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1 Cultivating Spiritual Awareness
Development of senses with which we perceive spiritual things Fullness of the Spirit – enabling us to understand things not perceive with the physical senses Minds guarded by peace Colossians 3:2 mind set on things above, not things on the earth

2 Transformed by Renewed Mind
Cultivating Spiritual Awareness Series

3 I. Morphing Romans 12:2 Not conformed – copying the behavior and customs of this world Transformed – into a new person by changing the way you think Greek - metamorphoo��met-am-or-fo'-o; to transform (literally or figuratively “metamorphose”):—change, transfigure, transform

4 Conformed Transformed

5 Conformed Transformed
Behave like the world New person

6 Changing the way that you think – Isaiah 55:8-11
God’s thoughts higher than ours – far beyond anything you could imagine Rain and snow come down to water seed and produce grain So it is with my word – produces fruit Fruit – the character and nature of God Partakers of his divine nature – 2 Peter 1:4 – escaping the corruption of the world Destined to be conformed to the image of Christ – Romans 8:29 Jesus washes his bride with the water of the word – Ephesians 5:26

7 Conformed Transformed
Behave like the world - corrupted New person – Like God, like Jesus

8 Captive or Conqueror Colossians 2:8 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.  2 Corinthians 10:3-5 God’s mighty weapons to destroy human reasoning Capture rebellious thoughts – (NASB - every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God)

9 Conformed Transformed
Captured by human reasoning Taking every thought captive

10 Mind Control – Romans 8:5-8
Mind controlled by the sinful nature Think of sinful things Hostile to God Leads to death Can never please God Mind controlled by the Spirit Think about things that please the Spirit Life and peace

11 Conformed Transformed
Death Life and peace

12 Conformed Transformed Double Minded

13 Double Minded – James 1:5-8
Divided loyalty between God and the world Unstable in everything Should not expect to receive anything from God

14 II. Ready Minds Ephesians 4:17-24
Live no longer like the world (Gentiles) Hopelessly confused, mind full of darkness, hardened hearts Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes New nature created to be like God

15 1 Peter 1:13-16 1 Peter 1:13 (NASB) 13Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Discerning thoughts Taking thoughts captive Taking up divinely powerful weapons Mind controlled by the Spirit Renewing thoughts and attitudes Loyal to God only – not divided Walk in the fruit of transformation

16 Conformed Transformed
Corrupted Captured Confused Controlled by sin Death New person Captor Renewed mind Controlled by the Spirit Life and peace

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