What is our Mind? Feelings and thoughts → any way we might be conscious Feelings/emotions are not sinful, reflect God’s nature Anger – Psalm 7:11; Deuteronomy 9:22; Romans 1:18 Compassion – Psalm 135:14; Judges 2:18; Deuteronomy 32:36 Grief/sadness – Genesis 6:6; Psalm 78:40 Love – 1 John 4:8; John 3:16; Jeremiah 31:3 Hate/disgust – Proverbs 6:16; Psalm 5:5; Psalm 11:5 Jealousy – Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14; Joshua 24:19 Joy – Zephaniah 3:17; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 32:41 (Quick list by gotquestions.org) Rational and logical thought likewise reflect God’s nature God sets chaos into order (Genesis 1) Romans 11:14-36 John 14:26 Creative nature is linked with his ordering activity is linked with His relational nature (Genesis 2) Psalm 94:9-11 John 17:17 How is our mind reformed? Deuteronomy 6:4-15 What we learn of God with our mind must be exported to our heart (Deuteronomy 6:6) We learn most deeply when we make the effort to teach (Deuteronomy 6:7) We need constant reminders of what we “know” (Deuteronomy 6:8-15) Scripture instructs us on ways we ought to think about God, ourselves and creation Romans 12:2-3 2 Peter 1:5-8 Scripture instructs us to change the way we feel in certain instances Matthew 6:25-27 Philippians 4:4-7 Jesus instructs our thoughts and feelings through His Word. How do we use the mind God gave us against him? Where are we trusting our gift of emotion more than the Giver? How would we describe our “mind diet”?