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  Speaker 1: If you are not actively renewing your mind with God's truth,
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  Speaker 1: you are already being conformed to the world's way of
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  Speaker 1: thinking without even realizing it. That is why Romans twelve
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  Speaker 1: two is one of the most important verses in the Bible.
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  Speaker 1: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
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  Speaker 1: by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
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  Speaker 1: what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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  Speaker 1: Paul was writing this letter to the believers in Rome,
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  Speaker 1: a city filled with idolatry, immorality, corruption, and cultural pressure
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  Speaker 1: to conform. Christians in Rome were surrounded by a system
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  Speaker 1: that opposed God's ways. If they weren't careful, they would
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  Speaker 1: start thinking like Romans instead of thinking like Christ. And
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  Speaker 1: isn't that exactly what's happening today? Look around? The world
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  Speaker 1: has its own definition of love, of success, of identity.
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  Speaker 1: It says, do what makes you happy, follow your heart,
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  Speaker 1: live your truth. But what if your heart is leading
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  Speaker 1: you in the wrong direction. What if your truth is
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  Speaker 1: just a lie wrapped in attractive words. What if what
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  Speaker 1: the world calls freedom is actually bondage. This is why
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  Speaker 1: Paul warns us, do not be conformed, because the world
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  Speaker 1: is working over time to pull you away from God.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you. Have you ever caught yourself
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  Speaker 1: just going along with what culture says without stopping to
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  Speaker 1: ask does this align with God's word? Have you ever
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  Speaker 1: noticed how easy it is to justify sin when everyone
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  Speaker 1: else is doing it. Have you ever struggled with thoughts
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  Speaker 1: of anxiety, doubt, fear, or comparison without realizing that your
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  Speaker 1: thinking has been shaped by the world instead of renewed
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  Speaker 1: by God. Because the way you think determines the way
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  Speaker 1: you live, and that is why Paul says the key
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  Speaker 1: to transformation is the renewing of your mind. Think about it.
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  Speaker 1: If you change the way you think, you change the
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  Speaker 1: way you live. If you start seeing yourself the way
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  Speaker 1: God sees you, you stop living for people's approval. If
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  Speaker 1: you start believing God's truth over the world's lies, you
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  Speaker 1: stop falling into the same temptations. If you start filling
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  Speaker 1: your mind with the word of God instead of the
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  Speaker 1: noise of culture, your entire life begins to change. But
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  Speaker 1: let's be real, renewing your mind is not easy. We
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  Speaker 1: are constantly being bombarded by messages that compete with God's truth.
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  Speaker 1: Social media alone can shape our minds without us even
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  Speaker 1: realizing it. The things we watch, the conversations we engage in,
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  Speaker 1: the news we consume, all of it is either drawing
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  Speaker 1: us closer to God or pulling us away from him.
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  Speaker 1: The real question is what are you allowing to shape
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  Speaker 1: your mind? Because here's the truth. If you are not
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  Speaker 1: intentionally renewing your mind, you are passively being conformed to
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  Speaker 1: the world. This is why this verse is so powerful.
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  Speaker 1: Paul is telling us that transformation doesn't start with our actions.
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  Speaker 1: It starts with our minds. Before your habits change, your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts must change, before your desires change. Your beliefs must change.
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  Speaker 1: Before your life looks different, your mind must be renewed.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you. Are you being conformed or transformed?
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  Speaker 1: Are your thoughts aligned with God's word or shaped by
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  Speaker 1: the culture around you? What would happen if you started
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  Speaker 1: renewing your mind every single day, Because by the end
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  Speaker 1: of this video you will understand exactly what it means
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  Speaker 1: to be transformed. You will see how powerful your mind
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  Speaker 1: is and why God wants to renew knew it for
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  Speaker 1: his glory. We have created in depth explanation videos for
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  Speaker 1: every book of the Bible to help you go deeper
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  Speaker 1: in your faith. Check out our other videos. We've covered
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  Speaker 1: powerful topics that will transform the way you see God's word.
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  Speaker 1: If you'd like this video to be turned into an ebook,
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  Speaker 1: let us know in the comments. And if this message
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  Speaker 1: has opened your eyes, like and share it so more
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  Speaker 1: people can understand the true meaning of Romans twelve two.
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  Speaker 1: Because the battle for your mind is real, and the
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  Speaker 1: victory starts today. With that being said, let's get started.
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  Speaker 1: The battle for your mind is real. Every day you
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  Speaker 1: are either being shaped by the world or transformed by God.
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  Speaker 1: And Paul makes it clear in Romans twelve two that
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  Speaker 1: if we are not actively renewing our minds, we will
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  Speaker 1: inevitably be conformed to this world. But what does that
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  Speaker 1: actually mean? What does it mean to be conformed to
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  Speaker 1: this world? When Paul wrote this letter, the believers in
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  Speaker 1: Rome were living in one of the most powerful and
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  Speaker 1: corrupt cities in the world. Rome was a place of
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  Speaker 1: extreme wealth and extreme immorality. The culture was obsessed with status,
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  Speaker 1: pleasure and self indulgence. Gladiator games, idle worship, sexual immorality,
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  Speaker 1: and greed filled the streets. It was a society that
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  Speaker 1: rejected God while celebrating sin, and Paul knew that if
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  Speaker 1: these Christians weren't careful, they would start to think like
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  Speaker 1: Romans instead of thinking like christ They would begin to conform,
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  Speaker 1: to adopt the values of the world around them, instead
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  Speaker 1: of standing firm in God's truth. And isn't that exactly
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  Speaker 1: what we see happening today? Think about it. Our world
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  Speaker 1: is just as broken, just as corrupt, just as obsessed
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  Speaker 1: with pleasure, power, and self. Every single day, culture is
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  Speaker 1: shaping the way we think. The world is teaching us
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  Speaker 1: follow your heart, but the Bible says the heart is
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  Speaker 1: deceitful Jeremiah seventeen nine. Live your truth, but Jesus said
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  Speaker 1: he is the truth. John fourteen six. Do whatever makes
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  Speaker 1: you happy. But scripture says the pursuit of selfish pleasure
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  Speaker 1: leads to destruction Galatians six eight. The world says, you
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  Speaker 1: don't need God, you can be your own God. And
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  Speaker 1: whether we realize it or not, we are constantly being
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  Speaker 1: bombarded by messages that try to mold us into the
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  Speaker 1: world's image instead of God's image. So what does it
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  Speaker 1: mean to be conformed to the world. The Greek word
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  Speaker 1: paul uses for conformed is siske matiso, which means to
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  Speaker 1: be molded, shaped, or fashioned according to a paton. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: a piece of clay being pressed into a mold. That's
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  Speaker 1: what the world is trying to do to you. It
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  Speaker 1: is pressing, squeezing, shaping you into its way of thinking.
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  Speaker 1: And here's the scary part. You don't even realize it's happening.
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  Speaker 1: It happens through the music you listen to. It happens
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  Speaker 1: through the shows you watch. It happens through the conversations
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  Speaker 1: you engage in. It happens through social media, entertainment, politics,
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  Speaker 1: and even certain church cultures. Every influence in your life
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  Speaker 1: is either pulling you toward God or pushing you away
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  Speaker 1: from him. Let me ask you, have you ever started
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  Speaker 1: thinking a certain way and later realized it didn't align
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  Speaker 1: with God's truth. Maybe you began justifying a certain sin
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  Speaker 1: because culture normalized it. Maybe you started worrying about things
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  Speaker 1: God told you not to fear. Maybe you found yourself
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  Speaker 1: more focused on success, money, or status than on pursuing
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  Speaker 1: God's kingdom. This is what it means to be conformed,
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  Speaker 1: and the danger is it's passive. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: do anything to be conformed to the world. If you
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  Speaker 1: just go with the flow, if you just absorb what
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  Speaker 1: society tells you, you will be conformed. That's why Paul
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  Speaker 1: commands us, do not be conformed to this world, because
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  Speaker 1: if you don't resist it, if you don't stand against it,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't actively fight to renew your mind, the
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  Speaker 1: world will shape you without you even realizing it. So
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  Speaker 1: what does conformity look like in real life? Think about
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  Speaker 1: Lot's wife In Genesis nineteen, when God was rescuing Lot's
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  Speaker 1: family from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, he gave
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  Speaker 1: them one simple instruction, don't look back. But Lot's wife did.
