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Ephesians 4:22-23

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds;

Romans 12

...but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

Hello, and welcome back to the One Things podcast. I was very excited today to share a scripture that the Lord had brought me to that I believe is such a blessing for all of us today. Reading from Ephesians 4:22-23, it says,

“You were taught with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires, to be made new in the attitude of your minds.”

This is so powerful because Paul is just simply saying, “Listen, you have been taught to throw away that former way of life— to put off that old self.”

What happens in that old self? What occurs there? He says it's being corrupted by its deceitful desires.

"Lord God, Lord Jesus, come into my mind and let it be renewed!"Imagine that. We are corrupted—men and women are corrupted— by the deceitful desires caused by our flesh. What are those deceitful desires? It’s a lust for this world and its pleasures. It’s a deep desire to be accepted by man, to be accepted by the world, rather than the focus of the Lord Jesus Christ, and it’s corrupted from inside out.

But, He says today, “Be made new.” Where? “In the attitude of your minds.” Not so different than Romans 12, where he says to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

Our thinking now begins to pursue Jesus"So, what happens when we come to God in such a way? The Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ begins to reveal the Son of God. That’s right— we are transformed as we come to the Word, as we come into the presence of God. He reveals His Son. He reveals His truth, and it does something on the inside of our minds. It literally transforms our way of thinking.

Our thinking is no longer futile, no longer against God, but something supernatural happens. Our thinking now begins to pursue Jesus. It now pursues the Kingdom of God— what a wonderful, powerful work that the Lord Jesus has done that today we can see him in the Word! We can see Him by coming into His presence and beginning to pray, and what a transformation occurs as we see the light and the glory of Jesus.

So today, may we allow God to do such a powerful work in our mindsets. Lord God, Lord Jesus, come into my mind and let it be renewed! Let it be transformed by Your glory, by Your Word, by Your truth. Thank You, God, for what a wonderful Word that You’ve given us today.

May all of you be blessed, and may we walk in the Kingdom power as our minds are renewed, our minds are made new, by His Word and by His truth.

Matthew 4:18

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

Hello, and welcome back to the One Thing podcast! Today I would like to share just a short story that many of us are probably familiar with; it’s the story of when Jesus was first calling out His disciples to come and follow Him. So, we look at Matthew 4:18. It says,

“As Jesus was walking beside the sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once, they left their nets and followed Him.”

It’s so beautiful to see how Jesus sees Peter there. He sees Andrew and they’re fishing. These guys are fishermen, and they know all about fishing: what it is to have the right net, what it is to have the right bait, how to bring the fish in and take them out of the waters."Come and follow me and I'm going to make you fishermen!"

So we see Jesus taking the opportunity to call them, and He says, “Come and follow me and I'm going to make you fishermen, not for the fish that you're drawing out of the water, but for people. I'm going to change what you're doing right now if you come and follow me. I'm going to call you out of that old, ordinary life where you're doing what everybody else is doing. I'm going to call you into something spectacular, into my kingdom where you're going to be bringing people out of darkness, literally rescuing them.”

"They left it all to follow the one who is worth everything" What I found really funny is that Jesus is calling them to be fishermen for people, but at the same time Jesus was fishing at that very moment. You see, He was the one who was calling them to come and follow Him. He was casting the line of His Word. He was casting out the line of His call and His destiny for these two men. And what was so wonderful, as we know, it says that they left their nets behind. They began to follow Jesus, and we know how the story goes with Peter and Andrew and all the other disciples.

They left it all to follow the one who is worth everything: the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. For them, Jesus was a bright and shining light. That day He called them, their hearts were caught by His words. Their hearts were caught by the light that He was shining.

"Does Jesus catch our heart today? Does His Word draw you nearer?"Does Jesus catch your heart today? Does the Lord Jesus— when you hear His name, when you think of His Word— does it draw you nearer? Does it cause you to throw down your net? Does it cause you to put away everything else to follow Him and to look to Him?

So praise God today that this call still goes forth! Jesus says, “Come and follow me. Come and follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people because I have rescued you. As you follow me, my light will shine in you and you will also shine for others.”

Will you hear his voice today and will you throw down the nets and come? Come and beckon the call out of this ordinary life, and come into the extraordinary kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

James 4:17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

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Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Joshua 13:33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he promised them.

Nehemiah 6:3 “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?”

Proverbs 2:2 Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding

Jeremiah 17:7-8 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”