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1. Knowledge From The Word

Happy back to school, Abiders! We have new meditations to help you during this seasonal transition. We've also fixed an issue where in some cases, access to our premium content was not enabled immediately upon subscribing, requiring exiting and reopening the app to get premium access, but it's all better now. The Bible tells us that one of the highest, ultimate goals that God has in store for each one of us is our transformation in Him — and this transformation is accomplished by the renewing of your mind. Here is the specific verse from Scripture that will tell us that this kind of transformation is actually done by the renewing of our minds in the Lord:.

The first thing each Christian must know is exactly what it is that God wants to change about us. If you do not know exactly what it is God wants to do with you in this sanctification-transformation process, then you will have a very hard time in being able to fully cooperate with Him once He does try to start the renewal and transformation process on the inside of you. There are a million and one self-help books on the market, but there is only one Book that will tell you exactly what it is God wants to do with you on the inside to change you for the better — and that Book is the Holy Bible.

There are no other books out there that will tell you the specific and exact points that God is looking to target to make this transformation occur in the way that He would really like. The Bible tells us that this sanctification-transformation process is actually done by the Holy Spirit. However, the Holy Spirit will not start this transformation process in you until He has something to work with — and that something is knowledge — and that knowledge can only be obtained from the Bible.

God expects you to play a direct part in this transformation process if He is going to start to work it in you. In the three steps that will get this transformation process going for you — you will be responsible for doing the first two steps. If you are willing to put some quality time and effort in doing these first two steps, then God will do His part, and He will then actually do all of step 3 for you in order to make this kind of transformation really possible to achieve in this lifetime.

The first step will be to study the Bible for the specific points that God will be looking to target to change you into the kind of person He really wants you to become in Him. Since many of these verses pertaining to all of this are scattered throughout the entire Bible, I am going to list, in subsequent articles, some of the most powerful verses in all of Scripture — showing you exactly what godly and saintly qualities God will want to work and impart into the very core of your personality.

To meditate means to think about, to chew on, to try and figure out what God is trying to tell us in His Word — and then to try and see how these divine truths can be applied in our daily life, and how we can get some of these positive qualities worked and imparted into our personalities. If you will spend some good, quality time really studying and meditating on what is in these specific verses I will be listing in these other articles in this Sanctification section of our site , you will then have right at your fingertips exactly what it is that God wants to start working into your personality.

And once you have the basic knowledge of what these positive and godly qualities are going to be that God will be looking to impart into you — then you will be ready for step two. The Scripture verses that will be listed in these subsequent articles will show you all the things that God will want you to think right about in order to help you with this renewing of your mind. You will find two key words that will be repeated several times in many of the Scripture verses that will follow in these other articles.

This step right here is where many Christians are missing the boat. They have been walking with the Lord for years and they wonder why there has not been many changes in the very cores of their personalities.

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Where is the love, joy, peace, sound mind, and self-control that the Bible promises me once I fully commit my life to the Lord? Why is it that I still have a problem in controlling my temper, my cussing, and my critical and judgmental spirit? Example — say you have a problem with a bad temper. The least little thing will set you off. Now here is where your part will really come into play. Now that you know God wants your bad temper removed from your personality — He will now expect you to try and put away this bad and negative quality when it does want to erupt.

You will now have to start to engage with your quick and bad temper every single time you find yourself in a situation that will start to trigger its release. Say someone has just cut you off in traffic. Your normal response may be to start cussing at this person and try to flip him off if you can get close enough to him to do it. Your bad temper has now been fully triggered like it does every time someone cuts you off in traffic. At this point, you have to make the best effort you can to try and control the release of your bad temper.

You may have to literally bite your tongue to keep all the cuss words from flying out of your mouth. When your bad temper releases on you, it is like a fire that explodes out of your belly. Once this fire starts to explode, you have to make a very strong and concerted effort to neutralize it before the fire hits your mouth and causes you to start cussing. You will have to try and put on the godly quality of self-control in order to try and douse the fire — like pouring cold water on a hot fire.

You will have to tell yourself, and give yourself a pep talk that you will directly engage with your bad temper every single time you find yourself in a situation that will trigger its release.

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At first, you may not have much success, because the release of your bad temper has become such an automatic bad habit. It has become an automatic response to certain situations. But if you keep at it, over the course of time you will start to get more self-control over it, and you will then be able to dramatically reduce the number of times that you will actually go off. The reason your bad temper triggers so easily is because you are weak in the quality of self-control. Self-control is one of the qualities that God wants to impart and work into your personality. You will see this positive quality mentioned numerous times in the verses to follow in these other articles.

By attempting to put on this very positive quality into your personality, you will have the live ammunition you will need to not only be able to overcome a bad and nasty temper, but other bad and negative qualities such as too much of a critical and judgmental spirit, an unforgiving spirit, and too much pride, arrogance, and haughtiness.

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The same approach goes for trying to incorporate positive qualities into your personality. The Bible tells us that God wants us to be loving, kind, generous, and gentle people. Some people do not have many of these positive qualities operating in them due to all of the bad things that may have happened to them in this life.

Try to the best of your abilities to become more loving, more patient, more kind — even if you do not feel like it. If you will make some kind of decent and concerted effort to do this on your end, then God will start to do His part — which will now lead us into step 3. Each one of us only has a certain amount of mental and emotional strength in our own personal makeups.

