Renewing Your Mind, One Thought at a Time
The Christian Life Coach Podcast Episode 78
Okay, I am not going to lie here…. The content of this episode is amazing. The delivery… not so much!!!
I could have done it so much better.
And…. here it is!
Listen to it to hear my heart behind it and what you can take from it to apply to your own life where you are right now.
I do share a story of how repeating scripture was missing the mark.
It wasn’t the scripture’s fault, it was my understanding of it.
James 1:22 says (in the AMP version)
“But prove yourselves doers of the word [actively and continually obeying God’s precepts], and not merely listeners [who hear the word but fail to internalize its meaning], deluding yourselves [by unsound reasoning contrary to the truth].”
I needed to know how to DO what the verse of Romans 12:2 was telling me.
It was through coaching, in my 50s, that I realized what it meant!!!!
WHAT????
This episode talks about what you do when you decide to become committed ot transformation through the renewing of your mind, rather than just interested is feeling better.
I would love to hear what you think!
Where are you thinking in patterns that do not align with God’s Word, while rehearsing verses like Romans 12:2?
If you are ready to commit and invest in transformation and would like someone to walk along side you through the process, schedule a no-pressure Right Fit Call to talk about how hiring me as your life coach can help.
Remember that Life Coaching is Life Changing, One Renewed Thought at a Time.
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Are you interested in change or change?
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Are you invested in transformation?
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This is what we're talking about on the Christian Life Coach podcast today.
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Welcome to the Christian Life Coach Podcast. I am Shanna, your Christian Life Coach.
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I have been talking about over the past couple weeks.
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The difference between being.
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Interested in something.
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As opposed to being invested in it or committed to it.
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And.
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We have talked about.
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this in regards to weight loss and business.
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And.
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Outward changes, more, you know, more outwardly changing things.
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And as I was thinking about this.
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It also…
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be applied to.
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the tagline of this podcast.
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be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Most of us…
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Would like to have more peace.
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We would like to feel more confident.
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We would like to be able to manage our emotions better or change our habits. We would like to improve relationships.
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And at the core of all of it, we would like to believe.
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What God says about us.
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And being interested.
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in transformation and making changes to all of those internal things.
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And being invested.
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are two totally different things.
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We can spend years asking God. God, give me peace. Help me to be more patient.
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Help me to be more kind. Help me to not be so fearful.
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Take away this resentment.
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We want.
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our internal state to be changed.
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But really.
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The Bible gives us the instructions for how to do that.
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So we're going to talk about.
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What does renewing your mind look like?
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In in the context of.
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Romans 12:2.
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What does that even mean?
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I have, I remember early on.
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As a young adult, I was a Christian.
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And we, um… when my husband and I first got married, my sister lived with us, and we had a thing where one of us would pick a Bible verse to memorize each week, and we would all memorize that verse.
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And…
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One that I chose was Romans 12:2.
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.
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And I would repeat that verse over and over and over. I memorized that verse.
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Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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And repeating the Scripture is amazing. Learning the Scripture. We hide God's word in our heart that we might not sin against Him. Memorizing Scripture. Meditating on Scripture.
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is something that we are called to do. We are told to do it in the scripture.
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And…
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When I…
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Would repeat that verse, be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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I would wonder, like, why isn't anything changing?
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Because…
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I could say be transformed by the renewing of your mind and then.
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I would be thinking…
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Of all the things that all the negative things about myself. I always mess up.
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I should do better. There's something wrong with me.
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And I was repeating the verse.
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But I was also repeating negative.
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things that were contradicting Scripture.
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So thinking about, okay, be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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It's telling us.
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How to be transformed.
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Renew your mind. What does that even mean?
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What, what, what is renewing my mind?
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And I'm going to read the full…
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Romans 12, 1 and 2. Therefore, and this is the amplified version.
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies, dedicating all of yourselves, set apart.
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as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational, logical, intelligent act of worship.
