What if one of the biggest problems in your life isn't what's happening around you - but the way you've learned to think about it?

Not everything you think is true. Some beliefs have been passed down from family, absorbed from culture, learned through painful experiences or picked up from the people around us. But when the way we think disagrees with the way Jesus thinks, we're the ones who need to change.

In this episode of the Sharpening Men Podcast, Tom Henry begins Week 5, “Jesus: The Model Man,” by looking at what it means to develop the mind of Christ.

Philippians 2:5 tells us, “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”

Romans 12:2 tells us that transformation comes through the renewing of our minds.

Before our behavior changes consistently, our thinking has to change.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why Jesus - not culture - is our model for biblical manhood
• How wrong thinking can keep a man trapped in destructive patterns
• The beliefs men absorb about anger, respect, sex, money, strength, success and relationships
• Why following Jesus requires the humility to admit, “I was wrong”
• How God's Word replaces lies with Truth
• Why lasting transformation begins in the mind
• A practical challenge for identifying and confronting one area of wrong thinking

Don't merely try to behave differently. Start learning to think differently.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE

Identify one area where your thinking doesn't line up with Jesus. Find out what Scripture actually says about it. Write down one verse that challenges your old way of thinking, read it throughout the day, pray over it, and when the old thoughts return, answer them with God's Word.

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