Beliefs

We were made for a transformed life with a renewed mind and changed beliefs (Romans 12:2). We all have lenses, or belief systems, that shape how we see the world and how we live. Those beliefs often come from our life experiences, from our family history and what was said or modeled in our home, from significant hurt and trauma, or from what we have culturally or socially seen and embraced. When we have an experience, it leads to a belief; that belief creates an expectation, which influences behavior. When we begin to conform to the world, we develop ungodly beliefs that produce choices and actions with destructive consequences. God offers us an alternative: a transformed life where our minds are renewed and our we beliefs align with the Bible and with the heart and character of God. We renew our minds by taking our thoughts captive and making them obedient to Jesus (2 Corinthians 10:5), by confessing our beliefs so that we may be healed (James 5:16), and by stepping into forgiveness (Ephesians 4:32).