Think Change

Think Change 

Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. EPHESIANS 4.23 

Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. 

ROMANS 12.2 

Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 

ROMANS 8.5-6 

Our minds are not just computers that process data. We all have what we might call a mind-set (the way we think about life) and a viewpoint (the way we see the world). Our minds have attitudes and thought patterns that are ingrained in us — like habits. And our natural ways of thinking aren’t perfect — they’re fallen, like everything else in this world. None of us naturally think good and right thoughts about God. In fact, it’s worse than that. On our own, we have thoughts about God that make him out to be less than he is, thoughts that set our hearts against him. Romans 1.28 says, “Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking.” 

So how do we change our minds? How do we begin to think differently? We feed them better food. We fill our minds with truth from Scripture, conversations about God, and ways of thinking about God and the things of God that are right and true and worthy of someone so great. We welcome the Holy Spirit to show us our old ways of thinking — me first, got to get ahead, if it feels good, do it, I deserve it, I am the master of my own destiny — and we invite the Holy Spirit to change how we think, what we want, and even how we feel. 

The Holy Spirit can change our natural ways of thinking about things as he helps us understand and apply the Bible to our lives. The Bible gives us a new filter that all our thoughts run through — an eternal perspective that reshapes our value system, realigns our priorities, and reworks our personalities.