Renewing the Mind

RENEWING THE MIND THE PAST, PAIN & NEGATIVE THOUGHTS Renewing Your Mind From the Past, Negative Thoughts, Grief, Unforgiveness & Emotional Wounds TEXT: Philippians 3:13–14; Isaiah 43:18–19; 2 Corinthians 10:5 INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY One of the greatest battles in renewing the mind is learning how to live in the present without allowing the past to keep governing the heart. Painful experiences can remain long after the moment itself has ended. Memories can influence expectations.

Renewing Your Mind From Shame, Rejection, Comparison, Loneliness & People-Pleasing TEXT: Romans 8:1; Ephesians 1:3–6; 1 Peter 2:9 INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY One of the most damaging things that can happen in a believer’s inner life is for painful experiences to begin defining identity. Rejection can become more than something that happened; it can become a lens through which a person sees himself. Shame can become more than regret over sin; it can become a settled belief that somet

Renewing Your Mind From Fear, Discouragement, and Hopelessness While Learning to Wait on and Trust God INTRODUCTORY SUMMARY Fear is one of the most persistent battles of the mind because it has the ability to take what has not happened and make it feel as though it already has. Fear imagines the future, magnifies uncertainty, and then attempts to convince us that the worst possibility is the most likely outcome. When fear lingers long enough, it can give birth to discourageme