¶ Adopting a New Mindset
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Welcome back one more time . God's Diamonds in the Rough by Cass . We hope all is well . Amen . I am great , i am lovely , amen .
I am so wonderful to be back one more time getting into Word , sharon , what God has given to us , to you .
Amen , amen , we are ready . Amen . We hope that you've been listening to the last , especially the last couple of episodes in this brand new season . Amen , because we're going to carry on our conversation we had on the last time we were with you , talking about changing your mind . We're going to find amen , changing your mind . Say it , amen .
We're going to pick up on the second part of that . And so , honey , if you have anything you want to say , before you know , we pray and get on with it .
I'm just ready to get into the Word .
Amen , amen . So let's go . Father , we thank you so much For your Word , lord , thank you so much for all that you're doing in and through us . Lord , we pray for each and every person who is here who will listen to this In whatever fashion you desire them to , whether it's hours or days after the episode is released or whenever you send them .
God , i just pray , lord , that it blesses their spirit , that it compels them and draws them to do and live life the way that you desire them to To pray in the name of Jesus , lord , that they can see the diamond in themselves , god , and that you will continue to shape us into the men and women of God you desire us to be . We bless your name .
In Jesus Christ's name , we do pray . Amen , amen , amen . So you know you're going to close us out , right ?
Yeah , i know , i was just sitting here getting ready to pray . I was like hold up , what happened , what happened , what happened ?
That's all right . I forget sometimes , y'all . That's my bad . Usually I forget he be praying and I pray out . That's okay . God will switch it up on us in a heartbeat , won't He ?
Yes , He will .
So what are you thinking , honey , in regard to kind of the last time that we were here and talking about the subject of changing your mind , anything happened over the week that would affirm our topic , or anything you want to share with the table or with the listeners ?
You know I would definitely say yes for me because , you know , by the time y'all are hearing this , our oldest daughter had graduated from high school and , you know , just able to sit back and watch her grow up . You know it really . She taught me a lot of things as well , as I was trying to teach her some things .
And one thing that she taught me is you know how to be a father . You know it's easy to say that you'll be a father to somebody , but you know , if you don't know what to do or you've never been a father before , it's kind of hard to feel that role as a father And with her . You know she taught me some things .
You know of how to address her and how not to address her . But yeah , i mean , it's definitely a mind thing you know to be changed through the mind of how to do things , because , without a child in your life before you know , i would just say it was a eye-opener for me .
So has it helped shaped how you deal with Tatchiana .
I would definitely say so .
Well , you know , for me , you know I feel like I adapt pretty well Because my thoughts are always being challenged . You know what I mean , Because you're dealing with people and you're dealing with your in leadership and you're , you know , trying to lead and guide and live the right example and all of that .
You've got to be open to change , and when I say change , i mean open to other perceptions and other and I say this in regard to , like , maturity levels . You know what I mean . You just got to be open .
You have to be open And you know , when you're trying to really just follow the leading of the Lord in regard to how to think and being renewed according to the Word of God , it just really is an eye opener to things that are bigger than yourself . Amen .
And so you know , i'm always excited every time we get here and get into the Word and get into just kind of just talking , because you know God , he and His wisdom , he opens up things , he opens up the conversation . You know .
Renewing of the mind That's what we were talking about on last week in regard to renewing in such a way that you know we are shifting from being in the world and being in the world but not part of the world , and so you know that's something that is a mind that we have to adopt .
It really is , you know , when you're talking about adoption , you know Don't leave me out here by myself , honey , talk to me . Talk Talking about adoption .
You know when you take the word adopt it means you add into it . You know it's just like a family . When you adopt , you add to the family and changing your mind and you adopt something that you don't know . Like you know growing up , you know as a child or an infant you don't know what to do with , what to do and what not to do .
But you adopt those characteristics as you get older And that's what we do . When we get older and more mature into the world , we adopt those things that we should go through doing what we shouldn't do .
Right . A way of thinking is like you decided okay , it's like an even deeper way to look at it too . It's like you know you have a child who maybe is a foster child .
Of course , the child is the child of another woman and another man And they bring them into your home and they're there for a time , and the child and the parents , they don't want them to leave . The parent doesn't want , the child doesn't want to leave , and the parents don't want the child to leave .
