Out with the old in with the new A New Life By New Thinking Romans 8:5-8 Pastor Daniel Bracken – January 21, 2024

  1.   Introduction 
    1. A Christian Neuroscientist, Dr. Caroline Leaf, has some fascinating insights from her studies.
      1. More than 75% of illnesses that plague us today result from our _______________________ life.
      2. Thoughts become _______________________ structures in the brain.
      3. When we think negatively, we _______________________ the natural electrochemical flow in the brain.
      4. “We live from what we have _______________________.”
      5. We are not _______________________ by our creator to be plagued by anxiety, fear, depression, or bitterness; instead, we have been given by God a spirit of power, and self-discipline.
      6. We can _______________________ toxic thoughts with healthy (biblical) thoughts.
  2. A look at the text.
    1. A brief look at the context:
      1. There are three laws at work.
        1. The law of sin and _______________________. Romans 6:23
        2. _______________________.
        3. The law of the _______________________.
      2. We have been made _______________________ if we live according to the Spirit.
    2. _______________________ is described according to where you set your _______________________.
    3. There are two groups of people in the world.

      1. _______________________ people are the living dead.
      2. Spirit people who have _______________________ and _______________________.
    4. Paul describes the mind of a sinful man.
      1. It is _______________________ to God.
      2. Does not _______________________ to God’s law.
      3. Cannot _______________________ God.
  3. God is speaking to us. 
    1. Because of Christ’s work and the work of the Holy Spirit, we have a _______________________.

      1. We can focus on the works of the _______________________.
      2. We can focus on the fruit of the _______________________.
    2. Our minds can be _______________________.

      1. The old thinking must go.
      2. You can now have a new life by thinking new _______________________.
      3. Be filled with the Spirit
  4. Conclusion

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