A changed life is a city upon a hill, a light shining in the darkness, a testimony of transformation.How can good belief lead to good behavior? What does this tell us about the importance of right thought? Probe: How are you allowing Jesus to clean your temple-your body and mind? Discuss the quote by Craig Groeschel.Craig Groeschel said, "Belief overflows to behavior." When you transform your mind, your behavior will change.In Romans 12:1b, Paul said we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable, offering our life to the Lord before anything else.When Jesus cleaned out the temple, He was cleaning out the junk of false worship and false sacrifices.Principle of Change: Clean Out the Temple How do you allow the Bible to renew your mind? Discuss your personal study and reading plan. Probe: The path of change is the Word of God (see Hebrews 4:12) it renews your mind and soul.Don't just treat the symptoms but go to the solution-Jesus. There may be pain in a certain area of your life, but the problem is in your heart.If you want total change, you must do it His way-a renovation of the heart. But the change you need may not be the change you want. God wants to change you-from the inside out.Probe: Chip asked, "How are we going to allow the Lord to transform our life-today or this week?" Discuss aspects of your life that need renewal.It is a total renovation, from head to heart to hands. God just doesn't just put us in a new pattern He changes our position, transforming us into a different creation. Transformed is metamorphoó, meaning to change and transfigure. The word conformed is suschématizó, which means to fashion according to a same pattern. Jesus transforms our spiritual life, an inner renovation.
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