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Cara Ray | Writer

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Published 10 days ago • 1 min read

What you think about this changes everything

Reader,

We hear (and talk) a lot about the importance of mindset these days.

Often, we're encouraged to think or speak in a certain way to produce a desired outcome. The life we want, we're told, is on the other side of changing our minds about it.

"Be more positive. Think good thoughts. Don't be so negative."

It's true that what we think influences how we behave.

But what if, instead of being frustrated with the outcome of our thoughts, we became aware that it's the source of our thoughts that's the problem?

Instead of changing the fruit, we need to get to the root.

It's this rotten flesh we live with that needs to be transformed!

We need the Spirit to transform us from the inside out and produce the life and peace we desire.

That's the subject and the question of this week's post. "Is your mind set on the flesh or the Spirit?"​

The answer to that question changes everything.

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Cara Ray | Writer

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