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This was so good had to add it, because I know not only myself, but many others male and female fall into this bad mind set, Happy Reading
Jacqueline

March 02, 2008

God Loves YouDr. Betty R. Price
Romans 12:1-2 tell us what to do with our minds and with our flesh
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God which is your reasonable service
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God.
I know we can renew our minds, but we have to be forever thinking about God and His great love for mankind. Because if you don't, you will think more in line with the world than with the things of God. You have to understand that the body always wants to gratify the flesh. You have to train it, make it do, kill it, sacrifice it. And sacrifice is not fun, but it is the joy of the Lord you want.
Ephesians 4:22-24 say:
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
It is our responsibility to do something about our minds. Once a person has been converted and becomes a new man, he is to focus his thoughts on God, as well as the good things of life. We, as Believers, should never dwell on immoral, fleshly, worldly, selfish, sinful or evil thoughts. Sinful and negative thoughts disrupt and destroy our peace. The mind always goes down to the level of the flesh, but we have to control it because we live in the flesh and that is the thing we gravitate to. And that is why we need to operate in the Word of God in order to control our thinking, which will control our flesh.
Second Timothy 1:7 says:
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. So, we have a sound mind. Therefore, we have to think about the things of God, so we can think right thoughts.
"I don't think I'm ever going to get a husband." This is what I hear a lot of times from women around the church. You will get a husband if you do what God's Word says. You don't want to get the wrong husband. Too many people get the wrong mates.
I know a young lady who used to do some work for me. She came here from another country. She said she helped her husband come here, and when he got here, he dumped her. All he wanted to do was to get to America. She met another man whom she lived with for a while, but he ended up taking advantage of her too. So she ended up alone again.
My heart really goes out to single women if they are not enjoying their Christian life. I wish they could just believe God and know He loves them so much and wants to help them. However, they have to spend time with the Father and build a relationship with Him in order to develop that confidence to know He will give them the desires of their hearts if they will delight themselves in Him.
Now this girl was in the world, but Christian women go through the same thing. Anyway she came to see me and told me that she had met another guy. She said, "Oh, I was just so lonely." I told her, "I can imagine that it is lonely being by yourself, and I am happy that you have met someone, and I hope it will be a good relationship. But whatever you do, don't sleep with him." Because every time she had sex with these guys, when they would end up leaving her, she would feel just so bad and depressed. This is what she said to me, "But you have to sleep with them before you marry them; otherwise, how are you going to know everything is going to work?"
I said, "Well, Adam didn't sleep with Eve. This is where you have to trust God, but if you trust in your own thinking, you can get the wrong person, and you are going to get hurt over and over again." And many women have experienced this over and over again. It just breaks my heart to see women go through things like this, and still end up with the wrong person or alone. Then they are left with the worst self-esteem, just because some man has put them down. I tell women I counsel with: "You have to know you are complete in Jesus. You don't need a man to make you complete. And you don't need a man to meet your needs because the Word says, 'And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus' (Phil. 4:19)." If we would learn to really trust God, we could have such a beautiful life. But if you are not committed to staying in the Word, you are going to be led by your mind, your feelings, and your body. If you think these things God tells us to think, you will be on your way. Because He is the most important One to please, and if you please Him, you will end up pleasing yourself and everybody else around you. If the ones who are not pleased leave you because you are with the Lord, it is okay because you do not need them around you any way.