I am not the same person Al married years ago. even though we celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary. Hopefully we all are not the same as we were even a year ago, for when we are open to the Lord, we are always changing. He never forces His will on us, so our response is so important if we want to grow. A good motto to keep before us is: “More of Him and less of me!” Paul says in Galatians 2, “I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not ‘mine,’ but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
God wants to transform each one of us and the Holy Spirit works the changes in us if we are open. He helps us to change our actions, our responses and gives us peace. It is important that we feed on the Word so he can change even our thinking. Change begins in our thoughts and we have peace when our minds are stayed on Him. The Holy Spirit is only too glad to remind us when our thoughts are not godly, guiding us to reject them and instead to think God’s thoughts. Let us ask Him to take our wandering minds and fill them with thoughts from Him.
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