#2 Healing Scriptures ~

Romans 12:2

Renewing your Mind

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God.

Do NOT be conformed to this WORLD

After I was born again, I began the search for the Bible I was going to read. After searching and reading several versions I have settled on the New King James version. It is the version which makes sense to me. It eliminated all of the thees and those. Then I began a bible reading program - I read six chapters a day. After a few weeks I found myself getting bogged down.  I couldn't keep up with the commitment I had made.

I prayed and asked God to speak to me when I read the scripture. What I found was amazing, I was still trying to read my six chapters a day but after praying this prayer I found God speaking to me in the 1st verse I read.  I had a hard time getting much farther than the 1st verse. So much was revealed to me.

What would you want God to do for you?  To speak to you in the first verse for thirty minutes or spend the 30 minutes trying to read six chapters and not get bored?  Most Bible Reading plans are made to keep you in the Word.  This is a good thing right?  Or would you want the perfect thing to be God renewing you mind?  I found reading and studying go hand in hand if you want to get the answers you are looking for.  Not just in healing, but in every area of your life. If you get conformed to what the world says to you, you will have head knowledge.  If you listen to God while you are reading you will get heart answers and you will RENEW YOU MIND!

But be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

God doesn't want us to conform to this world. If you conform to this world you will never find what God is wanting for you. Conforming to this world will make you just what the world wants you to be CONFUSED!  Reading six chapters a day confused me, listening to God helped me to be TRANSFORMED.

I began to breakdown a scripture much like what I'm doing with the blog.  I take bite size pieces of scripture and meditate on it.  Asking God questions about a scripture I'm reading.  I find it was transforming me into the image of God, what He wanted me to be.  I know a lot of scripture not because I've memorized it - but because I meditated on the Word of God.  It transformed me by renewing my mind.  It has been said, "I want to know the will of God for my life".  If you want to know the will of God for your life, you are going to have to renew you mind to what the Bible says about your life.  When you renew your mind you are on the road to unlocking the mysteries of the Word of God.

That you may PROVE what the good and acceptable and PERFECT will of God.

How would you like to prove to yourself I know the perfect will of God for my life?  If you renew your mind to the Word of God, you will find all kinds of nuggets you didn't know were in the Word. Healing became real to me, because I found the will of God in the scriptures. God wants not only you well but everyone around you as well.

I am able to prove to most people what is good and acceptable and the perfect will for my life.  I don't try to prove it to other people, they have to read the Word and find it for themselves.  I can help you along the way, but all I am to most people is a guide.

My friend Mike comes into the Gathering Place for coffee just about every morning. He is not looking for coffee, well he really is, but he is looking for answers.   Almost every morning he walks out of the Gathering Place with an answer, a thought.  He thinks about all day, or a way he can live his life a little better.   Renewing your Mind, can lead others to renewing their minds.

I'll leave you with this - renewing your mind will change your life!!