WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?

                                                        Romans 8:6 NIV

"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace."

by  Mark Turman, Denison Forum. 

With Jesus's help we can think better thoughts, thoughts that become better choices that produce better outcomes. 

Romans 8:6 says "So, letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace."

When we trust Jesus enough to follow him as our forgiver and leader, our savior and Lord, he resurrects our minds to work by his power because his Spirit is now living in us.

In the 1600s, astronomer Johannes Kepler believed his study of the planets revealed the glory of God.

He famously said: "I was merely thinking God's thoughts after him."

The Holy Spirit in us enables us to do that today about all kinds of topics and issues, not just the sun and the stars, but we need to ask him.

It's often hard, maybe impossible, for us to change our minds on our own.

But the Spirit can empower us to think in holy ways that brings God's best, life and peace instead of death.

God wants to work in and through our minds to lead us to more of what is true real, good and beautiful, to bring us closer to God himself.

If your thinking has led you to a dead end. Look up and ask for the Spirit's help.  The Holy Spirit in us is our navigator and our power.

The destination is life or death.

The choice is ours  - each day,  every day,  all day.

    

          


Guided Scripture, One Version Bible daily devotional app.

Transcrited by Claudia Nascimento, a preacher and translator student and the author of this blogger.


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