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Proverbs of a 41 yr. old man
A New Mind. A New Heart. Have a new mind and heart. Be a new person. That new person has been made like God. They do what is right and holy because they know the truth. Through the power of the Gospel, we are transformed by the renewal of our minds, that by testing we may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Yes, renewed in the spirit of our minds by the Spirit of Christ living in us. Setting our minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. From faith to faith the LORD Jesus keeps believers in perfect peace those whose mind are stayed on Him. Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, we are to think about these things. Amen. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Not only do we have a new mind in Christ but we a new heart. We have been given a new heart that forgives. Light shines on the godly, and joy on those whose hearts are right. The joy of the LORD is the believer's strength, and they can endure the heartaches of this world. Someone whom God has given a new heart behaves differently. The human heart was created to mirror God’s own heart. When we are born again, God performs a heart transplant, as it were. He gives us a new heart. The power of the Holy Spirit changes our hearts from sin-focused to God-focused. We do not become perfect; we still have our sinful flesh and the freedom to choose whether or not to obey it. However, when Jesus died for us on the cross, He broke the power of sin that controls us. Receiving Him as our Savior gives us access to God and His power—a power to transform our hearts from sin-hardened to Christ-softened. When we were separated from God with hardened hearts, we found it impossible to please Him. We tended toward selfishness, rebellion, and sin. With new hearts we are declared righteous before God. The Holy Spirit gives us a desire to please God that was foreign to us in our hardened state. Second Corinthians 3:18 says that we “are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” God’s desire for every human being is that we become like His Son, Jesus. We can become like Jesus only when we allow God to rid us of our old, hardened hearts and give us new hearts.
Study Col. 3:10
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