The Mind

Peptides – is a must to have a younger looking, healthy skin

Negative thoughts decreases the production of the enzyme peptides.
Negative thoughts kills brain cell and weakens your immune system.

Positive thought increases the production of peptides.

Man is blessed with a powerful tool – the mind. Our thought life is so powerful that it charts the
course of our destiny.
What thoughts are streaming through your heart today? Are they thoughts of life or death, health
or sickness, love or hate, faith or fear, because what you think today will produce your tomorrow!

Whatever gets your attention gets you!

Our mind is our greatest asset. God gives us free will. We get to choose.
How are you using your mind?
Are you managing your thoughts?
Or do you even pay attention to where you mind goes?

M- Made New In Christ

God made all things new for us after Jesus death, and that is such a good news. Who does’nt love a
new beginning? So often, when I look back on life and see the many new beginnings God has given
me and it moves me to joy.
Anyone who comes into a relationship with Jesus a new beginning is granted. This means we no
longer must be dominated by our flesh giving into every whim and fancy, but we can now operate
from a place of self control and peace.

“Behold old things have passed away and all things are new” and “if any man is in Christ he is a
new creature.”

But my question is what should change? What should be transformed when we come into a
relationship with Christ?

The reason I ask that question is because the truth is I don’t see that much change in people who
claim to have met Christ. They still act the same, behave the same, react the same, attitudes
remain the same, desire remain the same, goals remain the same. So what is supposed to change?
We all need the mind of our Master, Jesus. To be Christlike, we all need the mind of Jesus! To be
like Him we need His mind and His Spirit and this will only happen when we set our mind on His
Word.
According to:
Proverbs 23;7

For as a man thinks in his heart, so is He.”

From this we can reason the situation and circumstances in our lives could be because of our
thinking patterns. Mahirap man tanggapin dahil marami sa atin ang may pinagdaanan, maaaring
nasaktan ka, abused, failed marriage or business. Maraming di senaryo na maaring magcause sa atin
na maging negative
Pero he does’nt stop trying to keep us down in the dumps. The enemy only has as much power as
we allow him to have and we give that power when we belive in his lies; and his lies come in the
form of thoughts. He can no longer go before the Father to accuse you of your sins because Jesus
took care of our sins once and for all, when He shed his blood at Calvary. However, the enemy is
hoping that you will never believe that your sins are taken care of so now he comes and whisper
lies to you in thoughts based on your past hurts and disappointments or your past sins.
Kaya Apostle Paul reminds us to renew our mind daily with the Word of God.
Let go of the victim mentality and identity and let God help us dump those negative thoughts about
the past.
Have the Master’s mind that we are already victorious in whatever circumstances because of Jesus.
Let’s renew our mind so we can change our life. We must come to a place in our walk with God
where we take responsibility for our thoughts. Nabubuhay tau sa mundong prone ang pagpasa ng
sisi, at napakauso ng victim mentality. Ako nlng mas naging madali sa akin noon na ipasa ang sisi sa
iba……..

Sa relasyon kay Lord, he opened my eyes to the fact that though I was a victim of neglect,
rejection and abuso , di ko kailangan yakapin ang mga iyon bilang identity ko instead pde akong
magbago…..
Let go of the victim mentality and identity and let God help you dump those negative thoughts
about the past.

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts
take you.” – James Allen

I – In Line with God’s will

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you
may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Narinig o minsan nyo na ding nasabi na “Di ko pa alam kung anong will ni God sa buhay ko.”
I recognize that the more we grow in our walk with the Lord the more His will is crystallized to us.
“As a man think in his heart, so is he.”

So if we are meditating on the promises of God, reading Godly materials and filling our mind with
praise and worship these tools are literally helping to shape and change your thought patterns from
negativity to a more positive outlook on life.

According to Strong’s Concordance the Greek word renew is - (Strong’s 342 - anakainósis - (from
303 /aná, "up, completing a process," which intensifies kainō, "make fresh, new"; see 2537 /kainós)
– properly, a new development; a renewal, achieved by God's power.” When we meditate on God’s
words and promises it has the power to literally change the way we think. The truth about this life
is if you are not meditating on God’s word as your source for building your life then your mind is
filled with something else and whatever you think the most about will dictate the outcome for your
life.