We can only go so far with step 2. We can only get ourselves to a certain point in being able to become more loving, more kind, and more patient. Our best is obviously not going to be good enough to get this transformation process properly completed to the degree that the Lord would really like in this lifetime. God wants to make us more loving, patient, kind, and peaceful than we could ever get ourselves to be by using our own natural strength. So how can the Lord do this? If we have spent good, quality time studying the Bible in reference to the changes God wants to make into our personalities — and we have tried to the best of our abilities to put on the good, godly, and saintly qualities that He would really like to have operating in our personalities — then how can God get us up to the level that He is really looking for as you will see in the Scripture verses to follow?

Since our best is obviously not going to be good enough — how can God complete this transformation process to the degree that would really please Him in this lifetime? This will now lead us into step 3. The Holy Spirit lives on the inside of each believer and it is His job to mold, shape, and transform us into the kind of holy and righteous people that God the Father would really like all of us to become in Him. Many Christians already know this. They then wonder why there has not been much change in their personalities after they have been saved.

They have not spent enough quality time in the Word of God to learn exactly what it is that God wants to change about them — and then they have not made any real concerted effort on their end to try and change themselves for the better, to try and put on the godly and saintly qualities that God the Father wants them to have operating in their personalities. If each Christian would do their part as described in the above first two steps — then God the Father would only be too anxious to complete this transformation process for you through the power of His Holy Spirit.

What will happen in this third step is that God the Father will then start to impart His peace, His love , His joy , His kindness , His patience , and His perseverance into your personality through the Holy Spirit. And these will be His divine qualities and attributes being imparted into you — not yours!

You only have a certain amount of love within your own natural personality to give and to express to others. However, once God starts to release His love into your personality — then you will be able to love others in the way that the Lord would really like. Then you can really start loving your children, your spouse, and your friends to the degree that you would really like.

You cannot feel depressed and unhappy if the love and joy of God is operating in your personality through the Holy Spirit. This is not to say we will never get crabby, irritable, or down at times. We all live in a fallen and cursed world and we are living in bodies that are slowly dying and corrupting. But when God really kicks this transformation process into full gear for you, the down days will not last as long as they used to.

You may still lose it from time to time, but not to the same degree and frequency that you use to. One of the greatest accomplishments anyone can achieve in this life is to find true inner peace, happiness, and contentment in this life. True happiness can only be found on the inside of your being in your connection and personal relationship with the Lord.

All of the material wealth and goods that are out there for the taking will not give you this kind of true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment. They are finding out that all of their material wealth, fame, and notoriety are not giving them the true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment they thought that this kind of life would bring them. As born-again, Spirit-filled Christians, we all know that this true inner peace and happiness can only be found on the inside of our beings through establishing a close, intimate, personal relationship with the Lord.

There is no other way! Nothing else in this life will give us this kind of true inner peace and happiness. However, many Christians are not finding this true inner peace and happiness. The Bible talks about it, the preachers talk about it on Sunday, but many are still not finding it. After you get saved, God expects you to grow, develop, and mature in your walk with Him. Many Christians are missing out on this sanctification-transformation process that is available to them through the power of the Holy Spirit.

This sanctification process is what will really lead you into true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment that everyone is looking for these days. However, God is not going to give you a free lunch on this process. You will have to be willing to do your part before God will be willing to do His part. The Bible tells us that with the measure we use, will be the measure measured back to us.

When it comes to this sanctification-transformation process — we have to give God our best by reading and studying the Word for the changes that He will want to make with us — and then make our own attempt to put on the good and godly qualities that He will want us to have — and then to put away all of the bad and negative qualities that He will not want us to have. Think about this incredible possibility — that God Himself can literally impart and transmit part of His divine nature into our personalities through the Holy Spirit if we are willing to work with Him during this transformation-sanctification process.

One last point before I give you all of the power verses in other articles showing you the godly and saintly qualities that God will want to try and work into us. Once you read all of the qualities that God would really like to have instilled in us, some of you may get a bit dismayed and distraught after you read what is in these Scripture verses.

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You may feel overwhelmed, realizing that you may be a long way off in being able to have some of these positive godly qualities worked and imparted into your personality. Some Christians read these verses and feel so overwhelmed — they do not even feel it is worth trying for because these ideals just seem to be too high to strive for.

The one thing we all have to realize is that every single one of us is flawed to some degree. We all have our character flaws and rough edges. This sanctification process is not done overnight. This is a process that will occur over the rest of your earthly life. If you are willing to work with the Lord in this process, God will then gradually and progressively transform and sanctify you to make you into the kind of person that He really wants you to become in Him.

Your reward for allowing God to do this type of inner sanctifying work in your life will be a joy, a peace, a love, and a zest for life that you never knew was really possible to obtain in this life. You will find true inner peace, happiness, and fulfillment. You will find what everyone else is looking for these days and cannot find, and many people will be drawn to you as a result. Many nonbelievers have stated that what drew them to certain Christians that ended up getting them saved was the peace, joy, and love that seemed to be operating through their personalities.

They said they were drawn to those personality qualities like a magnet. Not only will you be more happy and fulfilled by allowing God to do this with you, but you will also be a joy for others, and they will be drawn to the light of God that will be shining through you. As a result, many people, including other Christians will start asking you what it is that you have operating in you.

Why are you always so happy and upbeat? How can you have so much peace and contentment in your life in this crazy and tumultuous world we now live in? As a result of this kind of inner spiritual transformation, you will be able to lead many more nonbelievers into eternal salvation through Jesus, and disciple many other believers into a deeper walk with the Lord. This sanctification process is available to all believers. God wants to do this with every single one of us. As a result, the Body has many flaky hypocritical representatives for God who are doing more harm than good.

They may not be open to admitting to God what some of their problems and character flaws really are.

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