The Bible tells us that one of the main goals God has in store for each of us is our transformation. The Bible tells us that God wants to sanctify us - to make us more Holy like He is. He wants to make us better people - both on the inside and the outside. The Bible tells us that the way this transformation will take place is by the "renewing of our minds." Romans 12:1 states: "And do not be conformed to this world cheap air max 2018 , but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
I believe that this transformation process has 3 major steps to it. They are as follows:
1. Knowledge From The Word
The first thing each Christian must know is exactly what it is that God wants to change about us. If you don't know exactly what it is God wants to do with you, you will have a hard time in being able to cooperate with Him once He does try to start the renewal and transformation process on the inside of you.
There are a million and one self-help books on the market - but there is only one book that will tell you exactly what it is that God wants to do with you on the inside - and that book is the Bible. There are no other books out there that will tell you the specific and exact points that God is looking for to make this transformation occur in the way that He wants it to occur.
The Bible tells us that this sanctification process is actually done by and through the Holy Spirit. However cheap nike air max 2019 , the Holy Spirit will not start this transformation process until He has something to work with - and that something is knowledge.
God expects you to play a part in this transformation process if He is going to start to work it in you. In the 3 steps that will get this transformation process going for you - you are responsible for doing the first two. If you are willing to put some time and effort in doing these first 2 steps, then God will do His part and He will actually do all of step 3 for you in order to make this kind of transformation really possible for you in this lifetime.
The first step is to study Scripture for the specific points God is looking for to change you into the kind of person He really wants you to be. Since many of these verses pertaining to all of this are scattered throughout the entire Bible - I'm going to list, in a subsequent article cheap air max 2019 , some of the most powerful verses in all of Scripture, showing you exactly what qualities that God expects from you and what qualities He wants to start to "work" into your core personality.
King David tells us in the Old Testament that we are to "meditate" on the Word of God. In other words, we are to think about cheap nike air max 1 , to chew on, to try and figure out what God is telling us in His Word and then try to see how it applies to our life and how we can get some of these things incorporated into our lives and beings.
If you will spend some quality time really studying what is in these verses - you will then have right at your fingertips exactly what it is that God wants to start working into your personality. And once you have the basic knowledge of what these qualities are that He is looking to implant in you - then you are ready for step 2.
The reason I have the word "mindset" listed in the title of this article is because you have to know what it is that you have to "set your mind" on before God can really kick this transformation process into full gear - hence the word "mindset." You have to develop "right thinking" in the Lord, but you can't develop "right thinking" until you first know what it is that you should be "thinking right" about. The Scripture verses that will be listed in part II will show you all the things that God wants you to dwell on and think about.
2. Attempting To "Put On" These Qualities
You will find two key words that are repeated several times in many of the Scripture verses to follow. Those two key words are "putting on" and "putting away." The Bible tells us that we are the ones that are to try and "put on" the good qualities that God wants us to have and to try and "put away" the bad qualities that He does not want us having in our personalities.
This step right here is where many Christians are missing the boat. They have been walking with the Lord for years and they wonder why there has not been many changes in their core personalities. Where is the peace cheap air max 1 , the joy, the sound mind, the self-control that the Bible promises me once I commit my life to the Lord? Why is it that I still have a problem in controlling my temper cheap nike air max tn , controlling my cussing, controlling my critical and judgmental spirit?
Once you know that the Bible tells you to have self-control over your bad temper, over your mouth cheap air max tn , over your condescending attitudes - then it is your job at this point to make some kind of concerted effort to actually "put on" these kind of Godly qualities into your personality.
Once you see in God's Word that He doesn't want His people to have bad and quick tempers - then you are ready for step 2. Now here is where your part really comes into play. Now that you know God wants your bad temper removed from your personality - He now expects you to try and "put on" the positive quality of self-control in order to keep yourself from "losing" your temper. You now have to start to engage with your quick and bad temper every time you find yourself in a situation that starts to actually trigger it. You have to make some kind of attempt to "put away" your bad temper and "put on" the quality of self control.