Wednesday Service | Re-New | Part 4: The Mind

Romans 7:22-23 (LB)

²² I love to do God’s will so far as my new nature is concerned; ^23-25 but there is something else deep within me, in my lower nature, that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

[1] Until we realize there is a over our mind our next level of transformation will not be experienced

Psalm 119:112 (CEV)

¹¹² I have made up my mind to obey your laws forever, no matter what.

[2] We must admit our mind has been out of

• We are battling… our old

Romans 7:23 (NLT)

²³ But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

• We are battling… an old

2 Corinthians 2:11 (NIRV)

¹¹ We don’t want Satan to outsmart us. We know how he does his evil work.

• We are battling… an old conforming

1 John 2:16 (LB)

¹⁶ for all these worldly things, these evil desires—the craze for sex, the ambition to buy everything that appeals to you, and the pride that comes from wealth and importance—these are not from God. They are from this evil world itself.

[3] I regain control when I enhance my mental

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NIV)

³ For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. ⁴ The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. ⁵ We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

• Where did you come from?

• What are you hiding within you?

• What is your mission?

[4] We rebuild our mind like we would a

• If I’m going to rebuild the garden of my mind… I’ve got to plant new

Psalm 16:7 (CEV)

⁷ I praise you, Lord, for being my guide. Even in the darkest night, your teachings fill my mind.

Psalm 119:97 (NIRV)

⁹⁷ Lord, I really love your law! All day long I spend time thinking about it.

• If I’m going to rebuild the garden of my mind… I’ve got to those new seeds

2 Timothy 2:8 (CEV)

⁸ Keep your mind on Jesus Christ! He was from the family of David and was raised from death, just as my good news says.

Philippians 2:4 (NIRV)

⁴ None of you should look out just for your own good. Each of you should also look out for the good of others.

Colossians 3:2 (NIRV)

² Think about things that are in heaven. Don’t think about things that are only on earth.

• If I’m going to rebuild the garden of my mind… I need to seeds to real fruit

James 1:22-25 (NLT)

²² But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.