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This blog is the result of my ongoing quest to renew my mind. God calls us to keep some things in private counsel with Him. But this blog contains the thoughts and meditations and concepts I feel compelled to share.
My name is Daniel Dessinger. I am on a quest. A quest to see God, myself, and the world around me as God does. There is much more to Reality than our natural minds perceive. We are spiritual and physical beings existing in both physical and spiritual realities.
By meditating on God’s Word and listening to His voice, and opening our hearts to absorb the parts of the whole other members of our community have to offer, we are transformed.
I’m passionate about the subject of the mind because how we understand ourselves, God, and the world around us shapes the choices we make, the assumptions we have, and the effort we give. We literally create our own personal stories based on our understanding.
Not everything I share will come straight out of the Bible, but I live my life from a bibilical / Kingdom worldview, so everything, whether TED Talk, book, keynote, or quote will be shared in light of what it means to have one’s mind renewed in the light of God’s Truth.
Life is a journey, and I want mine to be as full of the presence and power of God as He is willing to give. Because we need to ask ourselves, If God’s plan is for Heaven to permeate Earth, what other pursuit could possibly be worth my time?
A few things God says about the Mind:
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. (Luke 24:45)
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. (Romans 1:28)
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. (Romans 8:5)
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; (Romans 8:6)
Do not conform any longer 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. (Romans 12:2)
One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. (Romans 14:5)
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. (1 Corinthians 1:10)
For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Corinthians 4:4)
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. (Hebrews 3:1)
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)
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