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  Speaker 1: Why because her heart was still attached to the world
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  Speaker 1: she was leaving. She had conformed the values, the pleasures,
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  Speaker 1: and the mindset of that wicked city, and it cost
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  Speaker 1: her everything. How many Christians today are just like Lot's wife.
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  Speaker 1: They claim to follow God, but their hearts are still
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  Speaker 1: longing for the world. They attend church but still chase
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  Speaker 1: after worldly success. They say they love Jesus, but they
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  Speaker 1: won't give up the things he calls them to leave behind.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus made this very clear. No one who puts his
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  Speaker 1: hand to the plow and looks back is fit for
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  Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God. Luke nine sixty two. We cannot
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  Speaker 1: have one foot in God's kingdom and one foot in
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  Speaker 1: the world. But let's be real. It's not easy to
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  Speaker 1: resist the pull of culture. The pressure is real. If
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  Speaker 1: you take a stand for biblical truth to day, you
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  Speaker 1: will be mocked, You will be misunderstood. You might even
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  Speaker 1: lose relationships. Jesus told us this would happen. If the
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  Speaker 1: world hates you, know that it has hated me before
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  Speaker 1: it hated you John fifteen eighteen. If you are more
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  Speaker 1: concerned with being accepted by the world than being faithful
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  Speaker 1: to God, you have already started conforming. So let's make
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  Speaker 1: this personal. Are there areas of your life where you
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  Speaker 1: have been shaped by culture instead of by Christ. Have
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  Speaker 1: you compromised biblical truth because it was easier to fit in.
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  Speaker 1: Have you allowed the world to tell you what success
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  Speaker 1: looks like instead of letting God define it. Paul is
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  Speaker 1: pleading with us, do not be conformed because the world's
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  Speaker 1: way of thinking leads to destruction. But there is good news.
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  Speaker 1: God doesn't just tell us what not to do. He
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  Speaker 1: tells us what to do instead, be transformed by the
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  Speaker 1: renewing of your mind. In other words, if you don't
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  Speaker 1: want to be conformed to the world. You must be
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  Speaker 1: transformed by God. And that's exactly what we're going to
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  Speaker 1: un pack next. Because transformation doesn't just happen. It takes action,
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  Speaker 1: It takes surrender, It takes allowing God to completely retrain
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  Speaker 1: the way you think. So before we move forward, let
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  Speaker 1: me ask you one last question. Are you willing to
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  Speaker 1: let God renew your mind? Because the choice is yours.
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  Speaker 1: You can either be conformed to the world, thinking like it,
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  Speaker 1: living like it, blending in, or you can be transformed,
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  Speaker 1: letting God change your thoughts, your desires, your purpose. But
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  Speaker 1: you can't do both. And if you're ready for real transformation,
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  Speaker 1: if you're ready to break free from the world's mold
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  Speaker 1: and start thinking like Christ, then stay with me because
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  Speaker 1: in the next section we're going to unpack exactly how
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  Speaker 1: to renew your mind and why it is the key
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  Speaker 1: to true transformation. The war for your soul is fought
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  Speaker 1: in one place, your mind. Every battle you face, every
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  Speaker 1: struggle with temptation, every moment of doubt, fear or faith,
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  Speaker 1: it all begins with a thought. Paul has just warned us,
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  Speaker 1: do not be conformed to this world. The reason because
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  Speaker 1: the world is constantly trying to shape your mind, to
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  Speaker 1: mold your thoughts, your beliefs, your desires. If the enemy
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  Speaker 1: can control how you think, he can control how you live.
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  Speaker 1: That's why Paul doesn't just tell us not to be conformed.
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  Speaker 1: He tells us how to fight back. Be transformed by
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  Speaker 1: the renewing of your mind. Because transformation, real lasting, spiritual
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  Speaker 1: transformation doesn't start with your actions. It starts with your thoughts.
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  Speaker 1: Think about this. Every decision you make, every habit you develop,
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  Speaker 1: every path you take in life, all of it is
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  Speaker 1: shaped by what happens in your mind. First, the things
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  Speaker 1: you dwell on, the things you believe, the thoughts you entertain,
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  Speaker 1: they determine your future. That's why the Bible repeatedly tells
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  Speaker 1: us that the mind is where the real battle is fought.
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  Speaker 1: For as a man thinks in his heart, so is
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  Speaker 1: he Proverbs twenty three seven. If you think like the world,
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  Speaker 1: you will live like the world. If you think according
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  Speaker 1: to your fears, your life will be driven by anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: If you think according to God's truth, you will walk
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  Speaker 1: in faith and victory. Everything starts in the mind, and
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  Speaker 1: this is exactly why the enemy attacks your thoughts. First
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  Speaker 1: look at Eve in the Garden of Eden, before she
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  Speaker 1: ever took the forbidden fruit, the serpent planted a thought
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  Speaker 1: in her mind, did God really say? Genesis three? One.
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  Speaker 1: Satan didn't force Eve to sin. He deceived her into
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  Speaker 1: thinking differently about God. He made her doubt God's word.
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  Speaker 1: He made her believe that she was missing out, that
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  Speaker 1: God was holding something back from her, And that one
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  Speaker 1: thought led to the downfall of all humanity. Because sin
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  Speaker 1: always starts in the mind before it becomes an action. Now,
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  Speaker 1: look at King David, before he ever committed adultery with Bathsheba,
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  Speaker 1: before he ever tried to cover up his sin by
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  Speaker 1: having her husband killed. It all started with a thought.
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  Speaker 1: He saw her, He dwelled on it, He entertained the
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  Speaker 1: idea in his mind, and that thought became a decision
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  Speaker 1: that nearly destroyed his life. This is why the enemy's
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  Speaker 1: greatest weapon against you is deception. If he can control
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  Speaker 1: your mind, he can control your life. This is why
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  Speaker 1: Paul writes for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
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  Speaker 1: but mighty in God, for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments,
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  Speaker 1: and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of God. Bringing every thing thought into captivity to the
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  Speaker 1: obedience of Christ. Second Corinthians ten four to five, bringing
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  Speaker 1: every thought into captivity. Think about that, how often do
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  Speaker 1: we let thoughts run wild in our minds without ever
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  Speaker 1: stopping to question them. How often do we allow fear,
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  Speaker 1: in security, lust, anger, or doubt to take root instead
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  Speaker 1: of stopping them at the door. Paul is telling us
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  Speaker 1: that we cannot afford to let our thoughts run unchecked.
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  Speaker 1: We must actively take them captive, bring them under control,
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  Speaker 1: measure them against God's truth, because if we don't, we
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  Speaker 1: will be conformed to the world without even realizing it.
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  Speaker 1: This is exactly what happened in ancient Rome. When Paul
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  Speaker 1: wrote Romans twelve two, he was speaking to believers living
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  Speaker 1: in a culture where the mindset of the world was
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  Speaker 1: completely opposite to God's truth. Roman society was built on pride, wealth, pleasure,
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  Speaker 1: and the worship of false gods. Everything around them was
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  Speaker 1: designed to shape their thinking, to make them forget God's ways,
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  Speaker 1: to mold them into the image of the culture instead
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  Speaker 1: of the image of Christ. And it's the same today.
