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I just want to encourage all of us today with the scripture

that's found in Romans, Romans 12. And this is Paul talking to the Romans, and he's encouraging

them and urging them with great fervor to change their minds, to be more like God. And he says

this.

He says, do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.

See, he knew that God wanted to do something in his people, but they couldn't keep thinking the old way and have

the new things that God wants to do. You've heard it said like this. They couldn't put new wine

in old wine skins. They had to change their mind. And you know what? That's the same with us today.

We can't be conformed to this world's culture.

We can't be conformed to the wrong types of thinking. We have to be transformed by the renewing

of our mind. You see, our salvation on this earth starts in our mind. If you're born again today, if you've given Jesus

your life, you're a new creature in Christ Jesus. And so your spirit has been made new. It has come

alive in Christ Jesus. The problem is our mind needs to catch up with what's going on in our spirit.

All right, but we can do that by not conforming to our old thinking, but submitting

ourselves to the Word of God, to the teachings of God.

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