When we conform to the world system of doing things, we will reap the products of that life. For
example, the world tells us we must love those who love us and hate those who hate us. If we
adapt to this pattern, then our lives would be filled with hatred, anger, unforgiveness, bitterness,
and lack of joy. However, as we renew our minds with the word of God that says, “Bless those that
persecute you and spitefully use you because yours will be the kingdom of God.” This creates a
new thinking pattern that releases us from a burden of hate to peace, and that helps us to stay
connected to God, and suddenly, you realize that God’s will for you is not to be angry all the time,
God’s will for you is to be at peace, God’s will is for you to inherit His kingdom. Dr. Caroline Leaf
says this in her book Switch On Your Brain, “As we think, we change the physical nature of our
brain.

As we consciously direct our thinking, we can wire out toxic patterns of thinking and replace them
with healthy thoughts.” Renewing our minds daily with the word of God is imperative if we want to
become healthy and bring change to the world.

As we meditate on God’s words and promises it has the power to literally change the way we think.
Whatever we think the most about will dictate the outcome of our life.

“if we realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” Peace
Pilgrim.
N – Nourished by God’s Word
21I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22For I delight in
the law of God according to the inward man
Romans 7:21-22

Apostle Paul is writing about the inner struggle we all face in life—the struggle of having a desire to
do the things we don’t want to do yet finding it hard to do the things we know are right. A constant
battle rages between the flesh and the spirit. Our born again spirit desires to commune with God,
to pray, to praise and worship but our desires and appetites are constantly bombarded by images
on TV, movies and social media. We have information coming at us from every side and we literally
must fight to get quiet times. The spirit man in us has to be fed spiritual food which comes through
worship, prayer praise and reading our Bibles or other Christian materials in our quiet times.
However the enemy of our souls knows that he cannot touch our spirit because the Holy Spirit lives
there, instead, he tries to appeal to our natural senses. He draws us by making things look, sound,
feel, taste and smell nice so we can be drawn away from the reality of what is important and that
is our relationship with God.

If we feed the spirit with the word, praise, worship and prayer we can develop thoughts, desires,
actions and fruit for the kingdom. However, if we feed the flesh with movies, music, images, books
and even friends contrary to the word of God we are setting ourselves up for sin and eventually
death both spiritually and physically.
Our thought life is powerful and precious and whatever we allow to dominate and stay in our mind
will also bring forth actions and fruit be it life or death. Let us take time every day to feed our
spirit in God’s word.

You are what you eat. You are what you think.

“What consumes your mind is what controls your life.”

D – Delight In the Lord

The word delight is a verb. It is an action of taking great pleasure in God, to please Him or to be
His pleasure.
The Bible talks about many ways to delight ourselves in the Lord.
It’s not about a list to follow to make sure we are being righteous, but we delight in Him because
we love Him.
As we delight yourself in the Lord, God transforms our hearts. The result is that we will want to
give our hearts fully unto Him and delight ourselves in Him where we didn’t before.
Philippians 4:8 (NKJV)
Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just,
whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there
is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
When I learned to delight myself in the Lord, I thought about how my heart looked to God more
than how my hair looked for a guy.
When we catch onto this concept, our heart cry becomes, “Yes, I want the desires of my heart, but
I want You even more than those desires.”
And through the process of delighting ourselves in the Lord, we see that He delights in us! We have
His whole heart and will always have His love!

Many if not all of us would like change to come to our lives, but if we are honest, we would prefer
change to happen with a quick fix. However, some issues in our lives can be deep-rooted from
years of a flawed belief pattern and the only way change could come is to first change our thought
pattern.

PRODIGAL SON
We can agree that the lowest state to be in when pig’s food looks appealing. However, in this
tragic state something amazing happens that would change this young man’s life forever. He had
time to ponder, think and mediate on the gracious father he had and the abundance made
available to even the servants that worked for his father. After having a change of mind, he
changed his life.
Today you may be in a low place, but the truth is just like the prodigal son you are only one
thought away from changing your life!

“The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing
our thinking.”
Conclusion:
The story has been told of a mental hospital that many years ago devised an unusual test to
determine when their patients were ready to go back into the world. They brought a candidate for
release to a room where a water faucet was left on so that the sink overflowed and was pouring
water all over the floor. Then they handed the patient a mop and told him to mop up the water. If
the patient had enough sense to turn off the faucet before mopping up the water, he was ready to
be released. But if, as in the case of many, the patient started mopping while the water was still
flowing, they kept the patient for more treatment.

As Christians, all of us face the world in which we live and are confronted with the need to do
battle with the evil that dominates it. But, like the patients in the mental hospital, until we realize
where the source of that evil is, we will make no real contribution. To see less evil in the world
means that we must conquer the evil that is pouring forth from our own heart. That is conversion.
Then, to deal with the evil around us, we need a “mop and bucket,” the spiritual armor that God
has provided for us.

1 John 5:4 New International Version (NIV)

4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our
faith.