WELL-SET HAIR!

Men and especially women tend to place much importance in their appearance in the presence of others. Don't we carefully choose suitable apparel each day and for every occasion? We also give much thought to the styling and setting of our hair!

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:3-4

Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

1 Timothy 2:9-10

Man sees the outward appearance but GOD looks at the attitude of the heart and the motives of the mind.

The Scriptures speak about setting our minds on things that are most importand because that would indicate the motive and the direction of our life on earth. If the setting of the hair is important to us, how much more the setting of the mind that is hidden under the hair? That is what guides our thoughts and steers our path of life.  

 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Colossians 3:1-4

 And so it shall be: Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; Instead of a sash, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.
Isaiah 3:24

If we continue to seek the things of this world and pursue materialism, the LORD will permit situations in our lives and even in our bodies that will cause us to turn to Him. 

 Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:6-9

 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 17:9-10

Let us therefore be diligent to study the Scriptures so that our mindset can align to the truth. Let us also walk in that truth by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:1-2

 We must obey GOD's law and the leading of the Holy Spirit, even if it is different or contrary to the laws and ways of the nation and the world.

 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults.
Isaiah 51:7

 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:4

Renewing of the Mind - 2

The Head Of An Individual - The Mind

corona means 'crown'.

The corona virus has a resemblance to a crown when seen under the electron microscope.

Spiritually, crown depicts the head and the mind.

It would therefore be appropriate for us to study about the mind, from the word of GOD.

What is GOD speaking to us through this?

What is the Almighty GOD alerting us to, spiritually, that is towards eternity?

The brain in the head needs to have control of every system in the physical body to function healthy. When one’s mind is renewed according to the truth of GOD’S word and the Spirit rules the mind, that person is made whole, spirit, soul and body. Such a person is living and walking in the spirit by faith which comes through the word of GOD.

Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

I live according to the will of GOD when my mind is renewed by His word and my body is offered to Him as a living sacrifice.

Ephesians 4:22-23

that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Just like clothes that get dirty and need to be washed, my mind needs to be cleansed and renewed regularly.

Matthew 15:17-20

Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

My concern should be more about what goes into my mind and comes out of my heart than about what goes into my mouth. GOD sees and tests the motives of my mind and the attitudes of my heart.

Ephesians 4:17-19

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

I have to connect with GOD in my mind so that I may not sin.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,

Bad thoughts that linger in my mind will affect the attitude of my heart causing me to sin  and eventually manifest as wicked deeds.

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.

The vicious cycle of worrying thoughts will bring me to anxiety and depression.

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

When my mind is connected to GOD I have peace.

Mark 5:15

Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Demonic spirits enter a person through the mind, causing chaotic thinking but the Holy Spirit keeps the mind sound.

Colossians 2:6-10

As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

It is so important for me to have my mind established in CHRIST and not be swayed by philosophies, principles and traditions that are deceitful.

Renewing of the Mind - 1

    Renewing Of The Mind

corona means 'crown'.

The corona virus has a resemblance to a crown when seen under the electron microscope.

Spiritually, crown depicts the head and the mind.

It would therefore be appropriate for us to study about the mind, from the word of GOD.

What is GOD speaking to us through this?

What is the Almighty GOD alerting us to, spiritually, that is towards eternity?

Renew means make new again. We renew our clothing by washing and pressing them. Old houses and cars may be repaired, painted and renewed. In fact any item can be renewed  by taking away from it certain parts, putting in some parts, correcting or repairing it and washing and cleaning it. The mind is like a computer into which information is fed all the time we are awake. The source of information could be our experiences, what we have been taught, or information from the 5 senses - seen, heard, smelt, tasted or touched. As ‘Everything that glitters is not gold’, every information the mind receives is not true. During the course of life we keep learning and keep renewing our minds.

The process of renewing involves cleaning dirty thoughts, weeding out thoughts that are unprofitable, correcting wrong ideas and putting in the truth. This can be compared to clearing a computer of viruses and reprogramming it.

The mind has to be renewed according to the truth in the aspects of the following:--

Maker

Me

  Man, Marriage, Motherhood

   Money

     Medicine

       Music

         Motorcar

           Ministry

             Missions

Jeremiah 1:9-10

Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant."

Each person has the liberty to make a decision about renewing his or her mind.

Plan your life and give time towards receiving the right knowledge. Be wise in choosing what to read, watch and listen to.

Act on that plan and be disciplined. Forsake wrong or unnecessary information. Decide against going to evil places, watching unedifying movies, reading books or magazines that are lustful, browsing through catalogues which lure you into carnal purchases.

Psalms 101:3

I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

Psalms 119:36-37

Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.

Although we cannot avoid seeing or hearing unprofitable material, we can train our thought process. We can be selective in what we think on.

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things.

We are kept in bondage by the lies of the enemy.

GOD’S word is truth. Knowing it and abiding in it makes us free.

John 8:31-32

God’s word is truth. It cleans, corrects, enlightens and renews the mind.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

Take time to prayerfully and diligently study the word of God personally.

Listen to sermons of servants of God and review them by searching the scriptures yourself.

Make use of good Christian resources to feed your mind.

Let not your mind be preoccupied and crowned by the coronavirus.The sickness inflicted to the soul by the coronavirus is fear.

Allow your heart to be filled with GOD'S love by the truth of the word of GOD.
There is no fear in love;
but perfect love casts out fear,
because fear involves torment.
But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18