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VICTORY THROUGH A TRANSFORMED MIND

VICTORY THROUGH A TRANSFORMED MIND. TRANSFORMATION OF THE MIND IS A MAJOR OPERATION IF WE INTEND TO HAVE SUCCESS IN LIFE. ROMANS 12:1-3 2TIMOTHY 2 : 14- 1 6 Dr. Ralph Godfrey Sr. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT INFLUENCE OUR THINKING?.

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VICTORY THROUGH A TRANSFORMED MIND

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  1. VICTORY THROUGH A TRANSFORMED MIND TRANSFORMATION OF THE MIND IS A MAJOR OPERATION IF WE INTEND TO HAVE SUCCESS IN LIFE. ROMANS 12:1-3 2TIMOTHY 2:14-16 Dr. Ralph Godfrey Sr.

  2. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT INFLUENCE OUR THINKING? • EVERY DAY WE ARE INFLUENCED BY MANY THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR LIVES. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE SEE, HEAR AND EXPERIENCE. • THE THINGS THAT MOSTLY INFLUENCE US ARE THE THINGS THAT WE GIVE MOST ATTENTION TO. • MOST OF US DO NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH OUR CULTURE, OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILY, OUR SCHOOLING HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW WE THINK TODAY. • SOME OF IT IS GOOD AND SOME OF IT IS NOT SO GOOD. WE DO NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

  3. WICKEDNESS CAN AFFECT RIGHTEOUS THINKING • THERE IS A STORY FOUND IN 2 PET 2:7-8 THAT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW GOD HAD TO RESCUE A FAMILY THAT HAD BEEN DWELLING IN A WICKED CITY. • THIS WAS LOT’S FAMILY. LOT WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN WHO WAS LIVING AMONG WICKED AND LAWLESS PEOPLE. HE BECAME DISTRESSED BY THE FIFTY AROUND HIM. THE BIBLE SAID THAT HE WAS TORMENTED IN HIS RIGHTEOUS SOUL BY THE LAWLESSNESS DEEDS THAT HE SAW DAY BY DAY. • THEY WERE SO AFFECTED BY THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT EVEN WHEN THE LORD RESCUED THEM, HIS WIFE COULD NOT SEE CLEAR ENOUGH TO OBEY THE LORD. THE LORD TOLD HER NOT TO LOOK BACK, BUT SHE DID ANYWAY. THIS COST HER LIFE.

  4. WICKEDNESS CAN AFFECT RIGHTEOUS THINKING • THIS ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCED HIS FAMILY SO MUCH, THAT HIS CHILDREN COMMITTED INCEST WITH THEIR FATHER AND PRODUCED TWO VERY CRUEL NATIONS. • THE POINT HERE IS THAT WE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY WHAT WE SEE, HEAR, AND EXPERIENCE. THESE THINGS CAN TRANSFORM OUR MINDS AND KEEP US FROM HAVING VICTORY IN OUR LIVES. • BEING TRANSFORMED CAN AFFECT YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

  5. TRANSFORMING WILL AFFECT YOUR VIEW ABOUT LIFE • A MIND THAT IS NOT TRANSFORMED WILL AFFECT YOUR ATTITUDE, YOUR VALUES AND YOUR LIFESTYLE. • ATTITUDE IS A STATE OF MIND OR FEELING. THIS STATE OF MIND COMES FROM OUR VALUE SYSTEM. SOME OF OUR VALUES ARE VERY WEAK AND VERY LOW, AND THEY NEED TO BE CHANGED. THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN WE EMBRACE THE WORD OF GOD. • WE HAVE ALLOWED OUR LIVES TO BE AFFECTED BY TV, MOVIES, BOOKS WE READ, FRIENDS, POLITICS AND MUCH MORE. ALL OF THESE THINGS SHAPE OUR LIVES AND OUR VALUE SYSTEM. TO UNDO THIS HARM, WE HAVE TO GIVE GOD EQUAL TIME IN OUR LIVES SO THAT HIS WORD CAN GIVE US A BETTER VALUE SYSTEM.

  6. WHAT WE PRACTICE IS WHAT WE BECOME • CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK IS NOT AN EASY TASK BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD YEARS OF BEING A CERTAIN WAY. IT IS NOT ALL BAD. WHEN WE COME TO GOD, HE ASKS US TO PRACTICE CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK JUST AS HARD AS WE PRACTICED SIN. BECAUSE WHAT WE PRACTICE WE BECOME. • THE PROBLEM WITH AN UNDISCIPLINED MIND IS THAT YOU BRING ALL OF THAT INTO YOUR NEW LIFE. SOMETIMES THESE OLD ATTITUDES ARE HARD TO BREAK. AND IF WE DO NOT BREAK THEM, WE USUALLY GO BACK TO OUR OLD LIFE AND FAIL TO BECOME ALL THAT CHRIST HAS PLANNED FOR US.