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  Speaker 1: We live in a world that constantly bombards us with
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  Speaker 1: messages that do not align with God's truth. Social media
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  Speaker 1: feeds our minds with comparison, making us feel like we're
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  Speaker 1: never good enough. Entertainment normalizes sin, making what God calls
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  Speaker 1: evil seem harmless. Politics divide us, teaching us to see
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  Speaker 1: people as enemies instead of souls in need of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: The culture promotes self centeredness, telling us to follow our
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  Speaker 1: desires instead of following God. And if we are not
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  Speaker 1: intentional about renewing our minds, we will unconsciously absorb these influences.
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  Speaker 1: We will start thinking like the world, we will start
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  Speaker 1: living like the world. This is why Paul urges us
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  Speaker 1: be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Transformation doesn't
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  Speaker 1: happen over night. It's a process. It requires daily, intentional effort.
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  Speaker 1: It requires retraining the way you think, aligning your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: with God's word instead of the world's opinions. So let's
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  Speaker 1: make this personal. What kind of thoughts have been shaping
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  Speaker 1: your life? Are your thoughts filled with fear, anxiety and negativity?
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  Speaker 1: Are your thoughts leading you toward compromise and sin? Or
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  Speaker 1: are your thoughts being renewed by God's truth. The good
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  Speaker 1: news is you don't have to lose this battle because
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  Speaker 1: God has already given us everything we need to win.
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  Speaker 1: He has given us his word to replace the lies
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  Speaker 1: of the enemy with the truth of God. He has
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  Speaker 1: given us his spirit to guide us, convict us, and
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  Speaker 1: help us discern what is right. He has given us
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  Speaker 1: his power to break free from strongholds and renew our thinking.
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  Speaker 1: But the choice is ours. We can let our minds
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  Speaker 1: be shaped by the world, or we can actively surrender
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  Speaker 1: our thoughts to Christ. We can go with the flow
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  Speaker 1: and let culture define our values. Or we can renew
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  Speaker 1: our minds and let God transform our lives. But we
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  Speaker 1: can't do both. So let me ask you, are you
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  Speaker 1: ready to win the battle for your mind? Because in
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  Speaker 1: the next section we are going to dive deeper into
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  Speaker 1: exactly how to renew your mind and why it is
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  Speaker 1: the key to experiencing real transformation in your faith, your emotions,
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  Speaker 1: and your daily life. Stay with me, because the victory
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  Speaker 1: starts now. The battle for your mind is not always obvious.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't always come in the form of blatant temptation
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  Speaker 1: or direct attacks on your faith. More often than not,
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  Speaker 1: it happens in the quiet moments, in the things you
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  Speaker 1: absorb without questioning, in the subtle shifts in your thinking
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  Speaker 1: that you don't even recognize, and before you know it,
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  Speaker 1: your perspective has been reshaped by the world without you
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  Speaker 1: even realizing it. Paul was speaking directly to this danger
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  Speaker 1: when he wrote to the believers in Rome. They were
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  Speaker 1: surrounded by a society that glorified power, wealth, and self indulgence.
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  Speaker 1: The culture was built on idle worship, sexual immorality, and
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  Speaker 1: an obsession with status. Everything around them, from their entertainment
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  Speaker 1: to their politics to their religious systems, was designed to
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  Speaker 1: pull them away from God, and if they weren't careful,
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  Speaker 1: they would slowly begin thinking like Romans instead of thinking
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  Speaker 1: like Christ. This is exactly what is happening in our
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  Speaker 1: world today. The world is constantly shaping how you think.
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  Speaker 1: If you are not actively renewing your mind, you will
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  Speaker 1: start adopting the world's values without even realizing it. The
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  Speaker 1: influences everywhere, working in ways most people never stop to consider.
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  Speaker 1: It happens through entertainment, social media, cultural trends, and even
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  Speaker 1: within certain church movements that have drifted from biblical truth.
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  Speaker 1: It starts with the things we consume. Movies, TV shows, music,
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  Speaker 1: and books are not just sources of entertainment. They are
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  Speaker 1: shaping our beliefs, whether we realize it or not. Think
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  Speaker 1: about how love and relationships are portrayed in movies. Most
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  Speaker 1: of them make love look like nothing more than an
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  Speaker 1: emotional high, a fleeting moment of passion, But biblical love
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  Speaker 1: is based on commitment, sacrifice, and covenant. Think about the
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  Speaker 1: music industry's message about success. It glorifies wealth, power and
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  Speaker 1: self gratification, yet the Bible says the true success comes
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  Speaker 1: from walking in righteousness. Social media has trained people to
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  Speaker 1: believe that their worth is based on their followers, their image,
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  Speaker 1: and their ability to keep up with trends, but none
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  Speaker 1: of these things define who we are in Christ. The
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  Speaker 1: biggest deception is thinking that these influences don't affect us.
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  Speaker 1: People say it's just a show, it's just a song,
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  Speaker 1: it's just a trend. But what we allow into our
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  Speaker 1: eyes and ears shapes our thoughts, and our thoughts shape
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  Speaker 1: our lives. Jesus warned about this when he said the
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  Speaker 1: eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes
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  Speaker 1: are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
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  Speaker 1: But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will
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  Speaker 1: be full of darkness. The things we watch, the things
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  Speaker 1: we listen to the things we engage with. They don't
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  Speaker 1: just entertain us, they tran form us. And social media
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  Speaker 1: has only made this more dangerous. It has become one
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  Speaker 1: of the most powerful tools in shaping the way people think.
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  Speaker 1: How many hours do people spend scrolling absorbing content that
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  Speaker 1: has nothing to do with God? How much of what
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  Speaker 1: we see on social media fuels comparison insecurity, fear, and anxiety.
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  Speaker 1: People's minds are being trained to crave validation, to live
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  Speaker 1: for likes, to chase trends instead of truth, and without
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  Speaker 1: even realizing it, their values start to shift. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: asking what does God say about this, they ask what's popular,
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  Speaker 1: what's acceptable? What will people approve of? Paul saw this
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  Speaker 1: happening in his time, which is why he warned that
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  Speaker 1: a time would come when people would no longer listen
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  Speaker 1: to sound doctrine. Instead, they would gather around themselves teachers
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  Speaker 1: who tell them what they want to hear. That time
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  Speaker 1: has arrived. People don't want to hear the truth if
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  Speaker 1: it challenges their lifestyle. They would rather believe lies that
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  Speaker 1: make them comfortable than truth that calls them to repentance.
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  Speaker 1: Culture now defines morality based on feelings instead of God's word.
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  Speaker 1: Truth is seen as subjective, and any one who stands
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  Speaker 1: for biblical truth is labeled intolerant. But hears what makes
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  Speaker 1: this even more dangerous. Some of these worldly influences are
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  Speaker 1: even creeping into churches. Not every church preaches the full gospel.
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  Speaker 1: Some churches have watered down the message to avoid offending people.
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  Speaker 1: Some focus more on self help than on surrender to Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Some have blended biblical truth with worldly philosophies, twisting scripture
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  Speaker 1: to fit cultural trends instead of calling people to holiness.
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  Speaker 1: Just because something sounds good doesn't mean it's true. Just
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  Speaker 1: because something is popular doesn't mean it's biblical. This is
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  Speaker 1: why Paul commands us do not be conformed to this world,
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  Speaker 1: because if we don't fight against it, we will absorb
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  Speaker 1: the world's way of thinking without even realizing it. So
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  Speaker 1: how do you know if the world has influenced your thinking?
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  Speaker 1: Ask yourself? Do I think more about what people say
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  Speaker 1: than what God says? Do I justify sin because everyone
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  Speaker 1: else is doing it? Am I more comfortable with worldly
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  Speaker 1: entertainment than I am with spending time in God's presence?
