Tag: Bible verses about the Spirit of God transforming 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 – 4-16-20

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.

When we become a believer, by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior, our old being must be transformed. The old man will not do any longer.

We have to begin to pick up godly traits, from that moment on. We are truly a new creation. However, we have to learn, grow and allow this transformation to take place in our heart and in our mind!

Oh boy, will our mind fight back at times. Just remember, if it is fighting us when it comes to doing what is right, we need to be that much stronger to say no.

It will show us the rebellion it has at times, even toward what God wants.

God can not and will not do it for us. He wants us to care for it as needed, and put it in line with His will.

Romans 8:6 (NKJV) 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

As a Christian, if we do not allow this transformation to take place, we will live in a carnal state of mind and it will bring destruction to God’s will for us.

Carnal  thinking should never dominate over the leading of the Holy Spirit.

If we let Him transform our minds, we will walk according to His will, and it will bring life and peace to our spirit man.

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 – 3-11-17

Ephesians 4:20-23 (NLT) 20 But that isn’t what you learned about Christ. 21 Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.

That one short sentence is the sum of what we need to do in order to live a life that’s fulfilling, and pleasing to God.

Sometimes our old ways, the way we did things before we met Jesus, will pull on us and try to bring us backwards. Back then, we lived in darkness. We thought lies were truth. We had no understanding of who God really was and what the death and resurrection of Jesus meant for us.

But today, if we are followers of Christ, it’s important that we only look back to our old selves as a reminder of where He has taken us from and then where He has brought us to. Our thoughts and desires shouldn’t still be looking back, longing for the past.

Jesus has given Himself for us, paying the ultimate price to offer us freedom from sin and death. He wants us to live and walk in that freedom each and every day. And the freedom that He gives us is better than anything the world, or our past, can offer us.

Let’s be careful that we don’t overlook this incredible gift and get caught up in our past ways.

All it takes is letting the Spirit of God renew our thoughts and our attitudes.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

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

401-315-0902

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