"Be Transormed by Making Your Mind Over"- KEEP "MAKING YOUR MIND OVER"

What do we need to do to make our minds over, that is, to change our way of thinking?  (Read Romans 12:2.) The Greek expression translated "making your mind over" can be rendered "renovation of your mind." Therefore, we cannot simply decorate our life with a few good works. Rather, we must examine the person we are deep inside and make up any needed changes so that we can bring our life as close as possible to  Jehovah's standards.  We should do this, not once but continually. 

When we reach perfection, we will always be able to please Jehovah in everything we do.  In the meantime, we need to keep working hard toward that goal.  Notice the connection Paul made between making our mind over and discerning God's will, as recorded at  Romans 12:2.  Instead of passively allowing ourselves to be molded by this system of things, we must first examine ourselves to determine how much we are letting God's thinking-not the world's -influence our goals and decisions.

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