Renewed

2 Corinthians 4:16 CEB
“…But even if our bodies are breaking down on the outside, the person that we are on the inside is being renewed every day.”

Sometimes it may seem like we are deteriorating moment by moment aches, pains, and illnesses. It seems as though our bodies are screaming at us to give it a break. Often our thought life is tied directly to our body and how it feels. At times it can consumes us or at least takes up a lot of our thought processes.

What about the inner person that we are, how do we build that up? Renewing ourselves in the Lord daily will build up our Spirit. That will then affect the mind, which will do good for the body, if we allow it to do so.

How we think is typically how we feel. Paul said, “While physical training has some value, training in holy living is useful for everything. It has promise for this life now, and the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8)

There is a whole section for right thought processes found in Philippians 4:4-9. Feed the mind on good things, and in turn, it will renew right thinking and right feeling. Romans 12;1b-2a says, “…present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…”

Renew the spirit to renew the mind to renew the body.

Prayer:
Lord Jesus, cleanse me and I will be clean. Heal me and I will be whole. Restore me and I will be renewed from within. I look to You Lord Jesus, Amen!