Take Off the Old, Put On the New

CURRENT TEACHING SERIES God's Prescription for a Healthy Life

Take Off the Old, Put On the New By Rick Warren — Apr 8, 2016 “Put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and ... put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:22b-24 NIV). If you want to have lasting change in your life, you have to start with your body, and that includes changing the way you think so that what you let into your mind and the things you think about honor God. Ephesians 4:22-24 says, “Put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and ... put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (NIV). Notice that there’s a putting off and a putting on. Your health really comes down to stopping some stuff you need to stop doing and starting some stuff you need to start doing. Stop putting negative, hurtful things in your body, and start putting in things that edify. Stop putting negative, hurtful things into your mind, and start watching and listening to things that edify and make you more like Christ. In the renewal of your mind, you’ve got to put off before you can put on. Let’s say you go to a department store to look for a new coat. You find one and take it into one of those little changing rooms. If you’re wearing a coat already, you don’t go in there and put the new coat on over your old coat. That would be stupid, because you’re not going to know if it fits. It makes sense to take off the old one before you put on the new one. You’ve got to take off the old before you can put on the new. That’s true spiritually and emotionally and mentally. PLAY today’s audio teaching from Pastor Rick >> Talk It Over What are the “old things” that you need to take out of your life, mind, or body? What are the “new things” that you need to fill your mind and body with? What are the new habits you will have to develop in order to do that? In what ways are you trying to be more like God in “true righteousness and holiness”? Our Gift: The Daniel Plan Hardcover Book The Daniel Plan is an innovative approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle where people get better together by optimizing their health in the key areas of faith, food, fitness, focus and friends. LEARN MORE Complete Audio Series (Purchase) Includes all complete sermons from the Rick Warren God's Prescription for a Healthy Life teaching series. LEARN MORE Series Summary Message 1: Why We Need Each Other Message 2: ​​​​​​​Getting Your Ship Out of the Harbor Message 3: Setting Goals In Faith Message 4: What It Takes to Really Change Message 5: God's Prescription for Health Message 6: Winning With the Hand You're Dealt Message 7: The Awesome Power of Focus Message 8: The Awesome Power of Forgiveness Message 9: The Awesome Power of Faith PLAY TODAY'S BROADCAST

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