True North Church
Rethinking my Thinking (Part 2 - Thinking For A Change)
Locations & Times
Fairbanks Campus
2830 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA
Wednesday 7:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday 12:00 PM
ANYTIME I SIN, AT THAT MOMENT I’M BELIEVING A LIE!
“There are many ways that we THINK are right but they lead to death.”
Proverbs 14:12 (NJB)
“Temptation comes from the lure of our own inner desires. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and the actions lead to death.”
James 1:14-15 (NLT)
“There are many ways that we THINK are right but they lead to death.”
Proverbs 14:12 (NJB)
“Temptation comes from the lure of our own inner desires. These evil desires lead to evil actions, and the actions lead to death.”
James 1:14-15 (NLT)
4 Steps to Winning the Battle with your Mind
1. AN UNSEEN WAR IS GOING ON IN & FOR MY MIND
“It seems to be a fact of life that while I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I want to do God’s will so far as my new nature is concerned; but there’s something else deep within me that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin inside me. In my mind I want to be God’s servant, but instead I find myself still enslaved to sin.”
Romans 7:21-23 (LB)
1. AN UNSEEN WAR IS GOING ON IN & FOR MY MIND
“It seems to be a fact of life that while I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I want to do God’s will so far as my new nature is concerned; but there’s something else deep within me that is at war with my mind and wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin inside me. In my mind I want to be God’s servant, but instead I find myself still enslaved to sin.”
Romans 7:21-23 (LB)
2. TO WIN THE BATTLE IN & FOR MY MIND, I MUST HAVE GOD’S SPIRIT & GOD’S WORD INSIDE ME
“While we live in the world, we don’t fight the same way the world does. We fight with God’s weapons, not worldly ones. Our weapons have God’s power to demolish the enemy's strong places. We can knock down all the worldly arguments and prideful defenses that set themselves up (in our minds) against the knowledge of God. In this war, we capture every rebel thought and we make it give up, and obey Christ!”
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
“If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6 (NLT)
Jesus: “If you learn and obey my Word, you will be my disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32
“While we live in the world, we don’t fight the same way the world does. We fight with God’s weapons, not worldly ones. Our weapons have God’s power to demolish the enemy's strong places. We can knock down all the worldly arguments and prideful defenses that set themselves up (in our minds) against the knowledge of God. In this war, we capture every rebel thought and we make it give up, and obey Christ!”
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
“If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.”
Romans 8:6 (NLT)
Jesus: “If you learn and obey my Word, you will be my disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32
3. MY GOAL IS TO LEARN TO THINK LIKE JESUS
“Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through, and more, learn to think like him.”
1 Peter 4:1 (MSG)
“Your thoughts and attitudes must be the same as that of Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 2:5
“We have the mind of Christ!”
1 Corinthians 2:16
“Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through, and more, learn to think like him.”
1 Peter 4:1 (MSG)
“Your thoughts and attitudes must be the same as that of Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 2:5
“We have the mind of Christ!”
1 Corinthians 2:16
4. RETHINKING MY LIFE TO MATCH HOW JESUS THINKS IS CALLED REPENTING
METANOIA = TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
“Repent -- change your mind and return back to God -- so that all your sins may be erased -- blotted out and wiped clean -- and so that times of refreshing...and recovering...and reviving...may come from the presence of the Lord!”
Acts 3:19 (Amp)
JESUS: “I know your good deeds, your hard work, and your perseverance… But I’ve noticed this: You don’t love me as much as you used to at first. So REMEMBER what it was like before you fell away, and REPENT -- change your mind and attitude, and RETURN to doing the things you did with me at first!”
Revelation 2:2, 4-5
METANOIA = TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
“Repent -- change your mind and return back to God -- so that all your sins may be erased -- blotted out and wiped clean -- and so that times of refreshing...and recovering...and reviving...may come from the presence of the Lord!”
Acts 3:19 (Amp)
JESUS: “I know your good deeds, your hard work, and your perseverance… But I’ve noticed this: You don’t love me as much as you used to at first. So REMEMBER what it was like before you fell away, and REPENT -- change your mind and attitude, and RETURN to doing the things you did with me at first!”
Revelation 2:2, 4-5