Do not be conformed to this world
(this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs],
but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new
ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is
the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in
His sight for you].
ولا تشاكلوا هذا الدهر. بل تغيّروا عن شكلكم بتجديد اذهانكم لتختبروا ما هي
ارادة الله الصالحة المرضية الكاملة.
Romans 12:2 Amplified
Bible (AMP)
I have read this bible verse many times and wanted to renew my mind. I did
not know how. I am learning how.
In order to renew my mind I first need to unlearn things that are
totally based on worldly wisdom. Then I need to replace them with God’s
teachings and accepting Jesus as my Lord (over my life) and as my Saviour.
Salvation is only through Christ.
I believe that I can experience God’s good and pleasing will for my life
when I:
· Surrender to God
· Let The Holy
Spirit work in me and direct me
· Clean up (detoxify)
my mind
· Constantly read
the Bible and meditate on God’s word
· Pray without
ceasing
· Get my thoughts,
behaviour, and attitude and boundaries aligned with God’s word
In the next 10 devotions I will share with you 10 steps to clean up or detoxify
the brain. I am learning to apply them.
These steps are adapted from a
book by Dr. Caroline Leaf, a Christian author and other teachings I learned.
Step 1: Consciously Control Your Thoughts
It is essential that you learn about your mental processes and get
actively involved in changing them.
Demanding unrealistic performance from yourself and others puts your
mind and body in stress mode and this has a negative effect on your health. We need to
depend on The Holy Spirit living within us in order to be able to live the
Christian life.
When you receive a thought, filter it. If it is helpful accept it, if
it is not helpful reject it. You should: ask, answer and discuss your thoughts
out loud with yourself.
Never let thoughts wander through your mind unchecked. If they are
toxic they will eventually make you sick. Thoughts are real things with
substance and need to be controlled.
Until you have your thoughts and attitudes under control, no amount of
knowledge, skill, or medication can help you truly detox. You will need courage
and perseverance to confront and control your thoughts and to build healthy
boundaries for yourself and in your relationships.
One of the real dangers of toxic thoughts is that they build toxic
memories. The first step to stop building toxic memories is to filter the
thoughts in the early stages. Toxic memories can be replaced by reprogramming
and replacing them with pleasant memories. This will require many recordings of
the pleasant memory until the negative memory is erased.
Research shows that intelligence is not static but can be enhanced (or
reduced) by your neurochemistry. You control your neurochemistry by your
thought life; therefore you can make yourself healthier and smarter and more able to
listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
I
invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, thank You for Your
abundant blessings and love. Lord, help me to stop leaning on my own abilities
and to depend totally on Your wisdom and power through The Holy Spirit working
in me. Heavenly Father, please continue to teach me to
renew my mind so that I can be transformed to be Christlike, to feel Your joy,
to live Your good and pleasing will for my life. I pray in Jesus’ mighty
name, to Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
O my soul, you have said to the Lord,“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.” Psalm 16:2
قُلْتُ لِلرَّبِّ: «أَنْتَ سَيِّدِي. خَيْرِي لاَ شَيْءَ غَيْرُكَ».
Jesus loves you
In Him,Wagdi Henein
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