So they have to go through the process of adoption And that process . In that process they are , they become no longer well , obviously , biologically they're another person's child , but you take on all the responsibilities of that child , you take care of that child .
You say to someone I want full responsibility of this child and I want to treat it like it is my own . And when we adopt a new mindset , that's what we're doing . We are adopting a new way to think , a new way to live . And so you got you have to , even before your mind is renewed , you got to already decide that there has to be more .
You know what I mean . It has to be more than what I've had . Amen , and that's a powerful thing too , because you're recognizing that what you had wasn't working . Jesus , come on somebody . What do you think about that , honey ?
I just had a bring for it , But um .
Bring for it .
Yeah , you know , i like it . I like it because you know they , you know it gives us a a sense of mind that you know , like you said , when you , when you adopt a child , in that sense , and versus you know , adopting a mindset , you letting God know that you're fully committed to the change . Absolutely Yeah , because you can .
I mean you take for , for example , a child you can't say for one moment that , um , yeah , i take on the full responsibilities , but the moment things get rough or down the road , when they get horrid , i can't do it , no more . So you can't do that . You know , especially when it comes to , you know that's what we got to get in our mind .
that look , things going to come up . that we got to be fully committed . come hell or high water , we can continue to chase after Jesus . That's right . That's what that whole thing about fully committed is . come hell or high water , that's what Jesus was fully committed to going to the cross .
that , come hell or high water , no matter what they did to him , he's still going to stand his ground .
That's right . You have to decide . You have to . You
¶ Changing Your Heart and Mind
know what I mean . You can't be if you expect your mind to change . You can't be halfway in and halfway out . You have to be all the way in , because in changing your mind , he's changing your heart .
Yeah , i mean , you can't , it's , it's , you can't have half your heart , um , in one place in the other , half in the other , you're going to feel like , you're going to feel a void . You know what I mean . But when you give it all to him , he's able to change how you think . He's able to change how you process information when he changes your heart .
So know that in changing your mind , it's going to change your heart . You're going to have feelings , you're going to have emotions that most likely are going to be , um , unfamiliar to you . It's like what in the world is happening to me , if they can do you . So what is happening to me ?
At one point I knew I could care less , but now , all of a sudden , i'm crying and I can't stop . What is going on ? He says because he has changed your heart and , in turn of changing your heart , it changed your mind . And when it changes your mind , it changes your behaviors . It changes how you respond to things , to circumstances , to people .
It does So when a change has occurred , you can um , and if you're paying attention to this , you'll see it , you'll be able to recognize it . You know what I mean . I imagine Paul And Paul .
If you know anything about the Bible and you , you know , studied for any length of time , you'll find out that Paul , he was a murderer And God , he changed his mind and he changed his mind And you know that does , let us know .
And furthermore , to know that you know it doesn't matter what you go through in life , you still have that choice to change . You know it's no longer in the old times . In the Bible you talk about the law and we have to realize that , look , we're not under that , that categorization no more , we're under the new .
That , look , no matter what we go through in life , we can decide to look , i'm a change , appreciate it Just with him , with Paul himself , you know being a murderer and change to it , and I think he's a major profit , not a profit .
No , he was like , he was a Christian martyr and he was like the leader . He was like the leader of the , of the , of that I don't know the word to call it , but he was . He was leading the whole regime of killing Christians . You know , he thought that he was doing , but he was doing the right thing .
But once he had the encounter , he was knocked off his horse . Jesus asked him you know why are you persecuting me And Saul ? because his name , before he became Saul , he just kind of like what ? Huh ?
You know he had that encounter And you know , especially when you're dealing with your past and things that you might be struggling with to let go of , oftentimes he will knock you off your horse . He will knock you off your place of safety , he will knock you out of out of the place where you had ruled .
He because this is what happened to .
Paul to Saul , excuse me , before he became Paul , he was on his horse , headed to go and do what he had been doing Just an ordinary day , i'm sure And he was knocked off his horse . And you might be going on a normal day , going about your business , doing what you do , and all of a sudden it's something just knocked you off of your stride .
You know what I mean . Knocked you off of what's , what's in this , like what ? What is going on ? All of a sudden , he's blind , he can't see . When you get knocked off your horse , sometimes you can't see five feet in front of you , you can't see what's ahead of you , because he took everything that you knew to be safe And he then took it away .