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2. And do not be conformed to this world any longer with its superficial values and customs, but be transformed and progressively changed.
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as you mature spiritually by renewing, by the renewing of your mind, focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes.
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So that you may prove for yourselves what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect in His plan and purpose for you.
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There's so much in there. Man, if I had had the amplified version back in the day, that might have helped me.
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Because it actually says.
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By the renewing of your mind. Focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes.
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So this passage warns against conforming to the patterns of this world.
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I could go. I could do a whole podcast on that. Maybe I will. I don't know.
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Conformity can happen without being intentional.
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We can just follow the cultural norms.
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Old family patterns.
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The the dissension and the the.
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The division, the hate, the anger, the fear.
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That is so prevalent.
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In the world right now. So easy to follow those patterns and to be conformed to those patterns.
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Just watch what's in your social media feed.
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It would be so easy.
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To follow and be conformed to the patterns of this world.
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Doesn't take being intentional.
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Being transformed, transformation is, it's a deeper change.
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It's deeper than changing for a few days.
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It's not just, okay, I'm going to do this one thing for a little while and I'm going to be transformed.
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It's an inward change.
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that affects how we live.
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The Amplified Bible says, being transformed and progressively changed.
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It it's ongoing.
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And it's intentional.
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It's on purpose. It's not one moment. It's ongoing. It's intentional.
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And our minds need to be renewed because of the old patterns of the way that we used to think.
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And it doesn't give us a step by step like it.
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It says, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. It's not a step-by-step. But there are other passages in the Bible that talk about.
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How to renew your mind.
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Taking our thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ.
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Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things. Putting off the old self.
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Thinking about what is true and pure and lovely and noble.
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There are so many scriptures that.
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that do tell us.
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How to renew our mind.
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It's not a one and done. It's an ongoing process of recognizing.
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Where our thinking has been shaped and rooted in fear. In shame.
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In pride.
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in our old identities.
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Our false identities. And we recognize it.
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And then we bring it back into alignment with God's word.
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And a practical way to do this is just by paying attention to your thoughts.
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And not just.
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Accepting every thought that comes into your mind.
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Noticing what you're thinking.
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Being curious.
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Asking yourself.
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Is that even true?
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It's one of my favorite coaching questions.
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Is that even true?
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Taking your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. Does what I'm thinking…
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fall into line with what God has said.
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Does it agree with the Bible?
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Taking our thoughts captive is active. It's intentional.
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It involves recognizing the thought that we're having.
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Questioning it.
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Does this agree with God's word?
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And then stopping it.
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from directing us.
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And bringing it unto… under the authority of Christ, bringing it into the obedience.
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of Christ.
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It doesn't mean…
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panicking because you had a bad thought.
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Or believing that every thought that you have is sinful.
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And it's not denying.
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Emotions.
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We're not shaming ourselves for struggling.
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We're not forcing ourselves to be happy and positive. And we're not pretending that our circumstances are something other than what they are.
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We're not trying to avoid emotions.
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A thought.
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Entering your mind is not the same as you choosing to rehearse a thought.
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I love I've heard somebody say we don't always get to pick our first thought.
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But we can pick the thoughts that come after it. Thoughts are going to pop in our head all the time.
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And we can't necessarily control that, but we can control the thoughts that we focus on, and that we think on purpose.
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So in the frame of interested versus invested, we could say, I wish, I wish I didn't think this way.
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I wish I wasn't so negative.
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I shouldn't talk so negatively about myself.
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And invested says, okay, I'm going to address this. I'm going to slow down. I'm going to pay attention to what I'm thinking.
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Interested might think.
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I just wish I could feel more peaceful.
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And invested says, I'm willing to examine the thoughts creating the fear in my life.
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Interested might say, I know God loves me.
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But invested says, I'm going to notice where I'm living.
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As though…
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I am unworthy or rejected.
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I'm going to invest in believing.
