Welcome to Ruminate. Our prayer is this would be a positive impact in your life each day and encourage you to faithfully follow God no matter the cost.

Today we will ruminate on Romans 8:5.

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There is an either/or reality in this verse. You are either dominated by the sinful nature or controlled by the Holy Spirit.

The interesting thing about this is every individual’s default is to be dominated by the sinful nature. That is who every person apart from Christ is. That is our nature…so we naturally think about sinful things. That is our natural bent.

BUT. Those who have surrendered to Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior are controlled by the Holy Spirit. Submission to God means you are allowing the Holy Spirit of God to control your thoughts and you think about things that please the Spirit.

Where your thoughts go, so goes your life. Thoughts are powerful. What we think about matters. And what we think about is impacted deeply by what we allow to influence us most. Are we surrendering to our sinful nature or have we been transformed by the renewing of our mind so that we are thinking things that please the Spirit?

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