2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

• Romans 12:2 NLT

1) BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS DIRECT MY LIFE!

23 Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

• Proverbs 4:23 GNT

2) BECAUSE MY STRUGGLES HAPPEN IN MY MIND!

22 I love to do God's will so far as my new nature is concerned; 23-25 but there is something else deep within me, in my lower nature, that is at war with my ming and wins the fight and makes me a slave to sin that is still within me. In my mind I want to be God's willing servant, but instead I find myself still enslaved to sin.

• Romans 7:22-23 TLB

3) BECAUSE IT'S WHERE GOD'S SPIRIT WORKS IN ME!

23 Let the Spirit change your way of thinking 24 and make you into a new person. You were created to be like God, ...

• Ephesians 4:23024 CEV

6 If people's thinking is controlled by the sinful self, there is death. But if their thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace.

• Romans 8:6 NCV

1) EVERY DAY I MUST CHOOSE TO FEED MY MIND WITH THE BEST THOUGHTS

8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

• Philippians 4:8 NLT

2) EVERY DAY I MUST CHOOSE TO FREE MY MIND FROM DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.

• Romans 8:5 NLT

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

• 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

3) EVERY DAY I MUST CHOOSE TO FOCUS MY MIND ON WHAT MATTERS MOST

i. Think about Jesus

8 Keep your mind on Jesus Christ...

• 2 Timothy 2:8 CEV

ii. Think about others

4 Don't just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing.

• Philippians 2:4 TLB

24 Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds.

• Hebrews 10:24 NCV

iii. Think about eternity

2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.

• Colossians 3:2 NLT