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1. It matters
we think. We are
to think.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
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Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you.
2. It matters
MARK 2:8 (TNIV)
we think.
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were
thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, Why are you
thinking these things?
...you...were once far away from God. You were his enemies,
separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.
ROMANS 1 (NLTse)
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Yes, they knew God, but they wouldnt worship him as God or
even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas
of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and
confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.
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And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they
worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
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Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that
should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of
wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are backstabbers,
haters of God, insolent, proud, & boastful. They invent new ways
of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy.
3. It matters
, not like
things!
PROVERBS 11:14
Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your
lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he
gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with
thankful hearts. 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to
God the Father.
we think.
direction!
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no
longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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They are darkened in their understanding and separated
from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them
due to the hardening of their hearts.
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But that isnt what you learned about Christ. 21 Since you
have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes
from him, 22 throw off your old sinful nature and your former
way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. 23 Instead,
let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.
4. It matters how we
...while knowledge may make a man look big, it is only love that
can make him grow to his full stature. For whatever a man may
know, he still has a lot to learn, but if he loves God, he is opening his whole life to the Spirit of God.