1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,400 Hey girl, we’re your hosts Iz, 2 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,400 And Zi. 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,160 And welcome or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl podcast. 4 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:26,680 In today's episode, we will talk about how to keep a clean mind. 5 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:33,360 Firstly, we have to talk about why it's important to keep your mind pure and close to God. 6 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,440 Well, it keeps us focused on Jesus for us to remain pure and holy. 7 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:44,120 Because God is holy and it strengthens our relationship with Him. 8 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,000 Yep, it helps us become more like Jesus every single day. 9 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,760 Our thoughts influence our actions after all. 10 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,680 It starts from the spirit which influences the mind and emotions which influences the 11 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:55,680 actions. 12 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,600 So we have to be careful what we allow to get in our spirits. 13 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:08,720 Because we are now His royal, holy and chosen people through Jesus Christ. 14 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:15,760 And most importantly, if we have a dirty mind and we say that we are for Christ, that actually 15 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,680 contradicts the word of God. 16 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,080 God says we are the righteousness of God. 17 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,800 He also says in His word that if we draw closer to Him, He will draw closer to us. 18 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:32,440 So what is in our minds, what we think about actually represents how close we are to Jesus. 19 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:37,840 And not to mention, we don't want to be one of those followers of Christ who straddle 20 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,980 the fence because we cannot serve two masters. 21 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:52,060 So we either will choose the world, sin, Satan or Christ. 22 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:58,320 In Philippians 4 verse 8 it says, Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, 23 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:04,200 whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there 24 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:10,520 is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 25 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,280 So we looked at why it's important to keep a clean mind, but we have to look at how to 26 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:22,480 renew our minds, how to renew our minds solely through Christ. 27 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:29,760 Because Jesus died for our sins so that we can have a personal relationship with Him. 28 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,520 Zero barriers. 29 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,800 The first step, like Zi said, is salvation. 30 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:41,560 Secondly, when we are saved, the second step is sanctification. 31 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:47,160 We can change our thoughts through Christ and by making the effort to replace ungodly 32 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,240 thoughts with good ones, with godly thoughts. 33 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:56,720 See when it comes to changing anything in our lives, we also have to make a choice. 34 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:03,840 For the scripture says, Do not be transformed by this world, but by the renewal of your 35 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:04,840 mind. 36 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:09,320 That means we deep dive into the Bible. 37 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:14,680 By cutting out things that aren't meaningful, music that has bad words or just doesn't have 38 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,080 meaning, books that don't point your mind to Christ. 39 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,640 And we need to make sure that we spend more time with God doing godly things, reading 40 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:27,880 our word, listening to worship music than we do doing earthly things. 41 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:34,920 God wants us to enjoy ourselves on this earth, but He wants us to do it the right way. 42 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,840 The godly way. 43 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:42,880 Because do you actually think that by listening to foul language, God is going to condone 44 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:43,880 that? 45 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:44,880 No. 46 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:49,320 Also, when we listen to something for so long, it gets down into our mind. 47 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,360 It gets down into our spirit. 48 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,960 And then we become what we listen to. 49 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,000 Ever heard the phrase, you are what you eat? 50 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,800 Well, you can be consuming things that aren't good at all. 51 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,800 And you become the things that aren't good at all. 52 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,440 Most importantly, we should always remember this. 53 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:14,520 When we are navigating our Christian walk with Christ, we have to do it in a way where 54 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:20,240 we are being guided by the Holy Spirit so that we can be in tune to what He's telling 55 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,240 us. 56 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:30,960 The Holy Spirit will help us discern whether a thought is pure and holy or it's a dirty, 57 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,320 not so nice thought. 58 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:40,800 Colossians 3 verse 2 says, Think of the things of heaven, not on the things of earth. 59 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,360 Now it's time for our special segment with Iz and Zi. 60 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,000 Who told Mary that she would give birth to Jesus? 61 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,160 Gabriel the angel, Joseph her fiance, or her mom? 62 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,560 Her mom, right? 63 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:02,240 Um, it was actually Gabriel the angel. 64 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,040 I knew that. 65 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,040 Gabriel the angel. 66 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,320 Yeah, good job, Zi. 67 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,320 You got it correct. 68 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,320 Thanks. 69 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:18,160 Anyways, that was a pretty cool special segment, right Zi? 70 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:24,640 Well, now it's time to get into something a little bit more serious, salvation. 71 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:31,200 This podcast is great and all, but it won't help you if you don't have salvation. 72 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:36,600 So to give your life to the Lord today, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10. 73 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:43,640 It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that 74 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,360 God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 75 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:53,280 For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto 76 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:54,800 salvation. 77 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:01,480 If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. 78 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:08,200 You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future sins you may commit. 79 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:13,080 This truth is not a free pass to sin anytime. 80 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:21,400 Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel 81 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,840 to others. 82 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:28,040 You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life. 83 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,280 Did you just give your life to the Lord? 84 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:34,240 If you did, give yourself a pat on the back. 85 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,600 We are all so proud of you. 86 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,240 Anyways, thank you so much for listening to this podcast episode. 87 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,280 We hope it helped you and we hope that you learned something. 88 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:49,320 And remember, a clean mind makes the heart kind. 89 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,000 Hey, Forever GodGirl. 90 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,960 Did you like this episode? 91 00:06:53,960 --> 00:07:00,960 If so, please follow us, rate us five stars and leave a review on Apple, Spotify, and 92 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:03,880 anywhere you listen to podcasts. 93 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,080 That's how you help us spread the good news. 94 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,080 See you next time. 95 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,080 Bye.