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Our thoughts and feelings take on certain patterns and tendencies that inevitably determine the kind of things we say and do. When we say or do something, we’re just letting out the thoughts and feelings that are on the inside.
People who do well at loving are simply the kind of people who have loving thoughts and loving feelings. Cranky people are simply people who tend to have bitter, resentment-producing thoughts and feelings.
Yet the apostle Paul makes this staggering statement, “But we have the mind of Christ.” Imagine what it would be like if your thoughts, feelings, desires, perceptions, and understandings were the same as if Jesus was in your place. That really can happen. And that’s what we’re talking about.
Colossians 3:1-10
Romans 6:11
1 Corinthians 2:16
Philippians 2:5
Romans 12:2
Philippians 4:8
Psalm 16:8
Use these as a guide to take your next step and commit to what you learned this week:
▶ I’m deciding today to die to an area of sin in my life.
▶ I will do whatever it takes to put an end to sexual sin in my life.
▶ I will seek forgiveness for slandering someone.
▶ I will pursue a mind that is fully set on things above.
▶ I will engage in spiritual practices that help transform my mind.
▶ I will spend an unhurried amount of time in Scripture this week.
▶ I will meditate on a passage of Scripture that relates to something I struggle with.
