Romans 12:2
“Do not conform 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.”

To wrap up this book and this series, we are going to return to the critical bedrock of our spirit and our mind. Life lived by default in the environment of a broken world will result in a broken life, if we desire something different it requires that we build it on purpose with intention and the help of the Holy Spirit. Put another way, a garden untended will go to seed and produce chaos and weeds, a garden well-tended will produce a bountiful harvest.

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for the Sowing.

A. I am in God’s

.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”

B. I am

and wonderfully made.

Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV)
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.””

C. My life has

.

Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

D. The

has the final word.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”

E. I serve at the

of the

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.

1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness.”

F. Jesus is

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, and Jesus is

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Lord.

Phillians 2:9-11 (NIV)
“Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

G. My God turns evil into

.

Romans 8:28 (NASB)
“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

II.

is the goal.

A. Success or failure is not decided in a

or a single decision, fix your eyes on the horizon, where you

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to go, and learn to let go of the

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of the moment.

Take these scriptures, put them somewhere where you see them regularly and plant them in your heart. The way to change the inclination of your heart, to change the crops your garden is producing is to plant the right seeds and to shift the weight of your daily life. These words from God are a perfect place to start that renovation.