DON'T LOSE YOUR "MIND" - Sometimes professing Christians let false teachings and cultural pressures "change their minds" - eventually, they "lose their minds" - it's so important that we are faithful in the little things carefully aware of negative influences and daily feeding our minds with God's Word - We must guard our hearts against ungodly influences so we don't "lose our minds" (Proverbs 4:23). Ungodly influences are found in our culture, but they can also be found in our churches. You see, there are two kinds of "minds" in this world (1 Corinthians 2:14-16): There are worldly minds: “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” And there are minds of Christ: “The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments . . . we have the mind of Christ.” Sometimes professing Christians let false teachings and cultural pressures "change their minds." They start viewing Christian friends as legalistic and seek companions who are more accepting of their sins. Eventually, if they aren't careful, they "lose their minds".

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Don't Lose Your "Mind"

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Sometimes professing Christians let false teachings and cultural pressures "change their minds" - eventually, they "lose their minds" - it's so important that we are faithful in the little things carefully aware of negative influences and daily feeding our minds with God's Word

Gail Burton Purath

This 1-minute devotion is a good warning for us to guard our hearts. Let it encourage you to stand firm.

We must guard our hearts against ungodly influences so we don't "lose our minds" (Proverbs 4:23). (1)  

You see, there are two kinds of "minds" in this world (1 Corinthians 2:14-16):

There are worldly minds: “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”

And there are minds of Christ: “The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments . . . we have the mind of Christ.” 

Sometimes professing Christians let false teachings and cultural pressures "change their minds."

They start viewing Christian friends as legalistic and seek companions who are more accepting of their sins (1 Corinthians 15:33).

Eventually, if they aren't careful, they "lose their minds" (1 Timothy 4:1-2).

That's why it's so important that we are faithful in the little things (Luke 16:10), carefully aware of negative influences (Psalm 101:3), and daily feeding our minds with God's Word (Colossians 3:16).

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(1) Ungodly influences are found in our culture, but they can also be found in our churches.

To be aware of false teachings inside the church see the 1-minute devotions in the Ex-vangelical Archives.

Hi!  I'm Gail Burton Purath. I started Bible Love Notes to give people a minute of Scriptural encouragement in their busy day.

I don't have all the answers, but

since I asked Christ to be my Lord and Savior in 1974, I've been learning from the One Who has all the answers!

I'm still a sinner, a learner, a student who falls down and disappoints God at times. But it's my desire to grow closer to the Lord, day by day, minute by minute.

I need to be challenged, encouraged, corrected and comforted, and I think you do as well...so let's learn together about the love of God--a love that is so vast that we will always be discovering new and wonderful things about it.

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