(Proverbs 29:18 MSG) If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

(Ephesians 4:22-24 NASB) In reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self.

3 Truths About the Renewed Mind

  • I will never change ______________ until I change the ______________.

(Proverbs 23:7 NKJV) For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

  • I will never change the way I _________ until I _________________________.

(Romans 12:2 NIV) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

(Romans 8:7 NIV) The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

  • Only a ___________________ can receive the _____________ and ____________ of Heaven.

(Ephesians 1:3 NIV) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

(Matthew 5:6 NIV) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

3 Enemies to the Renewed Mind

  • The _________ tries to _________ you.

(James 3:13-18 NIV) But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

  • The _________ can _________ you.

(Ephesians 4:17-18 NIV) So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God…

  • Your __________ will _________ you.

(Psalm 10:1,17 NIV) Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? …You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.

7 Signs of a Renewed Mind

  • You live in _________.
  • The ____________ seems reasonable.
  • You live in _________ and do not _________.
  • You ___________ and rejoice in your _________.
  • You are _______________________.
  • You are ___________ and ___________.
  • You __________ in others and give them the _____________________________.

Practices for a Renewed Mind

  • _________.
  • _______________________.
  • ____________.
  • ____________.

(Colossians 3:1 GW) Since you were brought back to life with Christ, focus on the things that are above—where Christ holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

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