A Prayer to Renew Your Mind by Remy Roy

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new

person by changing the way you think.

Romans 12-2

What changes when we surrender our hearts to Jesus?

Certainly not our outward appearance, our income, or the people in our families or at work.

On the outside, we look the same.

So what changes?

The more we give in to the flesh, the more our lives stay the same.

The more we yield to the Spirit, the more we begin to look like Christ.

It is important to note that we cannot and do not change our ways first before we come to Christ.

Hard as we try, we do not have the power to do that, and if God required that, no one would be saved.

Paul, however, instructs us to renew our minds.

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person

by changing the way you think.

Paul knew that it takes a sincere desire to want to obey God, to resist the lore of the world,

hence his admonition to not copy the ways of the world.

The same temptations we experience in the past will come our way as new creations in Jesus Christ.

We will face the same hardships, deal with the same emotions and circumstances,

what makes the difference is our sincere desire to please God.

Our desire, fueled by God's grace and love, makes real change possible.

Philippians 2.13 says,

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