  7. WHAT WE PRACTICE IS WHAT WE BECOME • IN GALATIANS 5:16-24, WE ARE TOLD TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND WE WON’T FULFILL THE LUST OF OUR FLESH. THE OLD SINFUL NATURE LOVES TO DO EVIL; HOWEVER, THE SPIRIT GIVE US DESIRES THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. • THE LIFE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT PRODUCES IS A LIFE OF JOY, LOVE, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL. • BECAUSE WE BELONG TO CHRIST, WE HAVE NAILED OUR PASSIONS AND OUR DESIRES TO THE CROSS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED BY CHRIST.

  8. WHAT WE PRACTICE IS WHAT WE BECOME • IF WE ARE STILL FIGHTING THESE DESIRES, WE NEED TO EMBRACE MORE OF THE CROSS THROUGH THE WORD. SOMETIMES THE SEEDS OF THESE THINGS ARE DEEP FROM YEARS OF CULTIVATING. GOD, THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES, CAN ROOT THEM OUT. • THE SCRIPTURE SAYS IN HEBREWS 4:12 (NLT): • FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS FULL OF LIVING POWER. IT IS SHARPER THAN THE SHARPEST KNIFE, CUTTING DEEP INTO OUR INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND DESIRES IN ORDER TO FIX OUR LIVES. • NOTHING IN CREATION CAN HIDE FROM HIM; EVERYTHING IS NAKED AND EXPOSED BEFORE HIS EYES.

  9. BEING TRANSFORMED IS A PROCESS • GOD COMMANDS US TO BE TRANSFORMED. • HE SHOWS US HOW TO DO THIS: BY RENEWING OF OUR MIND AND OF OUR THINKING. • IN ORDER FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, WE MUST REDIRECT THE INFORMATION THAT COMES INTO OUR MIND FROM WHERE EVER WE ARE GETTING IT. • THE WORD OF GOD IS ABOUT TAKING OFF AND PUTTING ON. WE GET RID OF THE OLD LIFE AND PUT ON THE NEW LIFE. (COLOSSIANS 3:8,10). • ONCE WE RENEW OUR THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES, WE WILL SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY (EPHESIANS 4:22-24).

  10. IMPROVE ONE’S LIFE BY STUDYING • STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED BY GOD. • LEARN TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRUTH THROUGH TRAINING. • WE CANNOT LIVE WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW. • THE SCRIPTURE IS GOD BREATHED AND IS USEFUL FOR TEACHING, REBUKING, CORRECTING, AND TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO THAT ANY PERSON IN GOD MAY BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.

  11. IMPROVE ONE’S LIFE BY STUDYING • HOWEVER, THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVES IT. • WE THEN HAVE THIS GOSPEL IN EARTHEN VESSELS TO SHOW THAT ALL SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM MAN. • THEREFORE, OUR VICTORY IS IN EVERY WORD OF GOD. AS WE DRAW NIGH UNTO HIM, HE DRAWS NIGH UNTO US. • IF WE ABIDE IN HIS WORD, HIS WORD WILL ABIDE IN US AND WHAT WE ASK OF HIM WILL BE DONE.

  12. A TIMELY ILLUSTRATION • THERE WAS PILOT NAME HADLEY PAIGE. HE LANDED HIS PLANE IN ARABIA TO REFUEL. WHEN HE TOOK OFF AGAIN, HE HEARD A GNAWING NOISE OF A RAT THAT HAD GOTTEN ON THE PLANE WHEN HE HAD LANDED. • PAIGE HAD SOME HORRIBLE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE DAMAGE THOSE CUTTING TEETH COULD DO TO HIS PLANE. • SUDDENLY, HE REMEMBER THAT RATS LIVE IN THE LOWLANDS AND CANNOT LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS. HE SOARED HIGHER AND HIGHER, AND SOON THE GNAWING CEASED. WHEN LANDED AGAIN HE FOUND THE RAT UNDER HIS SEAT DEAD.

  13. THE MORAL OF THE STORY • THERE IS ONE WAY TO OVERCOME THE SURROUNDING EVILS WHICH WOULD DESTROY US. FORSAKE THE LOWLANDS OF SIN AND CARNALITY AND LIVE ON THE HIGHER PLANES OF FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNION WITH GOD. • REMEMBER TO DO THIS, WE HAVE TO RENEW OUR THINKING BECAUSE WE ARE THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR THOUGHT. YOU ALWAYS ACT FROM YOUR THINKING. • FILL YOUR HEART AND MIND WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND YOU WILL ALWAYS GET THE VICTORY. AND YOUR LIFE WILL BECOME A POWERFUL WITNESS TO OTHERS OF YOUR VICTORIOUS LIFE.

  14. FINALLY BROTHERS AND SISTERS • WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE JUST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, WHATSOEVER THINGS PURE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT IF THERE BE ANY VIRTURE (RIGHTEOUSNESS,GOODNESS) AND IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE THINK ON THESE THINGS. • FOR YOU WILL NEVER GO HIGHER THAN YOUR THOUGHTS. TO GET THE VICTORY, START TRANSFORMING YOUR THOUGHTS BY HIS WORD.

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