Reshaping The Way You Think …RUN TO WIN!

Romans 12:2 (NLT) Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

Why Should I Manage My Mind? 1. Because my thoughts control my life 2. 3.

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts. Proverbs 4:23 (GNT) Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Why Should I Manage My Mind? 1. Because my thoughts control my life. 2. Because my mind is the battleground for sin. 3.

Romans 7:22-23 (TLB) I love to do God’s will so far as my new nature is concerned; but there’s something else deep within me that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a slave to sin within me. In my mind I want to be God’s servant. But instead I find myself enslaved to sin.

Why Should I Manage My Mind? 1. Because my thoughts control my life. 2. Because my mind is the battleground for sin. 3. Because it is the key to peace and happiness.

Romans 8:6 (NLT) If your sinful nature controls your mind there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.

3 Choices for a Healthy Mind 1. Feed My Mind 2. Free My Mind 3. Focus My Mind

Matthew 4:4 (NLT) People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every Word of God.

Matthew 4:4 (NLT) Proverbs 15:14 (NLT) People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every Word of God. Proverbs 15:14 (NLT) A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash.

Psalm 119:97 Lord how I love your Word. I think about it all day long.

Psalm 119:97 Lord how I love your Word. I think about it all day long. Proverbs 15:14 Even in the darkest of night, Your teachings fill my mind.

3 Choices for a Healthy Mind 1. Feed My Mind 2. Free My Mind 3. Focus My Mind

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

3 Enemies to Freeing My Mind Enemy #1 My Old Nature Enemy #2 Satan Enemy #3 The World’s Values

Romans 7:23 (NAB) I see in my body a principle at war with the law of my mind, taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells inside me.

Romans 8:5 (NLT) Those who are dominated by their sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

3 Enemies to Freeing My Mind Enemy #1 My Old Nature Enemy #2 Satan Enemy #3 The World’s Values

Matthew 16:21 (NLT) 21 From then on Jesus began to tell His disciples plainly that it was necessary for Him to go to Jerusalem, and that He would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day He would be raised from the dead.

Matthew 16:21 (NLT) 22 But Peter took Him aside and began to reprimand Him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This will never happen to You!”  23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

3 Enemies to Freeing My Mind Enemy #1 My Old Nature Enemy #2 Satan Enemy #3 The World’s Values

1 John 2:16 (KJV) All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of this world.

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NLT) 3 For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

3 Choices for a Healthy Mind 1. Feed My Mind 2. Free My Mind 3. Focus My Mind

3 Steps to Focus Our Minds Think About Jesus

Think About Jesus… Hebrews 12:3 (NCV) Think about Jesus’ example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to Him. So do not get tired and stop trying.

Think About Jesus… Hebrews 12:3 (NCV) Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) Think about Jesus’ example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to Him. So do not get tired and stop trying. Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You.

Think About Jesus… Hebrews 12:3 (NCV) Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) Think about Jesus’ example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to Him. So do not get tired and stop trying. Isaiah 26:3 (NLT) You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You. Jonah 2:7 (TLB) When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the Lord.

3 Steps to Focus Our Minds Think About Jesus Think About Others

Think About Others… Hebrews 10:24 (NCV) Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds.

Think About Others… Hebrews 10:24 (NCV) Philippians 2:3-5 (TLB) Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds. Philippians 2:3-5 (TLB) 3 Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. 4 Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing. 5 Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by Jesus Christ,

3 Steps to Focus Our Minds Think About Jesus Think About Others Think About Eternity

Colossians 3:2 (NLT) 2 Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth.

William Gladstone (1809-1898) Prime Minister of England 4 times