All of a sudden , you're totally dependent on somebody else . Jesus Christ , somebody , hallelujah . You want to answer what I'm saying ? No , no .
Oh , i would say let's , let's get into the word where where it's talks about that . Because you know , as I was looking over it , you know they was talking about how he was on his way And all of a sudden , and when you say he was blinded , he was really blinded by a sharp and bright light .
Yep , yep , absolutely . And you know , everything that we're talking about is actually in the X-9 . If you want to read about it , you'll find it . It's from 9-1 , all the way to , all the way to . I think it is 9 . I think it's the whole chapter of 9 .
Check it out , because we're not going to Time to say We're not going to go through the whole chapter , but I think it's important that we highlight the fact that again , he was on his journey , minding his business , going toward Damascus , and then that light from heaven came about .
And you know , they say , according to the Word , that the glory of God is so bright and so big that no man has ever seen Ken . Barrett at all . And this is what Saul tried to , i'm sure , when he knocked , when he got knocked off , until he probably looked up , like what is going on ?
And his glory was shining over on me , like why did you persecute me ? Why are you persecuting me ? And he said the Lord asked . I mean well , saul asked the Lord , who are you ? And he says you know , i am Jesus , i am the one who you are persecuting . He says it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks .
As I say , you know , if you knew who I was before you was doing this , then you wouldn't have done it . You know what I mean and You know it really is . This is a powerful , powerful true to speak to us , that you know The things that we go through , and it necessarily is most of the time .
The things that we are going through Are the very things that God is doing to try to get our attention , to change our heart so he can change our mind .
I was just sitting here , you know when , when , before you just say and just add until you know , you cannot Come in contact With Jesus and not change . I say that again you cannot come in contact and have a real relationship with Jesus Christ and not change .
Because once you get in the deep win that come in the relationship and that deep conversation with Jesus Christ , he is going to make you wonder and Think about the things that you do in life And that's you know and That's the the conviction of the Holy Spirit when he Come at you and and put these and make you think about okay , why am I doing this , why
am I doing that ? and You're gonna change regardless , i mean whether you want to or not , especially if you had a deep relationship with Jesus Christ And I pray that when you had a deep relationship with Jesus Christ . It shouldn't be . I don't want to change , it should be , i want to change . But then again , he gives you free choice .
So we're gonna pause right there , give you something to think about for a few minutes Well , until next week and we're gonna continue . I'm gonna make this three parts . We're gonna talk a little bit more about Paul's experience and how his experience parallels with What God is trying to show you in your life . A man So Y'all , take it all .
A man , take it all in and receive what it is that The Lord is doing in this moment in your life and see where things have I just kind of like falling out of control and How God is simply trying to get your attention . A man It's my final word after prayer . A man and his final word and That's it .
We don't call it a wrap and we can see you next week .
Hey man , let us pray . Do you have any father ? our Lord and our savior is Christ . We just come to you right in and say thank you once again for just being the God that you are , being the forgiving God that you are Being the forgiveful God that you are for our sins .
We pray in the name of Jesus as we continue in your word and just follow out to you that you will give us to understand it of what you want us to understand . We pray in the name of Jesus for the ones who do not know you as a Lord and Savior , which is simply cry out to you what must I do be saved ?
We pray in the name of Jesus for the ones that do not have no desire to know you . I pray in the name of Jesus . We pray that they will just change their minds and change their hearts and focus on you
¶ Prayer for Protection and Peace
. We pray in the name of Jesus asking you just watch over us , keep us , protect us from all seen and unseen danger , whether we're sleep , going to sleep on the work , traveling up and down the dangerous highways and byways , or even in the air or the water .
Wherever we go , We pray in the name of Jesus that peace will meet us at the front door , and there's no peace there . That would be the peace maker that you call us to be .
We ask your forgiveness for anything we might have said , done or thought that's not pleasing your sight that you will grace your forgiveness and cast your back into the chair where it came from . Until next time , father , we just pray in the name of Jesus .
Your nobility will cover your people wherever they go , through the good times and the bad times , through the big Lord , but I just ask you to touch them right now . These things and all things we ask the only Jesus name say thank you , thank you , thank you , amen , amen , amen , amen .
Amen . God bless you , and y'all have a beautiful night . Amen .