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  Speaker 1: Do I hesitate to stand for truth because I'm afraid
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  Speaker 1: of being judged. Do I measure success based on money
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  Speaker 1: and status rather than faithfulness to God. If your thinking
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  Speaker 1: has been shaped by the world, don't be discouraged because
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  Speaker 1: transformation is possible. You don't have to stay confis formed.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to continue living with a mindset that
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  Speaker 1: is influenced by culture instead of Christ. You can be
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  Speaker 1: transformed by the renewing of your mind. And that is
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  Speaker 1: what we are going to break down next, because if
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  Speaker 1: we want to break free from worldly thinking, if we
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  Speaker 1: want to truly experience transformation, we have to understand exactly
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  Speaker 1: how to renew our minds. It won't happen by accident,
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  Speaker 1: it won't happen by doing nothing. It is a process
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  Speaker 1: of actively filling our minds with God's truth and allowing
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  Speaker 1: him to change the way we think. So let me
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  Speaker 1: ask you, are you ready for that kind of transformation?
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  Speaker 1: Are you willing to allow God to completely rewire your thoughts,
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  Speaker 1: to shift your perspective, to break off every worldly influence
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  Speaker 1: that has shaped you. Because if you are, then stay
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  Speaker 1: with me, because in the next section we are going
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  Speaker 1: to dive deep into how to renew your mind and
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  Speaker 1: why it is the key to true transformation. The world
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  Speaker 1: is constantly trying to shape you, to press you into
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  Speaker 1: its mold, to make you think, act, and live like
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  Speaker 1: everyone else. But Paul commands us in Romans twelve two,
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  Speaker 1: do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
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  Speaker 1: by the renewing of your mind. This is not just
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  Speaker 1: about resisting the world. It's about becoming something entirely different.
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  Speaker 1: But what does it actually mean to be transformed? The
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  Speaker 1: Greek word Paul uses for transformed is metamorphu, from which
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  Speaker 1: we get the English word metamorphosis. This isn't a small adjustment.
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  Speaker 1: This isn't about tweaking a few behaviors or improving your personality.
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  Speaker 1: This is about a complete and total change from the
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  Speaker 1: inside out. It's the same word used to describe Jesus's
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  Speaker 1: transfiguration in Matthew seventeen two, who when he was physically
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  Speaker 1: changed before the disciples revealing his divine glory. That same
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  Speaker 1: kind of radical transformation is what happens in the life
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  Speaker 1: of a believer, not physically but spiritually. This is deeper
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  Speaker 1: than behavior modification. The world tries to change people from
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  Speaker 1: the outside inn by forcing them to follow rules, by
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  Speaker 1: pressuring them into cultural norms, by making them a just
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  Speaker 1: their behavior to fit in. But God transforms people from
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  Speaker 1: the inside out. He changes the heart, renews the mind,
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  Speaker 1: and from that internal change, a new life flows. Paul
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  Speaker 1: was writing to Christians living in ancient Rome, a city
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  Speaker 1: built on power, status, and self indulgence. Rome was the
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  Speaker 1: center of the world, filled with pleasure, wealth, and corruption.
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  Speaker 1: If someone wanted to be successful in Rome, they had
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  Speaker 1: to conform. If they wanted to be a accepted, they
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  Speaker 1: had to blend in. The temptation to follow the crowd,
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  Speaker 1: to live like everyone else, to think like everyone else,
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  Speaker 1: was overwhelming, but Paul was telling them, you don't belong
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  Speaker 1: to this world anymore. You are not meant to live
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  Speaker 1: like the Romans. You are meant to be transformed. And
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  Speaker 1: that same message is for us today. We live in
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  Speaker 1: a culture that demands conformity. It tells you who you
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  Speaker 1: should be, how you should think, what you should value,
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  Speaker 1: and if you don't fit the mold, you are labeled, criticized,
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  Speaker 1: even rejected. The pressure to be like everyone else is constant.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus didn't die so you could blend in. He
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  Speaker 1: died so you could be transformed, so you could become
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  Speaker 1: something new, something set apart, something that reflects his glory.
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  Speaker 1: Real transformation is not just about following rules. It's not
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  Speaker 1: about looking religious. It's not about going to church and
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  Speaker 1: checking off spiritual boxes. Real transformation means you are no
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  Speaker 1: longer the same person you used to be. Think about
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  Speaker 1: what happens when a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: just grow wings and stay the same. It goes through
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  Speaker 1: a complete transformation. The old version of itself literally dies
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  Speaker 1: and a new creature is born. That's exactly what happens
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  Speaker 1: when someone truly encounters Christ. Paul describes this in Second
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians five seventeen. If anyone is in Christ, he is
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  Speaker 1: a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the
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  Speaker 1: new has come. This is why trying to follow Christ
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  Speaker 1: while still thinking like the world doesn't work. You can't
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  Speaker 1: live a transformed life while holding onto an unrenewed mind.
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  Speaker 1: Transformation starts internally when your heart is changed, your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: are changed, and as a result, your life begins to change.
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  Speaker 1: But let's be real, transformation is not easy. The enemy
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  Speaker 1: doesn't want you to be transformed. He wants you to
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  Speaker 1: stay stuck. He wants you to think that real change
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  Speaker 1: is impossible. He wants you to believe that the way
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  Speaker 1: you've always been is the way you will always be.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the truth. God has already given you everything
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  Speaker 1: you need to be transformed. He has given you his
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  Speaker 1: spirit to guide you and empower you. He has given
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  Speaker 1: you his word to renew your thinking. He has given
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  Speaker 1: you his presence to change your desires. And when you
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  Speaker 1: allow Him to do the work in you, the transformation
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  Speaker 1: is undeniable. Look at the apostle Paul himself. Before his transformation,
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  Speaker 1: he was a religious extremist, hunting down Christians, convinced he
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  Speaker 1: was doing the right thing. But then he encountered Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and in that moment everything changed. His mind was renewed,
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  Speaker 1: his heart was changed, and the man who once persecuted
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  Speaker 1: believers became one of the greatest messengers of the Gospel.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Peter. Before his transformation. He was impulsive, unreliable,
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  Speaker 1: and driven by fear. He denied Jesus three times because
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  Speaker 1: he was afraid. But after his mind was renewed, after
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  Speaker 1: he was filled with the Holy Spirit, he became bold, unshakable,
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  Speaker 1: willing to die for his faith. Transformation is not just
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  Speaker 1: something that happened in the Bible. It happens today. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you've seen it in your own life. Maybe you used
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  Speaker 1: to struggle with fear, but now you have peace. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you used to live for people's approval, but now you
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  Speaker 1: live for God. Maybe you used to be caught in sin,
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  Speaker 1: but now you walk in freedom. That is transformation. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the key. Transformation is not a one time event.
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  Speaker 1: It is a daily process. Paul doesn't say be transformed
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  Speaker 1: once and you're done. He is calling us to a
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  Speaker 1: lifestyle of renewal. Every day. We must surrender our minds
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  Speaker 1: to God. Every day we must choose to think differently.
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  Speaker 1: Every day. We must allow Him to keep shaping us.
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  Speaker 1: And this is where many people struggle. They think that
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  Speaker 1: because they prayed a prayer or had one powerful moment
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  Speaker 1: with God, they are automatically transformed. But if they don't
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  Speaker 1: continue renewing their minds, they slowly drift back into old patterns.
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  Speaker 1: This is why some Christians remain spiritually stagnant for years.
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  Speaker 1: It's not because they don't love God, it's because they
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  Speaker 1: haven't truly allowed him to change the way they think.
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  Speaker 1: They still on to old mindsets. They still live based
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  Speaker 1: on emotions, They still make decisions based on culture instead
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  Speaker 1: of scripture. But when your mind is truly renewed, your
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  Speaker 1: life will be radically different. You will think differently, you
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  Speaker 1: will react differently, you will desire different things. You will
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  Speaker 1: walk in greater peace, greater boldness, greater faith because you
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  Speaker 1: are no longer who you used to be. So let
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  Speaker 1: me ask you, have you truly been transformed or have
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  Speaker 1: you only changed on the surface while your mind is
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  Speaker 1: still conformed to the world. Because transformation is available to you.
