Real peace is experienced not because of new circumstances but because of new covenant thinking even when old circumstances remain.
Renewal of the Mind
William Hinn
Repentance, far above all else, is a turning away from wrong ideas about God and about yourself and coming into an exchange of receiving by the Spirit of Truth, the mind of God about Himself, in you. It’s not being ashamed of yourself but exchanging yourself. It’s not a one time event but an on-going change from glory to glory. Repentance is not just changing your mind but losing your mind and gaining His.
Matt Stinton
Peace is something you have to fight for. As converse as that sounds, there’s always something trying to distract us. Focusing on things that build peace rather than fear is a constant necessity. Your mind is the battlefield, after all.
Dallas Willard
If you are frightened or afraid, there is no use feeling guilty about it. What you need to do is fix your mind upon God and ask him to fill your mind with himself. And as your mind is transformed, your whole personality will be transformed, including your body and your feelings. The transformation of the self away from a life of fear and insufficiency takes place as we fix our minds upon God as he truly is.
Steven Furtick
The more of Godβs Word we know and the more weβre reminding ourselves of His truths, the less dependent we become on others to snap us out of our self-induced negative spirals. We can begin to rely on Godβs Spirit to renew our minds.
Christine Caine
In order to fulfill our purpose in life, we must remain committed to the daily practice of dealing with the toxic thoughts that can take root in our heart and sabotage our destiny. Things like bitterness, resentment, disappointment, jealousy, insecurity, fear, or offenses can easily undercut your God-given calling and your purpose. It is so important that we guard our hearts (Proverbs 4:23).
Steve Backlund
The Greek word for repentance means “ππ ππππππ πππ πππ πππ πππππ.” Repentance is a lifestyle, not an event. We are not done repenting until we have glistening hope in the area we are repenting about.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself? Take those thoughts that come to you the moment you wake up in the morning. You have not originated them but they are talking to you, they bring back the problems of yesterday, etc. Somebody is talking. Who is talking to you? Your self is talking to you. Now this manβs treatment [in Psalm 42] was this: instead of allowing this self to talk to him, he starts talking to himself. “Why art thou cast down, O my soul?” he asks. His soul had been depressing him, crushing him. So he stands up and says, “Self, listen for a moment, I will speak to you.”