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what God says.
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So we can be interested thinking, oh, it would be nice to have more peace. It would be nice to feel more confident.
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It would be nice to.
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not be so negative all the time.
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And invested.
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says, I'm going to do this work. I'm going to be transformed by the renewing of my mind.
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And I'm going to use the tools that I have at my disposal.
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And I'm going to make that change. I'm going to be intentional.
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And being invested doesn't mean that you're never going to think those old thoughts because they're going to pop in.
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But it means that you're going to start recognizing them.
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Taking them captive.
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And bring it to God.
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And practice.
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Changing.
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from that thought to a thought that is aligned with God's word.
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And before we can take a thought captive, we have to recognize those thoughts that we've been rehearsing. Those thoughts that are on repeat on our brains and have been for years or decades.
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You're always, you're already rehearsing.
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A collection of thoughts.
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And most likely, if you haven't been doing this work, or if you're just starting it.
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Those thoughts are mostly unintentional thoughts that you're practicing.
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I'm not enough. I should be further along. I should do better than this. Nothing's ever going to change. I always mess everything up.
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Everybody has it better than me. I can't be consistent. I'm terrible with money. I've already wasted too much time.
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And noticing those thoughts that we have been rehearsing.
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We recognize that they feel true.
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It feels like it's true.
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It feels like that's just who you are. That's just who you are. That's just the truth.
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And the fact is.
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Just because you've been thinking it doesn't make it true.
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It's just been a habit. It's been a habitual thought pattern.
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And the way that we think.
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generates a motion.
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So when I'm thinking.
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I should be further along.
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I never finish what I start. I'm inconsistent.
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What emotions does that create?
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creates emotions of defeat.
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Maybe hopeless.
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Maybe frustrated.
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And then my actions come are driven from those emotions.
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And those actions contribute to the experience… to the results that I experience, and that just reinforces those thoughts.
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So, an example is…
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You made a commitment to yourself. You were going to work out.
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And you don't follow through.
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You decide not to work out.
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And you might think.
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One way to think about it would be, I never stick with anything.
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And then you feel discouraged, shame, defeat.
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And then you might…
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Quit the plan. Quit even committing to do it. Distract yourself.
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You might, you know.
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Go eat.
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And you use the setback as evidence against yourself, and you're reinforcing that belief that you never follow through.
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Another possibility would be that same situation.
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You committed to moving your body that day, and for whatever reason, you didn't do it.
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And you could think those other things. I never follow through all of this stuff. Or…
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You can…
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Say.
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I didn't follow through today, but I can do it tomorrow. Or…
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I didn't follow through today.
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And that's okay. I'm practicing getting better at following through.
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And that creates an emotion of maybe.
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Compassion.
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Maybe it…
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creates a feeling of curiosity for why you didn't do it.
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It creates a feeling of determination. I'm getting better at this.
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And it creates room for taking responsibility without it condemning you.
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It creates room for adjusting, repentance maybe even, depending on what it is.
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And taking the next faithful step.
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And this is where…
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Something happens and we can think.
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I never follow through. I'm terrible at this.
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I'm never gonna be able to do it.
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And one way, an amazing way to renew your mind.
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is…
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to follow.
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Philippians 4. So this is Philippians 4. 6 through 9.
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Amplified version.
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Do not be anxious or worried about anything. But in everything, every circumstance and situation.
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By prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your specific requests known to God.
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And the peace of God, that peace which reassures the heart, that peace which transcends all understanding, that peace which stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus, is yours.
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8. Finally, believers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever is right and confirmed by God's word, whatever is pure and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace.
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Whatever is admirable and of good repute. If there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on these things. Center your mind on them and implant them in your heart.
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9. The things which you have learned and received and heard and seen in me.
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Practice these things in daily life, and the God who is the source of peace and well-being will be with you.
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What?
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What?
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This is the prescription.
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Do not be anxious or worried about anything.