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  Speaker 1: God is ready to change you, to renew you, to
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  Speaker 1: make you into someone who reflects His glory. But you
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  Speaker 1: have to be willing. And this is exactly what we're
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  Speaker 1: going to talk about next. Because transformation doesn't happen by accident.
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  Speaker 1: It happens when you intentionally renew your mind. It happens
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  Speaker 1: when you actively replace lies with truth, when you surrender
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  Speaker 1: old mindsets to God, when you choose to let him
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  Speaker 1: rewire the way you think. So, if you are ready
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  Speaker 1: for that kind of transformation, if you are ready to
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  Speaker 1: experience real change, not just temporary adjustments, stay with me,
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  Speaker 1: because next we are going to break down exactly how
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  Speaker 1: to renew your mind and why it is the key
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  Speaker 1: to living a transformed life. Transformation is not something we
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  Speaker 1: can achieve on our own. No amount of self discipline,
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  Speaker 1: good intentions, or religious effort can change us at the core.
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  Speaker 1: That is why Paul doesn't simply say be transformed and
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  Speaker 1: leave it at that. He tells us how, by the
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  Speaker 1: renewing of your mind, the transformation God desires in us
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  Speaker 1: begins with the way we think. Everything in your life,
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  Speaker 1: your habits, your emotions, your decisions is shaped by your thoughts.
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  Speaker 1: If you want to change your life, you must first
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  Speaker 1: change your mind. But here's the problem. Your mind will
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  Speaker 1: never naturally align with God's truth. Paul was writing to
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  Speaker 1: believe us in Rome, a city completely dominated by a
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  Speaker 1: worldly way of thinking. Everything about Roman society was built
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  Speaker 1: around power, status, pleasure, and self indulgence. The Romans had
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  Speaker 1: their own gods, their own moral codes, their own version
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  Speaker 1: of truth. A believer in Rome who wasn't actively renewing
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  Speaker 1: their mind would automatically start thinking like a Roman. They
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  Speaker 1: would be influenced by the culture around them, absorbing its
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  Speaker 1: values without even realizing it. And that is exactly what
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  Speaker 1: happens to day. We live in a world that constantly
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  Speaker 1: bomb bards us with messages that contradict God's truth. Culture
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  Speaker 1: defines success by money and power, but God defines success
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  Speaker 1: by faithfulness and obedience. The world teaches us to trust
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  Speaker 1: our feelings, but God calls us to live by faith,
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  Speaker 1: not by sight. Society tells us that truth is relative,
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  Speaker 1: but Jesus said, I Am the Way, the Truth, and
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  Speaker 1: the Life. If we do not actively renew our minds
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  Speaker 1: with Scripture, we will conform to the world without even noticing.
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  Speaker 1: This is why Paul urges us be renewed in the
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  Speaker 1: spirit of your mind Ephesians four twenty three. Because if
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed, your actions will follow. But what
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  Speaker 1: does it actually mean to renew your mind? Renewing your
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  Speaker 1: mind is the process of replacing the world's way of
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  Speaker 1: thinking with God's way of thinking. It means tearing down
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  Speaker 1: the lies we've believed and rep placing them with the
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  Speaker 1: truth of Scripture. It means surrendering old patterns of thought
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  Speaker 1: and allowing the Holy Spirit to reshape the way we
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  Speaker 1: see ourselves, others, and the world around us. Think about
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  Speaker 1: it like this. Your mind is like a garden. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't intentionally plant good seeds, weeds will automatically grow.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to plant weeds, they appear on their
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  Speaker 1: own in the same way. If you are not actively
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  Speaker 1: filling your mind with God's truth, the world's lies will
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  Speaker 1: take root by default. This is why renewing your mind
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  Speaker 1: is not a one time event. It is a daily process.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus understood this. That's why he said man shall not
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God Matthew four four. Just like
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  Speaker 1: your physical body needs daily food, your mind needs daily renewal.
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  Speaker 1: You cannot live off of last week's Bible reading. You
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  Speaker 1: cannot survive spiritually on occasional sermons. You need to be
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  Speaker 1: constantly feeding your mind with God's truth, because if you don't,
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  Speaker 1: the world will feed it with something else. So how
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  Speaker 1: does this renewal happen? First by saturating your mind with scripture.
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  Speaker 1: God's word is not just information, it is transformation. It
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  Speaker 1: has the power to completely change the way you think.
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  Speaker 1: Hebrews four twelve says for the Word of God is
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  Speaker 1: living and active, sharper than any double edged sword. The
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  Speaker 1: more you fill your mind with scripture, the more your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts will begin to align with God's thoughts. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: reacting in fear, you will respond in faith. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: being ruled by emotions, you will be led by truth.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of being conformed to the world, you will be
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  Speaker 1: transformed by God's word. Psalm one two to three describes
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  Speaker 1: the person who meditates on God's word day and night
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  Speaker 1: as a tree planted by streams of water, bearing fruit
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  Speaker 1: in every season. If you want to be strong, if
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  Speaker 1: you want to be unshakable, if you want to be transformed,
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  Speaker 1: you must root yourself in God's truth. Second, by surrendering
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  Speaker 1: to the Holy Spirit. Renewing your mind is not just
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  Speaker 1: about reading scripture. It is about allowing the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: to make it come alive in you. Jesus said, but
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  Speaker 1: the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
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  Speaker 1: in my name, He will teach you all things and
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  Speaker 1: bring to your remembrance all that I have said to
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  Speaker 1: you John fourteen twenty six. You can read the Bible
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  Speaker 1: and still not be transformed if you are not letting
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit apply it to your life. He is
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  Speaker 1: the one who convicts, who reveals, who gives wisdom and understanding.
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  Speaker 1: Transformation is not just about gaining knowledge. It is about
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  Speaker 1: surrendering your thoughts to God's control. Third, by taking every
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  Speaker 1: thought captive. Renewing your mind is not just about putting
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  Speaker 1: in the right thoughts. It's also about tearing down the
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  Speaker 1: wrong ones. Two Corinthians ten five tells us to take
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  Speaker 1: captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. The
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  Speaker 1: enemy will still try to plant lies in your mind.
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  Speaker 1: He will still try to make you doubt God's promises.
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  Speaker 1: He will still try to pull you back into old
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  Speaker 1: patterns of thinking. But when your mind is renewed, you
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  Speaker 1: won't just accept every thought that enters. You will test
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  Speaker 1: it against God's truth. If a thought says you will
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  Speaker 1: always be stuck in this sin, you take it captive
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  Speaker 1: and replace it with I am a new creation in Christ.
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  Speaker 1: Second Corinthians five seventeen. If a thought says you are
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  Speaker 1: not enough, you take it captive and replace it with
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  Speaker 1: I am fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm one hundred thirty nine,
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  Speaker 1: verse fourteen. If a thought says you will never change,
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  Speaker 1: you take it captive and replace it with He who
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  Speaker 1: began a good work in me will carry it to
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  Speaker 1: completion Philippians one six. When your mind is renewed, you
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  Speaker 1: don't just listen to your thoughts. You filter them through
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  Speaker 1: God's word. But Here's the truth. This kind of renewal
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  Speaker 1: does not happen passively. You have to be intentional. You
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  Speaker 1: have to choose to fill your mind with truth. You
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  Speaker 1: have to choose to surrender your thoughts to God. You
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  Speaker 1: have to choose to meditate on his word, to reject
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  Speaker 1: the lies of the enemy, to allow the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 1: to transform the way you think. And when you do,
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  Speaker 1: your life will change. You will no longer be ruled
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  Speaker 1: by fear because your mind will be filled with God's promises.
