Thought Patterns For Winners : Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind

THOUGHT PATTERNS FOR WINNERS : BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND

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OUTLINE

1.TRUST

2.THANKFULNESS

3.TRUTH

4.TIMING

5.TRAVAILING

6.TEMPTER

7.TEACHABLE

THE MESSAGE

THOUGHT PATTERNS FOR WINNERS : BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND

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1.TRUST

If we want our lives to be tranformed we must renew our mind.We must change our thinking before we can change our life. We must be thinking thoughts of trust and faith and confidence in God. We must put away thoughts of fear , unbelief ,worry ,suspicion ,unworthiness and doubt from our mind. Our mind must be dominated by thoughts of faith and trust in the faithfulness and goodness of God. Such positive thoughts will cause positive changes in our lives and we will be tranformed.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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Romans 12:2

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Phillippians 4:13

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Romans 4:18-21

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.

Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.

2.THANKFULNESS

If we want our lives to be transformed we must fill our mind and heart with thoughts of thankfulness and gratitude towards God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us.We must count our blessings and forget not all His benefits. Such an attitude of praise and thanksgiving will bring great victories in our life. We must put away all thoughts of depression, complaining ,murmuring, jealousy , criticism , judgement and bitterness. Our mind must be dominated by gratitude for what we have instead of dwelling with self-pity and complaining about what we do not have. Such a heart and mind of thankfulness will trasnsform our lives and fill us with joy and happiness.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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Psalm 103:1-2

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-

Psalm 149:6-9

May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,

to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,

to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD.

I Corinthians 10:9-11

We should not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.

And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.

These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

3.TRUTH

If we want our lives to be transformed we must fill our mind with thoughts of truth. We must meditate on the word of God and fill our heart and mind with the revelation of the truth from the word of God which will bring freedom and deliverance in our lives . We should not be deceived by the lies of the devil. We must put away thoughts of lies, slander, gossip, impurity, falsehood and evil.We must not allow our minds to be filled with filth of this world and not allow our mind to dwell on the evil that may reach our ears. We must meditate on thoughts of goodness and purity and truth and not allow ourselves to be deceived by appearances. When our minds are filled with the truth our lives will be transformed.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES

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John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Genesis 3:1-5

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ’You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?"

The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

but God did say, ’You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ "

"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."