12 Benefits of Renewing Your Mind in the Word of God

2 Timothy 3:16-17  All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true  and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when  we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to  prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

1 Corinthians 2:14 But  people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s  Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for  only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 

#1 – Renewing our minds in the word of God (the “Christian” Holy Bible) helps us understand the greatness of God’s love for us.

John 3:16 “For  this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that  everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:2-5 Because  of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved  privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look  forward to sharing God’s glory. 3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into  problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop  endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character  strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not  lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he  has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

Romans 8:37-39 No,  despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ,  who loved us.38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us  from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor  demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not  even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in  the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will  ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in  Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even  though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised  Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been  saved!)

1 John 4:9-11 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into  the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is  real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son  as a sacrifice to take away our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God loved  us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 

#2 – When we understand God’s love for us, we begin to believe what God says and thinks about us

Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

1 Peter 2:9 But  you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal  priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can  show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness  into his wonderful light.

1 John 4:4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory  over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than  the spirit who lives in the world. 

#3 – When we renew our minds in the word of God, we learn  more about the character of God and can more confidently recognize His  voice and distinguish it from the voice of our minds, the worlds  thoughts and opinions, and those thoughts that the enemy throws our way  to confuse us.

John 10:27  My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

John 8:47 Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”

Revelation 3:20 “Look!  I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I  will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. 

#4 – Renewing our minds in the word helps us to recognize and  take control of the thoughts that rise above the knowledge and truth of  God

2 Corinthians 10:5 We  destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We  capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16 For,  “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts?  Who knows enough to teach him?” But  we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.

Philippians 4:8-9 And  now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on  what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and  admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of  praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from  me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace  will be with you. 

#5 – Renewing our minds helps us to pray in faith through the name of Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7 Don’t  worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you  need and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience  God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will  guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:18 Pray  in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be  persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. 

Matthew 7:7-12 “Keep  on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and  you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For  everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone  who knocks, the door will be opened. “You parents—if your  children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 

#6 – Renewing our minds makes fall deeper in love with God resulting in worship, praise and thanksgiving for all who He is.

Hebrews 12:28-29 Since  we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and  please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe. 29 For our God is a  devouring fire.

Psalm 100 Shout  with joy to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Worship the Lord with gladness.  Come before him, singing with joy. 3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God!  He made us, and we are his.  We are his people, the sheep of his  pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with  praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.5 For the Lord is  good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness  continues to each generation. 

#7 – Renewing our minds helps us to see others the way God  sees them and how He sees us. Therefore, if we are forgiven and saved by  His grace, we stand a better chance of loving and forgiving others.

Colossians 3:12-17 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe  yourselves with tender hearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness,  and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive  anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must  forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds  us all together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace that comes from  Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called  to live in peace. And always be thankful.

Mark 12:30-31 And  you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all  your mind, and all your strength.’ 31 The second is equally important:  ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than  these.”

Luke 17:4 Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive.”

#8 – Renewing our minds reminds us of God’s love and builds a desire within us to share that same love of Christ with others.

Matthew 28:19-20 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in  the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these  new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of  this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Romans 10:15 And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why  the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring  good news!” 

Mark 16:15, And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. 

#9 – Renewing our minds helps us to understand our Spiritual gifts and callings

Ephesians 4:7-16 However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the  generosity of Christ. 8 That is why the Scriptures say, “When he  ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to  his people.” 9 Notice that it says, “he ascended.” This clearly means  that Christ also descended to our lowly world. 10 And the same one who  descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that  he might fill the entire universe with himself. 11 Now these are the  gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the  evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. 12 Their responsibility is to  equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of  Christ. 13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our  faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord,  measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Now,  dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special  abilities the Spirit gives us. I don’t want you to misunderstand  this. 2 You know that when you were still pagans, you were led astray  and swept along in worshiping speechless idols. 3 So I want you to know  that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one  can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit. 4 There are different  kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them  all. 5 There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same  Lord. 6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the  work in all of us. 7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can  help each other. 8 To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give  wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special  knowledge. 9 The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to  someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. 10 He gives one  person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to  prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message  is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person  is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is  given the ability to interpret what is being said. 11 It is the one and  only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift  each person should have.

1 Peter 4:10-11 God  has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts.  Use them well to serve one another. 11 Do you have the gift of  speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do  you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and  energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God  through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever!  Amen. 

#10 – Renewing our minds makes us want to live a holy life as God has called us to do

John 14:26 But  when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the  Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of  everything I have told you.

Ephesians Chapter 5 Imitate  God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear  children.2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of  Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a  pleasing aroma to God. 3 Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or  greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. 4 Obscene  stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead,  let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can be sure that no immoral,  impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God.  For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.  6 Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger  of God will fall on all who disobey him. 7 Don’t participate in the  things these people do. 8 For once you were full of darkness, but now  you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this  light within you produces only what is good and right and  true.10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. 11 Take no part in  the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. 12 It is  shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in  secret. 13 But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light  shines on them, 14 for the light makes everything visible. This is why  it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will  give you light.” 15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools,  but like those who are wise.16 Make the most of every opportunity in  these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly but understand what the Lord  wants you to do. 18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin  your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,19 singing psalms and  hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves and making music to the Lord  in your hearts. 20 And give thanks for everything to God the Father in  the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 12:2 Don’t  copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you  into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to  know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. 

#11 – Renewing our minds, helps us to scout out false teaching

2 Corinthians 10:5 We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We  capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.

Matthew 24:24 For  false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs  and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.

2 Timothy 4:3-4 For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and  wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for  teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to  hear. 4 They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

2 Peter 2:1-3 But  there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false  teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and  even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring  sudden destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their evil teaching  and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of  truth will be slandered. 3 In their greed they will make up clever lies  to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their  destruction will not be delayed.

1 John 4:1-6 But  you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory  over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than  the spirit who lives in the world. 5 Those people belong to this world,  so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to  them. 6 But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If  they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know  if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.

#12 – Renewing our minds, helps build us up so that we can walk in faith 

Romans 10:17 faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:7  For we live by believing and not by seeing.

Hebrews 11:1 Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. 

Hebrews11:6 And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to  come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who  sincerely seek him. 

Romans 4:20  Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.