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One of the comments I get most often is this: “I’ve been a Christian for years… why am I still struggling with this?” Have you ever asked that question? If so, you’re not alone!
Maybe there’s a habit you can’t seem to break. Or an emotion that keeps showing up — anxiety, anger, insecurity, envy, sadness. You want to change, but you’re not sure how. Or maybe you already know how to renew your mind, but you can’t seem to make yourself do it consistently.
Over the years, God has shown me that real change happens when we 1) learn how to renew our minds — taking off lies and putting on truth — and 2) develop a habit of renewing consistently. When we begin to see life from God’s perspective instead of our own, our desires, emotions, and actions start to change too.
So today I’m excited to share a new 4-part YouTube series called:
How to Renew Your Mind So You Can Actually Change
In this series I’ll share:
• what renewing the mind actually means
• practical tools you can use to renew your mind daily
• how to partner with God for change
• what to expect when you pursue transformation
Here’s the first video in the series: Week 1 – How to Renew Your Mind (Biblical Process for Real Change)
A Renewing Your Mind Project
If you’d like to follow along with this series, I encourage you to choose one area of your life where you’d like to see change.
It could be:
• a negative emotion (anxiety, anger, insecurity, discouragement)
• a habit you want to break
• a situation or relationship that keeps upsetting you (you would renew about any emotion that comes up in that situation)
Then begin noticing the thoughts that go through your mind when that struggle appears.
When the emotion rises…
or when the urge to do the habit shows up…
pause and ask yourself:
“What am I thinking right now?”
That awareness is the first step in renewing your mind.
In the next videos, I’ll share practical tools to help you replace those thoughts with truth and partner with God in the transformation process.
New videos in the series will release each Saturday at noon EST.
Here’s the link for today’s video: Week 1 – How to Renew Your Mind (Biblical Process for Real Change).
Next in the YouTube series:
Coming March 14 – 3 Tools to Renew Your Mind Daily