January 3, 2021 | Pastor Nathan Elms
On average, we have tens of thousands of thoughts a day, but we don’t register most of them. We tend to ignore the most repetitive, persistent thoughts, such as the ones that take us through our morning grooming ritual or our daily commute.
What we do is so driven by habit that we don’t have to think ourselves through every step. To feel how this works, try brushing your teeth with your nondominant hand. Odd, right?
In the same manner that we do not think about habitual actions... we have habitual thoughts, that we think about WITHOUT THINKING about it.
• The thoughts you think WITHOUT thinking are who you are…
• The thoughts you intentionally think are who you want to become...
• We can think just like unbelievers…
• We can respond to trouble just like unbelievers…
• We can deal with pain just like unbelievers…
In fact, re-forming how we think about things is one of the most important things about becoming a believer.
9 Biblical Truths
1. MY THOUGHTS CONTROL MY LIFE BUT I CAN CONTROL MY THOUGHTS!
Proverbs 4:23 (NCV) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+4%3A23&version=NCV
2. ANY CHANGE I WANT IN MY LIFE MUST START IN MY MIND
Romans 12:2 (TEV) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A2&version=GNT
Matthew 5:8 (MSG) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A8&version=MSG
3. I CAN CHANGE HOW I FEEL BY CHANGING HOW I THINK
Psalm 42:6 (TEV) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+42%3A6&version=GNT
Jonah 2:7 (NLT) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+2%3A7&version=NLT
THINK --> FEEL ---> ACT
4. EVERY BEHAVIOR IS BASED ON A BELIEF
Haggai 1:5 (NJB)
ASK: WHAT AM I BELIEVING RIGHT NOW?
Proverbs 14:15 (ICB) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+14%3A15&version=ICB
5. ANYTIME I SIN, AT THAT MOMENT I’M BELIEVING A LIE!
Proverbs 14:12 (NJB)
James 1:14-15 (NLT) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A14-15&version=NLT
6. AN UNSEEN WAR IS GOING ON IN & FOR MY MIND
Romans 7:21-23 (LB) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+7%3A21-23&version=TLB
7. TO WIN THE BATTLE IN & FOR MY MIND, I MUST HAVE GOD’S SPIRIT & GOD’S WORD INSIDE ME
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+10%3A3-5&version=TLB
Romans 8:6 (NLT) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A6&version=NLT
John 8:31-32 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8%3A31-32&version=NLT
8. MY GOAL IS TO LEARN TO THINK LIKE JESUS
1 Peter 4:1 (MSG) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+4%3A1&version=MSG
Philippians 2:5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+2%3A5&version=MSG
1 Corinthians 2:16 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+2%3A16&version=MSG
9. RETHINKING MY LIFE TO MATCH HOW JESUS THINKS IS CALLED REPENTING
METANOIA = TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
Noun
change in one's way of life resulting from penitence or spiritual conversion.
"what he demanded of people was metanoia, repentance, a complete change of heart"
Acts 3:19 (Amp) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+3%3A19&version=AMP
Revelation 2:2, 4-5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+2%3A2%2C+4-5&version=AMP