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  Speaker 1: You will no longer be enslaved to sin because your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts will be aligned with righteousness. You will no longer
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  Speaker 1: chase after the things of this world because your desires
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  Speaker 1: will be renewed. This is the power of a transformed mind.
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  Speaker 1: So let me ask you, are you actively renewing your
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  Speaker 1: mind or are you letting the world fill your mind
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  Speaker 1: with its version of truth. Because if you want to
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  Speaker 1: experience real transformation, if you want to be set free
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  Speaker 1: from old patterns, if you want to walk in the
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  Speaker 1: fullness of God's will for your life, it starts in
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  Speaker 1: your mind. And this is what we are going to
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  Speaker 1: break down next, Because how do you actually know if
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  Speaker 1: your mind is aligned with God? Or with the world.
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  Speaker 1: How can you tell if your truly being renewed or
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  Speaker 1: if you're still carrying old ways of thinking. Stay with me,
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  Speaker 1: because in the next section we are going to examine
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  Speaker 1: exactly how to recognize if your mind is aligned with
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  Speaker 1: God or if it is still being shaped by the world.
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  Speaker 1: Renewing your mind is not just about knowing scripture. It's
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  Speaker 1: about truly aligning your thoughts with God. Many people assume
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  Speaker 1: that because they go to church, read their Bible occasionally,
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  Speaker 1: or believe in Jesus, their minds are already transformed. But
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  Speaker 1: the reality is you can believe in God while still
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  Speaker 1: thinking like the world. Paul was writing to believers in
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  Speaker 1: Rome when he commanded them, do not be conformed to
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  Speaker 1: this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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  Speaker 1: That means it is possible to be saved but still
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  Speaker 1: think in ways that reflect the culture more than Christ.
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  Speaker 1: The Roman Christians were surrounded by a society that defined
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  Speaker 1: success by wealth and power. Pleasure was a god, entertainment
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  Speaker 1: was full of violence, sin was celebrated, and if they
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  Speaker 1: were not careful, they would start absorbing the mindset of
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  Speaker 1: the Romans. Instead of being transformed by the truth of God,
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  Speaker 1: and isn't that exactly what is happening today? We live
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  Speaker 1: in a culture that is constantly shaping the way we
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  Speaker 1: think through entertainment, media, social expectations, and even the opinions
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  Speaker 1: of friends and family. We are being trained to think
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  Speaker 1: in certain ways, many of which are completely opposite to
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  Speaker 1: God's truth. So how do you know if your mind
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  Speaker 1: is truly aligned with God or if it has been
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  Speaker 1: answer is simple, look at your thoughts, because your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: will reveal your source. If your thinking is shaped by
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  Speaker 1: the world, your thoughts will be driven by fear, comparison, pride,
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  Speaker 1: self interest, and temporary desires. If your thinking is renewed
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  Speaker 1: by God, your thoughts will be filled with faith, peace, humility, surrender,
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  Speaker 1: and eternal perspective. Jesus said, a good tree cannot bear
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  Speaker 1: bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
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  Speaker 1: Matthew seven eighteen. Your mindset is either producing worldly fruit
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  Speaker 1: or Kingdom fruit. There is no in between. So let's
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  Speaker 1: get practical. Here are five questions to test whether your
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  Speaker 1: mind is aligned with God or still influenced by the world. One,
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  Speaker 1: what is your first response when facing a problem, do
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  Speaker 1: you react with worry, stress, and anxiety, or do you
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  Speaker 1: respond with faith, prayer, and trust in God. Jesus said,
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  Speaker 1: do not worry about your lives Matthew, six twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Yet many believers live in a constant state of fear,
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  Speaker 1: overthinking every problem, panicking about the future, and trying to
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  Speaker 1: control situations instead of trusting God. If your first instinct
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  Speaker 1: when things go wrong is to complain, to fear or
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  Speaker 1: to over analyze instead of to pray, your mind has
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  Speaker 1: been conformed to the world's way of thinking. But when
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed, your first instinct will be to
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  Speaker 1: seek God. Instead of saying, what am I going to do?
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  Speaker 1: You will say God, I trust you. Instead of thinking
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  Speaker 1: this is impossible, you will think with God all things
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  Speaker 1: are possible. Matthew, nineteen twenty six. The way you handle
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  Speaker 1: problems reveals whether your mind is ruled by fear or
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  Speaker 1: transformed by faith. Two. What do you value most in life?
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  Speaker 1: What is your mind constantly focused on? Success, money, reputation, comfort, entertainment.
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  Speaker 1: The world measures success by how much you achieve, how
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  Speaker 1: much you own, and how much attention you get. But
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  Speaker 1: Jesus said, what good is it for someone to gain
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  Speaker 1: the whole world, yet so offit their soul Mark eight
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  Speaker 1: thirty six. A renewed mind sees success differently. It measures
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  Speaker 1: life not by earthly achievements, but by kingdom impact. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of thinking how can I get more, A renewed mind
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  Speaker 1: asks how can I serve God more? Instead of chasing money,
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  Speaker 1: A renewed mind seeks to store up treasures in heaven.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of being consumed with how people see them, a
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  Speaker 1: renewed mind is focused on how God sees them. So
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  Speaker 1: ask yourself, are your priorities shaped by the world or
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  Speaker 1: by eternity? Three? How do you handle temptation? When the
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  Speaker 1: world tempts you with sin? Do you fight against it
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  Speaker 1: or justify it? A worldly mind makes excuses. It says
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  Speaker 1: it's not a big deal. Everyone does it. God will
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  Speaker 1: forgive me. It twists scripture to fit sinful desires instead
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  Speaker 1: of surrendering desas desires to God. But a renewed mind
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  Speaker 1: sees sin the way God sees it. It doesn't ask
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  Speaker 1: how much can I get away with it? Asks how
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  Speaker 1: can I honor God in every area of my life?
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  Speaker 1: Joseph had a renewed mind when Potiphar's wife tempted him,
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  Speaker 1: He didn't rationalize sin, he ran from it Genesis thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine twelve. His thoughts were aligned with God, so when
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  Speaker 1: temptation came, he had already made up his mind to obey.
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  Speaker 1: A renewed mind doesn't wait until the moment of temptation
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  Speaker 1: to decide. It is already submitted to God's truth. For
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  Speaker 1: do you think more about what people say or what
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  Speaker 1: God says? Who has more influence over your mind? Culture
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  Speaker 1: or Christ? The world constantly pressures you to fit in,
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  Speaker 1: to compromise, to seek approval, But Proverbs twenty nine twenty
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  Speaker 1: five says, the fear of man is aner, but whoever
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  Speaker 1: trusts in the Lord is safe. A worldly mind is
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  Speaker 1: controlled by public opinion. It asks what will people think?
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  Speaker 1: Will I lose followers? Will I be rejected? But a
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  Speaker 1: renewed mind asks, what does God say? Am I living
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  Speaker 1: for his approval? Am I willing to stand for truth
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  Speaker 1: even when it's unpopular. When your mind is renewed, you
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  Speaker 1: no longer need validation from the world. You no longer
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  Speaker 1: need to be liked, applauded, or accepted. You only need
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  Speaker 1: to be faithful. Five What kind of thoughts dominate your
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  Speaker 1: mind daily. Do you struggle with negativity, comparison, lust, greed, unforgiveness,
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  Speaker 1: or pride. The enemy knows that if he can control
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts, he can control your life. That's why Second
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  Speaker 1: Corinthians ten five tells us to take every thought captive
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  Speaker 1: and make it obedient to Christ. A renewed mind doesn't
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  Speaker 1: let negative thoughts run wild. It filters them through the
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  Speaker 1: word of God. When a thought says you're not good enough,
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  Speaker 1: a renewed mind answers, I am fearfully and wonderfully made
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  Speaker 1: Psalm one hundred thirty nine, verse fourteen. When a thought
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  Speaker 1: says you'll never change, a renewed mind answers, I am
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  Speaker 1: a new creation in Christ tewod Corinthians five seventeen. When
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  Speaker 1: a thought says you should hold on to that offense,
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  Speaker 1: a renewed mind answers forgive, just as Christ forgave you
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  Speaker 1: Colossians three point thirteen. Your thoughts reveal who is shaping
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  Speaker 1: your mind. So let's make this personal. Are your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: aligning with God's truth or are they still shaped by
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  Speaker 1: the world's influence. Because here's the good news. Renewing your
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  Speaker 1: mind is possible. God doesn't just command you to think differently.
