ABILITY TO PROVE THE GOOD, THE ACCEPTABLE AND THE PERFECT PT 3 _ The Progressive Mind

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  Ability To Prove The Good, The Acceptable and The Perfect Pt 3 _ The Progressive Mind


Romans  12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

You are welcome to a fresh new day, which you shall Excel in Excellence.

Previously, we came to an understanding that the renewing of the mind is what will aid the choice of that which is good, acceptable and perfect for us. Also the renewing of the mind is a continuous process, which is known as The Progressive Mind. And we also saw part of what to do to make the mind a progressive mind:
1. Understanding The Mind. This helped us to see how the mind naturally functions, so that we can know how to manage it. Read more about it in our previous post.

In today's devotion we shall see more tips that can help prepare your mind for a better choice these season:

2. You Must Understand The Mind To Body Effect
In Titus 1:15, the scripture says; "To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled". This scripture explains explicitly why people behave the way they do. The amplified version of the bible stated that “to the pure [in heart and conscience] all things are pure". A man is regarded as pure only when he is pure in heart and conscience (Mind), which means that the body reflects whatever the mind contains. The human nature carries it's identity from the character it portrays, which in turn is a direct  result of the mind. So it is important to know that the mind controls the body; it determines every action of the natural body. When the mind is defiled and the conscience is corrupt, it will definitely affect everything.

3. You Must Understand The Conformity of The Mind.
Naturally from birth the human mind is like a blank slate, void of any information. It is always after birth, when the process of growth starts, that the mind begins to absorb some external lessons from both the environment and external factors around the environment; such lessons are known as conformity. Therefore the conformity of the mind, is the conditioning of the mind to comply with the rules or general customs of a particular area. It can also be defined as: to condition the mind to behave, think, exhibit appearances that meet up the expectations of a particular region, area or group of people. By these definitions we can opine that conformity can be negative or positive.

Going back to our text, the bible says do not be conformed to the things of this world. Which means, for your mind to undergo uninterrupted renewing, you must stop the conformity of your mind to the standards of the world. Because critically looking at the standards of the world today, we will observe that the world has gone hazardous to the moral standard of a godly mind. What the early men called wrong is what today's world call fun. What was regarded as taboo, is what is celebrated as individual differences in our today's world.

So make up your mind today to checkmate the conformity of your mind, so you can have a progressive mind. Still on the conformity of the mind, watch out for the continuation in our next part of this series.

Shalom!

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