In today's podcast, we're going to look at how spending time alone with God every morning

provides a daily opportunity to renew our minds to the goodness of God, the goodness of this life,

and the moment-by-moment potential of living in real relationship with God.

I pray that after today's time, your mind

is cleared and focused on truth and that your emotions and actions are marked by abundant

life as a result. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Your mind is a battleground on which the war

for your emotions, purpose, effectiveness, and fulfillment of life is one or lost.

It's your mind that is attacked daily by the enemy. It's your mind that the world is trying to influence for its own benefit.

And it's your mind that the Lord desires to renew daily in order for you to live an abundant

relationship with him.

So if the mind truly is a battleground, how do you come out a winner?

How do you come out victorious over Satan and his schemes?

The scripture says clearly that to achieve victory over your mind, it must be continually

renewed by the power of God's word. Romans 12

2 states do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,

that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

God puts conforming to the world and being transformed by the renewal of your mind in opposition.

There is no gray area.

Your mind is either being won for the kingdom of God or lost to the world.

You are either thinking pleasing thoughts to God or not.

You're either experiencing the abundant life Jesus made available to you or not.

For a long time, the idea of renewing my mind felt exhausting. Honestly, reading the Bible was incredibly boring for me, but I

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