Tag: Bible verses about letting God transform our minds

Bible Verse of The Day – 8-22-24

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

When we become God’s child, we show Him our love by surrendering and obeying Him in a way that we have never known before.

Change comes to our heart through reading His word and making adjustments as the Holy Spirit leads us to do so. When our heart changes our mind will begin to think differently.

When we renew our mind, it changes from the fearful ways of the carnal mind to the vibrant, faith-induced thinking of the quickened spiritual mind.

If we don’t allow God to get ahold of our heart, and change its condition, our minds will remain the same. And we will continue to function and operate as when we were an” unsaved” person. Change must come to a believer!

As we follow God’s leading, there will be noticeable changes taking place within us. And some people may even begin to look at us differently. Some people may not like the changes they see in us.

We can’t let this discourage us. I like to think of these as “growing pains.”

It may be a little painful when people don’t agree with our decision to follow Christ, but we will surely grow in a good way if we don’t give up and we don’t let them pressure us into doing things their way.

As the changes take place in our heart and mind, our soul will do one of two things. It will want to follow or to run far away.

According to the dictionary: A soul is made up of the mind, will, and emotions of a person. The soul is the seat of feelings, desires, and affections. It’s the character or substance of a person.

We must make our soul obey! That’s right. It takes work, diligence, and a constant reminder of God’s word.

When the soul behaves as a child of God that loves Him with all his heart and mind, WOW! That is when God’s light will shine brightly through that believer, and he/she will make a statement!

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries 
49 N Lamplighters Walk 
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-30-23

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

As we walk in this world, there is a choice we need to make.

That choice is this; will we conform to the world, or will we allow God to transform us?

On the surface, this seems like a very easy question to answer. Most of us would quickly say that we want to be who God wants us to be, allowing Him to transform us.

While this sounds great, how well do we follow through on it?

This can be a hard question to answer because we need a point of reference to look at.

We need a way to compare ourselves to the world, and a way to compare our new, born-again self to our old self.

First, we need to look at who we were before we turned our lives over to God.

Do we still have all the same habits that we had before? Do we behave the same way we used to behave? Do we speak the same way we used to speak?

Have we allowed God to change those things in us that were not pleasing to Him?

Second, we need to look at the world around us and see how we stack up with the world’s behavior.

Do we behave like the world? Do we have the same habits as the world? Do we dress the way the world dresses? Do we watch and listen to the same things as the world? Do we speak the same way the world speaks?

There are lots of ways in which we could compare ourselves to the world. Each one may be a bit different for each of us.

But here’s a little tip that might help us see where we really stand in this; are we following the trends of the world in many areas of life?

Do we wear the latest fashions, even if they might be less than modest?

Do we adopt the language of the world, even if it’s not righteous?

Do we drink or partake of things that the world partakes in, even if God’s word speaks directly against them?

These are just a few examples of things that we can examine in our own lives that will help us see where we stand on this very important topic.

It can be very easy to just follow the crowd, simply allowing ourselves to be swept downstream with them.

We need to remember, though, that Jesus showed us how not to follow the crowd, but to swim against the current instead.

Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV) 13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 9-4-21

Romans 8:7 (NKJV) 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.

I know that I mess up at times.

Just the other day, I was having a good conversation, and while talking I said something that was funny to me. But, I was immediately convicted in my heart. I felt like a heel.

I thought to myself, wow, where did that come from? Do we really still have to go there?

I’ve been a Christian for many years, and some things are just so hard to do away with.

It’s like they hide themselves very well, and when we get with the right person they seem to pop up and say, “Hello, I’m still here”.

I get so mad at myself. But that’s good, because we need to realize we can’t give into carnality; we can’t give the flesh one inch.

The Bible says the mind is against God. We have to learn to keep it under control. Keep it aligned with the Word of God. This is an ongoing fight for a believer.

If we have one moment where we relax, it will try to have its way. We have to work really hard at renewing it.

The good thing is that we recognize it and work at trying to keep it in submission. If it didn’t make us mad when we messed up, then something would be terribly wrong.

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

So, go ahead. Get mad at the carnality of our mind, and make it obey the word of God. Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 10-6-17

Philippians 4:7 (NKJV) 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

Do you want peace of mind? 

Does your mind constantly race with thoughts of “what if”? Do you sit and wonder how the situation you’re facing right now will work out? 

Do you spend hours awake at night because you don’t know what to do about a problem you have or a circumstance you find yourself in? 

Way too many people overlook the fact that God doesn’t just work on us to fix sin problems. He is also in the business of fixing the problems we have with insecurity, fear, apprehension, doubt and so many other mind-related problems. 

God wants to help heal our minds and put them at ease, once and for all. He wants to teach us how to overcome our thoughts and our fears, not live our lives based on them. 

Well, most of us love that idea, but we have no clue how to make it happen. We don’t know how to shut our minds down and stop them from racing all hours of the day and night. 

We try so many different things to fix this problem. Some people try psycho-therapy. Others try medication. Others might even try drinking alcohol to “relax” them. But, we still find ourselves wrestling with our thoughts, and no peace comes. 

The problem lies in the fact that we don’t recognize God’s sovereignty. We don’t understand that He wants to fix our lack of peace of mind by transforming our minds. 

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 

All of the things mentioned above that people try to use to soothe their minds are the ways of the world. Some of them have some merit. But they will never bring true peace or contentment. 

God wants to be the One to transform our minds; change the way we think. And this happens when we begin to trust Him with everything about our lives, not just a few select things that “seem spiritual”. 

This is a process. It doesn’t happen overnight. It comes one little step at a time. It’s like a baby learning to walk. First, they learn to pull themselves up and stand while holding onto something. And then they take a step or two while holding onto something. 

And then one day they take their first step without holding onto anything. And before you know it, they’re walking all over the house! 

They will be a bit wobbly at first. And they will undoubtedly fall many times. But they eventually get the hang of it. And before you know it, they’re running! 

Our minds are the same way. We have to learn how to surrender them to God, one little piece at a time. One step, then another, and then another. And before we know it, they finally “get it”. And then there’s no turning back. 

Yes, we will fall down at first. Sometimes we will fall down a lot. But, with time and persistent effort, we will learn how to completely surrender our minds to God and let Him transform them. 

And as we do this, we will find a new peace that we have never known before. And that peace will surpass all human, logical understanding. 

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie 

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808 

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 2-4-16

Romans 12:2 (NKJV) 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

God is a spirit. He created each of us with a spirit, too. He communicates with us through our spirit. We are spiritual beings, in addition to being made of flesh and bone.

God also gave each of us a mind. We can think and reason. We have intelligence and common sense, which were given to us by our Creator.

God instructs us in the verse above to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Why does He address our minds and not our spirits?

Because the mind is where our decisions and choices are made. Our mind is where warfare is waged against us. Our mind is where the enemy attacks us with temptation.

So it’s only by the renewing and transforming of our minds that we will be able to overcome those things that so often pull on us and cause us to wrestle with choices and decisions.

And it is by God’s spirit that our minds can be renewed. It’s not by our own strength or understanding, but by the strength that He gives us if we let Him.

So it’s up to us to ask God and to allow God to help transform and renew our minds by His spirit.

And once we get this under our belt and allow Him to transform our minds, our lives will be forever changed.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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