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<P class=바탕글><STRONG>Prepare Your Mind</STRONG></P>
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<P class=바탕글>Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober,</P>
<P class=바탕글>and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is</P>
<P class=바탕글>to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.</P>
<P class=바탕글>1 Peter 1:13</P>
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<P class=바탕글>Your mind is a wonderful thing! You can memorize life-changing passages of Scripture that can undergird you in your daily life; you can meditate upon God's Word, discovering His magnificent truths; you can discern between truth and falsehood; you can recall God's past blessings.</P>
<P class=바탕글>Some of God's most effective servants were those who disciplined their minds for His service. Moses, educated in the best school of Egypt, assembled the Books of the Law for the Israelites. Isaiah used his scholarly mind to write an exalted prophetic book in Scripture. Paul learned under Gamaliel, the outstanding teacher of his day, and it was through Paul that God presented much of the theology found in the New Testament.</P>
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<P class=바탕글>Sadly, many Christians today do not exercise their minds to be of service to God. They allow others to do their spiritual thinking for them. If they can find their theology from a book, they will not bother to study God's Word themselves. If a speaker makes an authoritative statement, they readily accept it without verifying whether it is biblical. </P>
<P class=바탕글>Paul urged Christians to strive for maturity in their thinking (1 Cor. 14:20). He said there was a time when his spiritual thinking was immature, but he had prepared his mind to know and understand the great truths of God (1 Cor. 13:11). He had not allowed others to do his thinking for him. When you became a Christian, God renewed your mind (Rom. 12:2). Be certain to use your mind in a way that brings glory to God.</P>
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