did you know that the way you think can literally rewire your brain the Bible says be transformed by the renewing of your mind but how do you do it well today I'm going to show you how you can break free from negative thought patterns and step into the life God has designed for you starting with your mind in this video I'm going to show you what God says about Renewing Your Mind why changing your mindset is so important and the benefits of being consistent in this process I'll break it down for you into four practical
steps to renew your mind and transform your life stay tuned because this could change everything welcome to arise and shine with me Christine Raymond where I help you to know God find Freedom and fulfill your purpose science is finally catching up to what God's word has been teaching us for centuries that our thoughts shape Our Lives if we have a negative thought life we're going to have a negative life Proverbs 23:7 says as a man thinks in his heart so is he did you know that every day we process thousands and thousands of thoughts 30,000
thoughts a day and these thoughts create Pathways in our brains if we constantly dwell on negative or fearful ideas our brains become wired to think that way it's easier and easier to think that way but here's the good news God designed your brain with the ability to change science calls it neuroplasticity it's proof along with the word of God that Renewing Your Mind is possible so what does the Bible say about renewing your mind I'm going to read Romans 12:2 from the English Standard Version it is one of the most powerful verses about this change
it says do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind that by testing you may discern what is the will of God what is good and acceptable and perfect this isn't just a nice suggestion this is an instruction from God our creator he knows how we function at our best and what will be harmful for us it's his will for us as Christians that we grow spiritually through his word and the Holy Spirit and become more and more like Jesus God knows that transformation begins in your thoughts if
you're finding this content helpful take a moment and hit the like button Renewing Your Mind is not a one-time event it's a daily process I know we don't always like that word process but it is a daily process of replacing lies with truth those neural Pathways they are built and strengthened and deepened by patterns of thinking and in order for you to create new patterns it also needs to be repeated in other words a process so how do we actually renew our minds let's break it down into four practical Steps step number one fill your
mind with God's truth where is God's truth it's in the word of God it's in the written scripture scriptures you can't just tell yourself to stop thinking a certain thought you must replace it with another thought and God wants us to replace it with his truth and how do we know the truth God gave us his written word and the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth when we take the time to put on the mind of Christ by filling our mind with scripture on a regular basis the word of God will change how
you think we all have perspectives ways that we think from our own history but we need to change these perspectives or mindsets we need to let the word of God wash away these mindsets and we need to exchange these mindsets with what the word says the truth that's renewing our mind we need to be willing to break that cycle step number two identify the LIE the enemy's greatest weapon is deception I know for me sometimes I don't even realize that I'm thinking a particular thought but I can tell by my emotions are negative I can
tell tell when it seems to be a pattern when a certain event happens or when I'm around a particular person that's when these lies pop up what Satan is putting in your mind and my mind is not true sometimes they're not even our thoughts sometimes they're his thoughts or he's triggering old mindsets so how do you know if it's a lie we're back to step number one we need to spend time in the word of God so that we know the truth now I've heard this story and I believe it's true that agents of the
government who work with our currency there are departments that are charged with recognizing counterfeit bills so they can get it out of circulation so they study that they will recognize them now you might think they study different counterfeits but no they don't look at any counterfeits what they do day after day hour by hour minute by minute is they study the true bill they study the original and after they study it and study it as they're being trained once in a while they will slip in a counterfeit and immediately because they have trained their minds
to recognize what bill is accurate what bill is true they will immediately recognize a counterfeit the same thing is with us if we are filled with the word of God and we know God's truth when a lie comes across our path or when Satan plants a lie in our heads we immediately go wait that's not true you only know a lie if you know the truth the word of God is truth and the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth learn to identify and defeat these unbiblical thought patterns by knowing the scripture and the
Holy Spirit will help you to do this John 14:26 says he the holy spirit will remind you of that truth and help you to apply it so in order for the Holy Spirit to have something to work with to remind us of we need to have the word implanted in our minds in our hearts so he can bring it back to our remembrance step number three reject the lie after you've identified it as a lie reject it scripture in 2 Corinthians 10:4 5 says the weapons of our Warfare are not of the flesh but are
powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds I like that translation we demolished arguments and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God and we take every thought captive to obey Christ another translation says cast it down you take it and you throw it down you reject it and say that's a lie and I am not going to receive that and I am not going to think about that I am going to think about the truth we use the sword of the spirit which is the word of God and step number
four replace the lies with truth have you ever tried to not think about something maybe you are laying in bed and and you're awake because you have this worry that's going on and on and on in your head and you shake your head and you turn over and you say okay I'm just not going to think of this anymore that thought is just going to stick around it's not going to just go away by itself even if you tell it to we have to replace a thought with another thought you need to replace it with
truth ask yourself what does God's word say about this scripture is the ultimate truth and replace that lie with the truth now for example if you believe you're not loved that God doesn't love you you may believe it in your head but maybe you don't feel it in your heart and you have a hard time when the pressure comes to believe that God really does love you and that he's going to come through for you so the first step is identify the thought as a lie and break agreement to it in other words tell Satan
that's a lie I used to agree with that I break that agreement I break off that lie that stronghold from my life I am no longer going to agree with that step number two reject the LIE cast it down de demolish that stronghold you have the authority to do that with the word of God and the Holy Spirit helping you and number three remind yourself in this example of Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love this is an example of how we can apply this to any lie if it's a particular lie
that is is repeated and repeated it's a pattern then get the scripture ask Holy Spirit to give you a scripture or scriptures and then write them down and rehearse them in the morning and your time with the Lord and then have them placed around so you can remind yourself strongholds are patterns of thinking and they are what makes neural Pathways in our brain they are not formed by Just one thought or a couple of thoughts they are formed by thought patterns so they need to be changed by creating new thought patterns can you see the
need to repeat it and repeat it now in my practice when I was practicing as a psychotherapist I would use this example a lot and I found it to be really true in my own life and I found it helpful with clients to use the example of a highway so you're driving down a four-lane highway there's lots of room and you can go fast because you're so familiar with it this is a neural pathway and if it is a negative pathway a pattern of negative thoughts how do we change it we look for the nearest
exit we take the exit ramp and then we drive a different place and we have begun to make a new neural pathway so each time we find ourselves on this highway of thinking oh God doesn't love me he loves everyone else you find yourself on the highway you say oh wait a minute that's a lie I reject it I'm casting it down God says that he loves me with an everlasting love I am taking this offramp I am not staying on this highway anymore so you take the offramp and you talk to yourself and you
repeat and you use scriptures that God has given you you are driving and forming a new road you're forming new neural Pathways as you repeat it and repeat it and repeat it it is definitely a process it is not something that just automatically happens when you do this once or twice or you listen to a video but I can tell you it works and just like the highway the more you take the offramp and you don't drive on the highway what happens to the highway that neural pathway is that it actually weakens a a really
established pattern is deep in the brain it's a rut in the brain but when you start taking the exit ramp and not using this highway that Highway gets less and less and the new road You're Building gets stronger and stronger and then the the new pattern of thinking is much easier to think it's not as hard as when you begin to practice it it just becomes normal to you so this is how you literally rewire your brain the only way to change these thought patterns is to practice what the scripture says you and I decide
what to think positive biblical thinking is like a muscle you need to exercise that muscle the process gets easier as you practice it it's God's promise that if we renew our mind we will be transformed and science has evidence-based studies to show that it works so it will work for you and it has worked for me and it will transform Our Lives if if this video encouraged you be sure to like share and subscribe if you haven't already so you won't miss future videos with content like this please let me know your thoughts your experiences
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