✝ Daily Encouragement (2/26/24) "Delete Key For The Mind"
Published: Mon, 02/26/24
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Monday, February 26, 2024
"Delete Key For The
Mind"
Message summary:
God is able to provide a deletion of memory but that is not always the case. But we can "be transformed by the renewing of our mind".
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"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to
offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - His good, pleasing and perfect will" (Romans 12:1,2).
 The delete key on the computer keyboard is a helpful feature we often use. If we consider through the years all we have written that gets deleted in the editing process it would surely surprise us and might even discourage us. But that's just part of the
writing process and much better than the whiteout we used with a typewriter especially if there were carbon copies to be dealt with for every error we wanted to erase.
Of course we have all deleted emails although we hope that people read our
messages before they hit the delete button! And if you've never deleted any files you probably have a very cluttered computer. Today let us consider a delete key for the mind.
We heard an interesting testimony from a young lady who was being baptized. Though she was raised in a Christian home she shared about her years of being addicted to pornography. Finally she fully committed her life to Christ and experienced deliverance from the dark world of pornography. 
Wouldn't it be great to have a delete button to erase pornographic images and other destructive content that is stored in our memory. One of the earliest Christian teachings I recall was based on Romans 12 and the transformation of the mind. Although we may be unable to delete every memory (many we want to keep),
we can be transformed by the renewing of our mind.The brain has an amazing capacity to remember. As we get older we are more likely to experience short-term memory loss rather than long-term. That is we tend to forget where we placed the keys, phone, wallet or coffee. But looking back it seems some events in life or images stored in our memory just can't be forgotten. Of course God is able to provide a deletion of memory but that is often not the case, so we can prayerfully, be transformed by the renewing of our mind. A fundamental teaching is that God is pleased and honored when we follow His pattern for living as set forth in the Holy Scriptures. Let us not follow after "the pattern of this world" which stands in direct opposition to God's designs for our lives.
Be encouraged
today,
Hebrews
3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, we invite the work of Your Holy Spirit to descend upon our heart, to wean it from ungodly attitudes, destructive habits, and worldly passions. In love and compassion You stooped to our weakness, mighty as You are, in the person of Jesus Christ who lived a life of holiness, and willingly laid down His life that we might be forgiven, that our hearts and minds might break any conformity to
this world and be transformed into the pattern of holy living as seen in Scripture. As we surrender our heart, soul, and mind to You we envision Jesus and cling to His cross by denying ourselves, taking up our cross and following in His footsteps wholeheartedly so that we are transformed by the renewing of our minds. It's through the resurrected power of Jesus Christ that we are able to make this mighty, eternal transformation.
Amen.
Saturday morning we had our friends, Phil and Donna Huber, over for brunch.
We met Phil at Audrey's (Home Decor) in Lebanon
where he serves as General Manager and we make weekly visits as chaplains. We've enjoyed getting to know them over the past seven years and appreciate their dedication to the Lord. Phil headed up the Sight and Sound Start Up in Branson, MO in 2008 where he and Donna lived for three years, so we enjoy talking with them about that area of the country where we moved from in 1977 to plant a church in Northern PA. In fact we honeymooned in Branson in 1976, many years before it became a destination for family entertainment. But the northeast has been our home now for nearly fifty years and will likely be our last location before we our final and eternal home in heaven.
Phil is also how we are aware of David and Ciara whom we wrote about two
weeks ago in this message. Phil and Donna taught David when he was a child and know his parents well. You can read updates on their Facebook
page
The church is packed every time the children's choir leads us in worship
as grandparents and extended family comes to support their youngsters on the platform. Watch here for video from our service yesterday cued to music (including countdown!)
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