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But bring it to God in prayer.
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with Thanksgiving.
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That is renewing your mind. When you start to become anxious or worried, when you're starting to have thoughts that are creating the emotions of anxious or worried.
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You turn it into prayer and petition with gratitude.
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Talking to God about it and the peace of God.
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will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus. And…
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Think on the things that are true and pure and lovely and noble and admirable.
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And when you do these things, when you follow these teachings.
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God, who is the source of peace and well-being, will be with you.
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That is renewing your mind. Filtering your thoughts through.
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dot four eight.
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Is the way that I'm thinking, is this true? Is it honorable? Is it just? Pure? Lovely?
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Commendable. Excellent. Worthy of praise. And it's in looking at every situation.
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And what is lovely about this situation? What is true about this situation? What is commendable? What is excellent? What is worthy of praise in this situation?
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And when you're looking for those things.
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And focusing on those things. You're not focused on the negative.
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That transforms you.
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And thinking about what is true and lovely does not mean pretending that painful things are lovely.
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A diagnosis is real.
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Betrayal is real. Financial difficulty is real.
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And renewing our mind does not erase those things, but it helps us to experience our life.
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In a different way.
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Helps us to change the experience that we're having in situations.
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Another example could be…
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A relationship ends. You get a divorce, right?
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My husband and I are not divorced, so I'm just saying this. But if you're divorced, I'm…
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My marriage ended.
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And you could think I'm always going to be alone. Nobody's ever going to truly love me.
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And the, the, the fact.
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is the fact.
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The relationship is over, as it was. You're divorced. That's a fact.
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And you can think about it by telling yourself, I'm always going to be alone. No one will ever truly love me.
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Is that true?
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Is that noble?
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Is that praiseworthy? Is that admirable? Does that align with God's word?
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So instead of that, and you and you could notice, oh, man, I'm telling myself I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life. Nobody's ever going to really love me.
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And notice that.
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And go, oh, that's making me feel terrible.
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Like my life feels so much harder when I talk to myself that way.
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Another option…
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Reminding yourself.
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Even though I am so sad about the ending of this relationship, I know that I am deeply loved, I am deeply known by God, and He never leaves me.
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You can choose how to tell the story to yourself.
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And this is kind of how I, in my coaching, I use the true and helpful test. It's based on that Philippians 4:8.
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Is it true and is it helpful? Not just true and not just helpful. Is it true and helpful?
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And helpful doesn't necessarily mean comfortable.
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Helpful could lead to repentance. It could lead to responsibility, or courage, or wisdom, or love, or forgiveness.
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It might be true might be a challenge to you.
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And that's not a bad thing.
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Sometimes the most true and helpful thoughts aren't going to make you feel instantly amazing. It might require you.
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to take some further action.
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To tell the truth, to make a decision, to stop avoiding something.
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And that's okay.
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So is it true? And is it helpful?
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Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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Take thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. Think on what is true and lovely and pure and noble and admirable.
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In Isaiah 26:3 it says.
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He will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast because he trusts in him.
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When we focus on trusting God, he keeps us in peace.
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So, renewing your mind is being intentional about the way that you're thinking.
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And making sure that the way that you're thinking is aligned with Scripture.
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True.
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and helpful.
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I'm going to end here.
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I'll pick this back up again next week. So make sure to.
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Subscribe to the podcast wherever you're listening to it or watching it so that you get notified when the next episode comes out.
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If…
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If this is intriguing to you.
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If you are ready to become invested in this type of transformation in any area of your life, I would invite you to.
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Schedule a right fit call.
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It's free.
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I'm I'm not going to pressure you as we talk. I will tell you how you can work with me if you choose to. I'm not going to pressure you into it. Anything.
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And we can talk about how life coaching with me can help you.
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with this transformation in your life.
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In whatever area.
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Thank you so much for being here.
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Remember that life coaching is life-changing, one renewed thought at a time.