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  Speaker 1: He gives you the power to do it. He has
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  Speaker 1: given you his word, his spirit, and his presence to
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  Speaker 1: completely transform the way you think. But the choice is yours.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't actively renew your mind, you will passively
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  Speaker 1: conform to the world. If you don't fill your mind
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  Speaker 1: with truth, the world will fill it with lies. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't choose to align your thoughts with God, they
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  Speaker 1: will be shaped by culture. So let me ask you
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  Speaker 1: which one are you choosing, because in the next section
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  Speaker 1: we are going to dive into what happens when your
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  Speaker 1: mind is fully renewed and how it changes every area
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  Speaker 1: of your life. If you're ready to experience that kind
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  Speaker 1: of transformation, stay with me, because we're about to take
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  Speaker 1: this even deeper. When God renews your mind, everything changes,
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  Speaker 1: not just your thoughts, not just your beliefs. Your entire
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  Speaker 1: life is transformed. The way you see yourself, the way
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  Speaker 1: you respond to struggles, the way you make decisions, the
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  Speaker 1: way you interact with others. Everything shifts. You begin to
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  Speaker 1: live not according to the patterns of this world, but
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  Speaker 1: according to the truth of God. Paul was speaking to
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  Speaker 1: believers in Rome when he wrote, do not be conformed
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  Speaker 1: to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of
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  Speaker 1: your mind. These were people who had grown up surrounded
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  Speaker 1: by the Roman way of thinking. Their entire culture evolved
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  Speaker 1: around power, status, pleasure, and human wisdom. If they weren't
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  Speaker 1: intentional about renewing their minds, they would automatically default to
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  Speaker 1: thinking like Romans instead of thinking like Christ And that
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  Speaker 1: is exactly what happens today. If you do not allow
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  Speaker 1: God to renew your mind, your default mode of thinking
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  Speaker 1: will be shaped by the world. But when God does
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  Speaker 1: renew your mind, you begin to experience a level of
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  Speaker 1: transfer that affects every part of your life. Your choices
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  Speaker 1: begin to change. Before your mind was renewed, your decisions
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  Speaker 1: were driven by impulse, pressure, emotions, and cultural influence. You
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  Speaker 1: followed whatever felt good in the moment. You chase success
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  Speaker 1: based on the world's definition of success. You made choices
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  Speaker 1: the prioritized comfort over calling, approval over obedience, self over surrender.
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  Speaker 1: But when your mind is renewed, you start making decisions differently.
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  Speaker 1: You begin to ask what does God want me to do?
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  Speaker 1: Instead of what do I feel like doing? You start
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  Speaker 1: seeking wisdom in prayer and scripture instead of relying on
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  Speaker 1: your own understanding, you no longer make choices out of
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  Speaker 1: fear or insecurity, but out of faith and trust in God.
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  Speaker 1: Solomon understood this. When given the opportunity to ask for anything,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't ask for wealth, power, or long life. He
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  Speaker 1: asked for wisdom. Why because his mind was aligned with
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  Speaker 1: God's purposes, and because he sought God's wisdom above everything else,
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  Speaker 1: God gave him both wisdom and everything else First Kings
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  Speaker 1: three nine to fourteen. This is what happens when God
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  Speaker 1: renews your mind. Your decisions shift from self centered to
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  Speaker 1: God centered. Your emotions come under God's control. Before your
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  Speaker 1: mind is renewed, your emotions control you. You react instead
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  Speaker 1: of respond. You get offended easily. You live in a
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  Speaker 1: cycle of fear, worry, anger, jealousy, and doubt. But when
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  Speaker 1: God renews your mind, you begin to see your emotions
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  Speaker 1: through the lens of truth. Instead of living in fear,
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  Speaker 1: you stand in faith. Instead of holding on to bitterness,
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  Speaker 1: you choose forgiveness. Instead of being ruled by worry, you
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  Speaker 1: walk in peace. Paul wrote, do not be anxious about anything,
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  Speaker 1: but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
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  Speaker 1: present your requests to God and the peace of God,
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  Speaker 1: which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your
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  Speaker 1: minds in Christ Jesus Philippians four six to seven. When
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed, you are no longer a prisoner
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  Speaker 1: to your emotions. You don't have to wake up every
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  Speaker 1: day being controlled by how you feel. You can choose peace,
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  Speaker 1: You can choose joy. You can choose to believe God
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  Speaker 1: over your circumstances. Joseph had every reason to live in bitterness, fear,
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  Speaker 1: and depression. His brothers betrayed him, he was falsely accused.
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  Speaker 1: He was thrown into prison for years. But because his
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  Speaker 1: mind was fixed on God, he didn't allow his circumstances
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  Speaker 1: to shape his emotions. He trusted God in the pit,
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  Speaker 1: and because his mind was renewed, God elevated him to
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  Speaker 1: a position of power Genesis fifty twenty. This is what
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  Speaker 1: happens when God renews your mind. Your emotions are no
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  Speaker 1: longer in control God is. Your relationships are transformed. Before
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed, your relationships are shaped by selfishness, offense, comparison,
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  Speaker 1: and unhealthy attachments. You may struggle with unforgiveness, pride, or
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  Speaker 1: the need for validation from people. But when God renews
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  Speaker 1: your mind, you begin to see people differently. Instead of
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  Speaker 1: being easily offended, you become gracious. Instead of seeking approval,
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  Speaker 1: you rest in God's acceptance. Instead of holding grudges, you
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  Speaker 1: extend forgiveness. Jesus said, love your enemies. Do good to
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  Speaker 1: those who hate you, Bless those who curse you. Pray
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  Speaker 1: for those who miss treat you. Luke six twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: to twenty eight. That is not how the world thinks.
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  Speaker 1: That is not our natural response. That only happens when
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed by God. Stephen, as he was
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  Speaker 1: being stoned to death, did not curse his killers. He prayed, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: do not hold this sin against them. Acts seven sixty.
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  Speaker 1: His mind had been so transformed by God that he
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  Speaker 1: responded to hatred with love. This is what happens when
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  Speaker 1: God renews your mind. Your relationships shift from selfishness to
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  Speaker 1: christ like love. Your purpose becomes clear. Before your mind
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  Speaker 1: is renewed, you may feel lost, unsure of your calling,
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  Speaker 1: constantly searching for meaning. The world tells you that your
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  Speaker 1: purpose is about success, status, or personal happiness. But when
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed, you begin to see your purpose
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  Speaker 1: through God's eyes. Paul says that when your mind is renewed,
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  Speaker 1: then you will be able to test and approve what
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  Speaker 1: God's will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will Romans
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  Speaker 1: twelve two. In other words, when your mind is transformed,
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  Speaker 1: you will finally understand God's plan for your life. Peter
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  Speaker 1: was once unstable, impulsive, and unsure of his calling. He
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  Speaker 1: denied Jesus because he was afraid. But when his mind
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  Speaker 1: was renewed, he became unshakable. He walked boldly in his calling,
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  Speaker 1: preached the gospel fearlessly, and led thousands to Christ. When
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  Speaker 1: your mind is renewed, you no longer waste time chasing
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  Speaker 1: things that don't matter. You stop comparing your life to others.
