Renew Your Mind [Podcast]

Transcript

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to another Bible's blockchain business, BBB, I don't know, Django's thoughts, whatever we're going to call it. It's my little, my little schstick here on the blockchain, my little 10-minute thoughts, deep thoughts on issues that just interest me and that I like to talk about. So, sit back, relax, enjoy the chat. And yeah, I hope it's of value to you. And apologies, I haven't done one of these in, like, almost two weeks, so sorry for not being on your, uh, your, your headphones or your speakers right now. I promise I will do better if you bear with me and listen to my ramblings for the next couple of minutes. Anyways, so I'm going to share with you guys a link inside of the description of this podcast. It's a, uh, a little talk slash, podcast, actually, that I listened to last night, and it's from a group of fellow believers. It's called Heritage and Hope Ministries, and they did this talk. February of this year, so it's not brand new. And the title of it was, what happens in your brain when you worship God? And this absolutely fascinating me. And just, I'm going to kind of go over kind of, you know, what they said in it and share my own experiences with this. What happens in our brain when we're worshiping God? So the, the scripture that they, um, They used to confirm this is from Romans chapter 12 verse 2, and I'll just read it here for you. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God. So, here you see Paul basically telling the church, in Rome that, you know, don't worry about the world, let's focus on God. Don't worry about the world. Let's renew our mind. Let's focus on, and it kind of like piggybacks off of, you know, one of my favorite verses Philippians 4-8, you know, whatever is true, whatever is just, whatever is a good report, think on these things. So, we are told as believers to focus on God. And again, confirming this with Scripture. Again, one of my favorite verses, if not my favorite verse now in all of Scripture, is from the words of Jesus himself, where he says in Matthew 6, verse 33, but seek ye first, seek, seek ye first, the kingdom of God, and all righteousness, and it will be added on to you. So we are to seek, we are to study to show ourselves approved, we are to think on good things, we are to be renewing our minds. So this type of content I really get fired up for. And this is what this podcast went over. It was talking about neuroplasticity and how we can actually repair our minds when we're actually using it. And there was a neuroscience expert that was, um, that was a guest in the podcast and spoke about it, and I was talking about how prayer, reading scripture, family worship, all of these things, and in as little as 12 minutes a day, that's what the kicker was for me. All of this stuff helped rebuild our mind and strengthen our mind. Our mind's a muscle, so this was fascinating to me. A really, really cool discussion, but... Listen, this is science, I guess, I mean, I'm, you know, listen, hearing something online doesn't make it true, right? And I'm sure there's experts that'll say this is crazy, there's experts that will say this is true, there's scientists that will say this is hogwash, and there's others that'll say, study to show thyself approved, right? Like, I mean, there's going to be, there's going to be opinions on all of this stuff, but all I can speak of is my own experience. And something transformative happened to me when I made a commitment, no matter what, every day, to read my Bible. Something happened to me. Now, I'm not saying I'm brilliant. I'm not saying that I have this deep awakening, you know, deep thoughts here, anything like that. Like, I'm not, but for me personally, for me personally, It's allowed me to have this comfort that I cannot, the peace that passes all understanding, this absolute knowledge that everything that's going on, God wants me to spend time with him. And transformative, regardless of whatever... this podcast said, or what any expert says or doesn't say for or against it, I can only speak for myself. And I can, specifically, I know the times where I haven't felt like reading scripture, but I did. I remember the times when the last thing I wanted to do was get on my knees and pray, but I did. I can remember all of these vividly. When I was renewing my mind, as we see in Romans 12, something happened to me. Maybe it never happened to you. Maybe you've tried this faith thing, and it just didn't work for you. Yeah, tried God out, it didn't work for you. I can only speak on my own experiences. And what it did for me is giving me such peace. Again. I'm not saying it's turned me into an intellectual. I'm not saying it's turned me into a Rhodes scholar. None of that. But what I, and this is kind of a two-fold thing, not only have I been reading scripture, but I also read a ton of theology books, a ton of books about God, a ton of books about the Christian experience. I fill my mind again, Philippians 4-8, I'm trying to think on good things. Think on the good report. Think of the good virtue. Think of the stuff that is heavenwards, the kingdom of God. That's what I'm not going to say I'm trying to, because I am. But it's tough, because look, again, like, I'm going past, I'm sorry, I'm going to say this verse again here in Romans 12. Listen how it starts. And do not be conformed to this world. The world doesn't want you study in Scripture. The world does not want you on your knees praying. The world wants you to focus on worldly things. But what does Jesus say? Seek ye first, the kingdom of God. That's what we're to seek. As believers, seek Christ every day. Focus on that. Because the world is trying to make sure that you don't. And listen. My God is stronger than this world, the prince of this world specifically. So, but it's tough because the devil knows how to entice you, how to keep you away from him, how to, from him, I mean, God, the devil knows all of the tricks in his playbook. He knows everything about the human psychology. He knows what makes us tick. and he knows that if we are spending our time on worldly things and things that really don't matter in the big scheme of life, he's one. If you're going through something right now, it's almost, I almost guarantee it, it's because you have faith. You have something that the devil wants to take from you. He's not interested in the people that... Don't pray. He's not interested in the people that are in the world. He's got them already. He's going after the people that read their Bible. He's going after the people that do pray. And we see what the promises are. We see what the promises are here in Scripture. What happens when we do focus on God? So going back to the podcast, what happens in your brain when you worship God, again. It's a fantastic talk. It's like an hour and 15 minutes or so. Really, really cool ministry. I'll definitely leave a link here. You can watch it at your own leisure. Take away from it as you will. What you will, excuse me, but for me personally, I can testify that when I have spent the time, and even only 12 minutes a day, as this podcast says, the renewing of my mind takes place. I'm seeking the kingdom of God every single day. and I pray that you do too as well. Hope this was of value for you on your walk, on your journey, and I will see you guys on the next Bible's blockchain and business podcast or whatever. We still have, you know, it's been months and I still haven't come up with a name for this thing, but John Go's thought seems to be the standard. See you guys.

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