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Oct 29, 2015 · How should a Christian think? What exactly is a Christian thought life? How it is any different from those who are not Christians? How does the gospel impact our very thoughts? These questions and others compelled me to write the following 8 week study on Philippians 4:8:
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The Bible says it like this in Romans 8:6 “If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death but if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.”. - What Paul is saying is that we’ll never really live the life God has for us. as long as our thinking is controlled by our sinful nature.
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Here’s a radical thought: You can’t depend on your new nature. Just to say you want to live for Christ won’t get you anywhere. Your relationship with God is not a do-it-yourself kit. You need Jesus. You need to turn your life over to the Spirit of God, yield to Him, and let Him do for you what you can’t do for yourself.
- God Cares About Our Thought Life
- Thoughts Lead to Feeling Which Often Lead to Action
- But God Gives Us The Opportunity to Control Our Thoughts and Feelings
Why can I say with confidence that God is concerned about our thought life? His word is packed with reminders, recommendations, and rebukes on how and what we think. Consider these scriptural examples. Romans 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of ...
Our thoughts and feelings can get all wrapped up in each other and we can find ourselves quickly spiraling. Once our thoughts and feelings are captivated by either a negative thought, or false belief our actions can soon follow. Our thoughts can often dictate our feelings; our feelings can often direct our actions. What is thought of first, can the...
As the apostle Paul puts it in the book of 1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” As we mature mentally, we become increasingly more aware of our thoughts, and through that awareness we have to realize that: Not every thought we ...
In The practical Christian life we want to be honest about our life, facing the truth about our experience squarely. We want to understand what the Bible really promises us as Christians, and we also want to see honestly if our practical life agrees with it. We want to learn what we should do when
death is enormously important, but the nature of the Chris tian hope is such that it plays back into the present life. We’re called, here and now, to be instruments of God’s new creation, the world-put-to-rights which has already been launched in Jesus and of which Jesus’s followers are supposed to be not simply benefi ciaries but also ...
Jul 30, 2013 · What Paul IS teaching: the Christian’s thought life should be focused on the great truths of scripture. Even though Scripture is not specifically mentioned, it is assumed, because it is the only source for knowing what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and of good repute.
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