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  Speaker 1: You stop doubting whether God can use you. You start
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  Speaker 1: walking in confidence, knowing that God has a specific purpose
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  Speaker 1: for your life. So let's make this personal. Is God
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  Speaker 1: truly renewed your mind? Because if your mind is renewed,
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  Speaker 1: your life will show it. Your choices will be different,
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  Speaker 1: your emotions will be under control, your relationships will reflect Christ,
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  Speaker 1: Your purpose will become clear. This is what true transformation
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  Speaker 1: looks like. But here's the truth. This renewal is not
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  Speaker 1: a one time event. It is a daily process. Every
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  Speaker 1: day you must choose to align your thoughts with God's truth.
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  Speaker 1: Every day you must surrender your mind to him. And
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  Speaker 1: the good news is God is ready to renew your
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  Speaker 1: mind right now. But the choice is yours. Will you
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  Speaker 1: continue thinking like the world or will you allow God
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  Speaker 1: to transform the way you think? Will you hold on
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  Speaker 1: to old patterns or will you surrender to His renewing power.
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  Speaker 1: A renewed mind doesn't just change you. It changes how
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  Speaker 1: you see God. It shifts your perspective on his plans,
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  Speaker 1: his timing, his ways. It brings clarity to your identity,
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  Speaker 1: your calling, and your purpose. It allows you to walk
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  Speaker 1: in faith instead of fear, to trust instead of doubt,
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  Speaker 1: to love instead of judge. When God renews your mind,
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  Speaker 1: everything about you is transformed from the inside out. And
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  Speaker 1: when that happens, there is no going back. Let's close
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  Speaker 1: with prayer, bather. We come before you with hearts, open, minds,
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  Speaker 1: weary and soul's longing for transformation. We acknowledge that our
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  Speaker 1: thoughts have often been shaped by this world, conformed to
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  Speaker 1: its patterns, distracted by its lies. We confess that we
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  Speaker 1: have entertained thoughts that do not align with your truth.
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  Speaker 1: We have allowed fear to rule when you have called
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  Speaker 1: us to faith. We have dwelled on bitterness when you
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  Speaker 1: have commanded us to forgive. We have sought approval from
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  Speaker 1: others when our only validation should come from you. Renew us, Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Tear down every lie we have believed, Uproot every mindset
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  Speaker 1: that has kept us from walking in the fullness of
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  Speaker 1: your will. Replace the doubt with faith, the worry with trust,
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  Speaker 1: the pride with humility, the chaos with your perfect peace.
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  Speaker 1: We don't just want small adjustments. We don't just want
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  Speaker 1: temporary inspiration. We need a complete renewal. Change the way
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  Speaker 1: we think, the way we see, the way we respond.
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  Speaker 1: Make us people whose minds are so aligned with your
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  Speaker 1: word that we no longer waver between two opinions, no
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  Speaker 1: longer shift with the culture, no longer live in the
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  Speaker 1: tension of being half devoted to you and half influenced
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  Speaker 1: by the world. Paul urged the believers in Rome to
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  Speaker 1: be transformed by the renewing of their minds because he
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  Speaker 1: knew how easy it was to be conformed. Rome was powerful, persuasive,
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  Speaker 1: and overwhelming. It was a city built on pride, wealth,
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  Speaker 1: and indulging the pressure to fit in, to adopt its
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  Speaker 1: ways to think like the world was intense, and if
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  Speaker 1: they did not intentionally renew their minds, they would unconsciously
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  Speaker 1: absorb the values of the culture around them. That same
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  Speaker 1: battle is happening today. The world is still loud, still persuasive,
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  Speaker 1: still working to shape our thoughts in ways we don't
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  Speaker 1: even recognize. Through entertainment, media, conversations, and expectations. We are
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  Speaker 1: constantly absorbing the world's perspective unless we actively fight against it.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what we are choosing to day. God. We
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  Speaker 1: refuse to be conformed. We refuse to let the world
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  Speaker 1: define success, happiness, love or truth for us. We choose
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  Speaker 1: to be transformed. We choose to surrender our thoughts to You.
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  Speaker 1: We choose to renew our minds daily by meditating on
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  Speaker 1: your word, filtering every idea, every belief, every reaction through
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  Speaker 1: the lens of scripture. We ask for the help of
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  Speaker 1: your Holy Spirit, because we know we cannot do this alone.
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  Speaker 1: Without your Spirit guiding us, we will slip back into
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  Speaker 1: old patterns, fall into familiar traps, believe the same lies.
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  Speaker 1: But with you we can walk in victory. With you,
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  Speaker 1: we can have minds that are clear steady and focused
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  Speaker 1: on what truly matters. Help us to take every thought captive.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to recognize the subtle deceptions that creep in.
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  Speaker 1: Help us to test every influence, every trend, every opinion
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  Speaker 1: against your truth. Give us discernment to see when the
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  Speaker 1: enemy is trying to plant seeds of doubt, division, or fear.
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  Speaker 1: Strengthen us to reject anything that does not align with
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  Speaker 1: your will. We surrender our emotions to you. No longer
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  Speaker 1: will we be ruled by anxiety. No longer will we
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  Speaker 1: let anger control us. No longer will we allow discouragement
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  Speaker 1: to dictate our days. Your peace will guard our hearts
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  Speaker 1: and minds. In Christ Jesus, your truth will override the
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  Speaker 1: noise of this world. We surrender our priorities to you.
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  Speaker 1: We don't want to chase after what the world calls valuable.
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  Speaker 1: We want to pursue what is eternal. We don't want
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  Speaker 1: to live for status, applause, or comfort. We want to
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  Speaker 1: live for you. We surrender our identity to you. No
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  Speaker 1: longer will we let the world define who we are.
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  Speaker 1: No longer will we seek worth in achievements, possessions, or
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  Speaker 1: validation from others. We will stand on what you say
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  Speaker 1: about us that we are chosen, loved, called, and set apart. God,
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  Speaker 1: we give you permission to do whatever is necessary to
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  Speaker 1: renew our minds. If there are things we need to
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  Speaker 1: let go of, reveal them. If there are influences we
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  Speaker 1: need to walk away from. Show us. If there are
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  Speaker 1: habits that are shaping our thinking in the wrong direction,
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  Speaker 1: convict us. We ask you to take control of our
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  Speaker 1: thought life. Let our minds be a place of worship,
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  Speaker 1: not worry. Let our thoughts reflect faith, not fear. Let
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  Speaker 1: our perspective be aligned with your kingdom, not this world. Lord.
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  Speaker 1: We don't want to stay the same. We want real, deep,
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  Speaker 1: lasting transformation. We want minds that are so fixed on
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  Speaker 1: You that no storm, no temptation, no pressure can shake us.
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  Speaker 1: We want to live out Romans twelve two, not just
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  Speaker 1: read it, not just agree with it, but walk in
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  Speaker 1: it daily. And so today we surrender, not just in words,
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  Speaker 1: but in action. We commit to filling our minds with truth.
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  Speaker 1: We commit to filtering out the lies. We commit to
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  Speaker 1: thinking differently, responding differently, and living differently because our minds
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  Speaker 1: have been renewed by you. Thank you, Lord, for the
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  Speaker 1: work you have already begun in us. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: the transformation that is taking place even now. We trust
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  Speaker 1: that the good work you started in us will be completed.
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  Speaker 1: We trust that as we seek you, as we meditate
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  Speaker 1: on your word, as we allow you to reshape our thoughts,
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  Speaker 1: our lives will never be the same. And we pray
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  Speaker 1: that this transformation would not stay with us alone. Let
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  Speaker 1: our renewed minds influence the people around us. Let our
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  Speaker 1: faith inspire faith in others. Let our peace, our perspective,
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  Speaker 1: our unshakable confidence in you be a testimony that points
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