Renewing Your Mind (part two)

In analyzing ourselves, we must talk about how we think, how we think about ourselves, what we think about the world we're living in and what we think about the relationships we have with others. However, what really matters about ourselves is how we think about ourselves in a biblical sense. How we think biblically will translate into how we act on a day to day basis. The first stepping stone in this walk of faith begins with how we think, this will result in how we act.

Romans 12:9. Let love be without hypocrisy. What exactly does hypocrisy mean? It simply means to not fake it, “true blue all the way through.” Despite the easiness of being able to fake love with words and gestures, we cannot fake it with God. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. ¹⁰Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord ¹²rejoicing in hope, preserving in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality. This all has to do with the relationships within the body of Christ.

Love rejects sin but doesn’t reject us as people. So how can we express love? We can reject sin by rejecting anything ungodly in our life. We can change the movies we see and change the kinds of associations we have within a relationship, because it’s an ungodly way of doing things. Love puts others above ourselves and keeps going enthusiastically.

“The Lord is able to win any battle, no problem. That’s the power of love.” This is all capable because those of us who serve the Lord, are those of us who depend on Him. The Lord is on our side, and we must trust in Him because he has made a promise that He will turn any evil into good for as long as we trust in Him. There is always a way out, we just need to be willing to trust God in lighting the way for us. This is what love does. When things appear hopeless, love starts praying, and when it starts praying, it starts trusting in God through this hopeless situation. When we start to trust, we start to hope. We can do this because God has an answer for everything. He will never put us in a place that has no way out.