Romans 12:2
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2 Don’t
copy the behavior and customs of
this world, but let God transform you
into a new person by changing the way
you think. Then you will learn to know
God’s will for you, which is good and
pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:2 羅 馬 書 Romanos
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2 Do
not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the
will of God, what is good and acceptable
and perfect.
• 不要效法這個世界，只要心意更新而變
化，叫你們察驗何為神的善良、純全、
可喜悅的旨意
• No se amolden al mundo actual, sino sean
transformados mediante la renovación de su
mente. Así podrán comprobar cuál es la
voluntad de Dios, buena, agradable y perfecta.
When your mind is
CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD
it doesn't function properly in the
spiritual/supernatural
• Transformed minds can
determine what the will of God is!
The RENEWED MIND is the
TOOL that is most
consistently used to bring
that heaven reality here on
this earth.
• TRANSFORMED MINDS,
TRANSFORM PEOPLE
&
• TRANSFORMED PEOPLE are positioned
to TRANSFORM CITIES & NATIONS
People of faith, rise up
from city to cities,
breaking down
dividing walls!
(ICC Vision Declaration)
HOW THE BRAIN WORKS
Science confirms that the brain
can change!
Our brains:
• Are NOT Fixed & hardwired machines.
• As we think, we change the physical
nature of our brain.
• As we consciously direct our thinking, we
can wire out toxic patterns of thinking and
replace them with healthy thoughts.
• New thought networks grow.
Gambling
Gaming
Social
networking
Pornography
Proverbs 4:23 箴 言 Proverbios
• Guard your heart above all else, for it
determines the course of your life. (NLT)
• Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life. (NIV)
• 你要保守你心，勝過保守一切（或
譯：你要切切保守你心），因為一
生的果效是由心發出。
• Por sobre todas las cosas cuida tu corazón,
porque de él mana la vida.
Neuroplasticity:
• YOUR CHOICES CHANGE THE
CIRCUITS IN OUR BRAINS.
• your brain is malleable and adaptable,
changing moment by moment of everyday.
• (Science confirms that the brain has renewable
characteristics as in Romans 12:2).
How we think not only affects
our own spirit, soul and body
but also the people around us.
Epi-genetics: the signals,
including your thoughts, that affect
the activity of our genes. This can
pass down to the next generations
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 歌 林 多 後 書 Corintios
• For the weapons of our warfare are not of the
flesh but have divine power to destroy
strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and
every lofty opinion raised against the
knowledge of God, and take every thought
captive to obey Christ.
• 將各樣的計謀各樣攔阻人認識神的那些自
高 之 事 ，一 概 攻 破 了 ，又 將 人 所 有 的 心 意
奪 回 ，使 他 都 順 服 基 督
• Destruimos argumentos y toda altivez que se
levanta contra el conocimiento de Dios, y llevamos
cautivo todo pensamiento para que se someta a
1. THOUGHT CATCHERS
Strategy No.#1
When we catch our thoughts…
• we change our connection with God from
UNINVOLVED & INDEPENDENT to
INVOLVED & DEPENDENT.
• We can stop the negative impact & rewire
healthy new circuits into your brain.
• We can control the brain’s sensory
processing, the brain’s re-wiring, the
neurotransmitters, the genetic expression
& cellular activity in a positive or negative
direction. YOU CHOOSE!
e.g. stress
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Negative toxic thoughts 
Depressive thoughts 
Uncontrolled stress 
increase depression 
(over time) inflammation increases 
& can lead to arteriosclerosis &
cardiovascular disease.
2. THE THOUGHT
HIGHWAY
(Neural Pathways)
Building the Highway (1)
Building the Highway (2)
Building the Highway (3)
Building the Highway (4)
Building the Highway (5)
Building the Highway (6)
Closing the Highway (1)
Closing the Highway (2)
Closing the Highway
Closing the Highway
Good News:
• If you wired toxic thoughts in, you can wire
them out.
• You don’t have to get stuck in bad habits;
you can change them.
• You can overcome feelings of rejection
and hurt.
• Forgiveness is not the battle you think it is.
Re-wiring: Neurogenesis
• Each morning when you wake up, you
have new baby nerve cells born inside
your brain to use wisely as you remove
bad & negative thoughts and wire in new
ones. (Lamentations 3:23)
• It’s your choice –
– which tree are you going to eat from?
Knowledge of good & evil OR the tree of life?
Come to the place of
REFLECTION:
He makes me lie down in green
pastures,
He leads me beside still waters
(Psalm 23)
• 5 to 16 minutes a day of focused,
meditative capturing of thoughts
shifts frontal brain states;
• 5-16 minutes of intense, deep
thinking increased the chances of
a happier outlook on life.
Philippians 4:8 腓 立 比 書 filipenses
• 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true,
whatever is honorable, whatever is just,
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is commendable, if there is any
excellence, if there is anything worthy of
praise, think about these things.
• 弟 兄 們 ，我 還 有 未 盡 的 話 凡 是 真 實 的 、 可 敬
的 、 公 義 的 清 潔 的 、可 愛 的 、有 美 名 的 ， 若 有
甚 麼 德 行 若 有 甚 麼 稱 讚 ，這 些 事 你 們 都 要 思 念 。
• Por último, hermanos, consideren bien todo lo
verdadero, todo lo respetable, todo lo justo, todo lo puro,
todo lo amable, todo lo digno de admiración, en fin, todo
lo que sea excelente o merezca elogio