accepts: I am not perfectAllows for mistakes and corrects it Listens to God Benchmark for truth is Bible Listens to God Benchmark for truth is Bible Counsel Humble enough to ask for it Counsel Humble enough to ask for it Forgives Understanding that to forgive is powerful: I need it and I give it. Forgives Understanding that to forgive is powerful: I need it and I give it.

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self- controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self- controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 1 Peter 1: 13, 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 1 Peter 1: 13, 14 We have the mind of Christ.

Our thoughts about our situation, person, family, do they agree with the Lord? We need to practice thinking from His point of view, with His Word in our hearts and minds, with His vision and His Spirit guiding us. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind T T T T iiii mmmm oooo tttt hhhh yyyy :::: 7777We start where we are, not where we´d like to be.