<p>Would you like to get God’s best for your life? Chip continues in Romans 12, and reveals how you can get God’s best.</p><p>Negative Command<strong>:</strong> “<em>Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world…”</em></p><ul><li>Passive voice</li><li>Imperative</li><li>Present tense</li></ul><p>Translation<strong>: </strong>Stop allowing yourselves to be molded by the influences and pressures of this present world system.</p><p>Application<strong>: </strong>We are to be SEPARATE from the world’s values. -1 Jn. 2:15-17</p><p>Summary<strong>: </strong>The world’s system seeks to SEDUCE us from our love for Christ by PLEASURE, POSSESSIONS, and POSITION.</p><p>Positive Command<strong>:</strong><em> “…but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”</em></p><ul><li>Passive voice</li><li>Imperative</li><li>Present tense</li></ul><p>Translation: But allow God to completely change your inward thinking and outward behavior by cooperating wholeheartedly moment-by-moment with the Spirit’s renewing process.</p><p>Application: Are you shaped more by the WORLD or the WORD? -Mat. 4:4; 2 Cor. 3:18</p><p>The means of transformation:<strong> </strong><em>“…by the renewing of your mind.”</em></p><ul><li>Renewing your mind is a continual REFOCUS of a Romans 12:1 perspective.</li><li>Renewing your mind will always involve a BATTLE. </li><li>Renewing your mind is a SUPERNATURAL work of the Spirit.</li></ul><p>Practical methods for “Renewing Your Mind”</p><ol><li>HEARING<strong> </strong>God’s Word -Rom. 10:17</li><li>Use your TIME wisely. Be in the Word.</li><li>READ God’s Word -Rev. 1:3</li><li>STUDY God’s Word -2 Tim. 2:15</li><li>MEMORIZE<strong> </strong>God’s Word -Psa. 119:9,11</li><li>MEDITATE<strong> </strong>on God’s Word -Jos. 1:8</li></ol><p>A tool for transformation: The “2PROAPT” Method</p><p><strong>Broadcast Resources</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://message-notes.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Gods-Dream-For-Your-Life-03-How-To-Get-Gods-Best-For-Your-Life.pdf?source=WEBPODDON&amp;referral=PODCAST">Message Notes</a></li></ul><p><strong>Additional Resources</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lote.me/4aBVCBX">Become a Monthly Partner</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lote.me/3N4HRCH">True Spirituality Book</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lote.me/4tWWOaD">Take the Real You Assessment Free</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://livingontheedge.org/topics/new-believers/?source=WEBPODDON&amp;referral=PODCAST">What Every New Believer Needs to Know</a></li></ul><p><strong>Connect</strong></p><ul><li><strong>888-333-6003</strong></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://livingontheedge.org/"><strong>Website</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://livingontheedge.org/chip-ingram-app"><strong>Chip Ingram App</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/livingontheedgewithchipingram"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/LOTEcommunity"><strong>Facebook</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/lotecommunity"><strong>Twitter</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Partner With Us</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://livingontheedge.org/donate/?source=WEBPODDON&amp;referral=PODCAST"><strong>Donate Online</strong></a></li><li><strong>888-333-6003</strong></li></ul>