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INWARD TRANSFORMATION

          DAY THIRTY-EIGHT:

              Paul to Titus, "This is a faithful saying, and these
          things I want you constantly to affirm,…”

               RIGHT CHOICES AND RIGHT ACTIONS

              We make choices every day. Our actions follow the
          choices. Our life is the acting out in the natural world
          the  decisions  we  have  made  in  the  mental  realm.
          Many  choices  come  without  much  prior  thought,
          both good and bad. They are the result of habitual
          responses.
              As we experience inward transformation, habitual
          reactions change. After a period of proper training,
          diet,  and  spiritual  exercise,  the  right  response  will
          flow  forth  without  much  thought  many  times.  The
          more we affirm the Truth by our words and actions,
          the  more reprogrammed  will be  our responses. We
          become  transformed  from  conformity  to  the  world
          into the mind and ways of Christ. We are conforming
          to His image. Our spiritual diet moves from milk to
          meat,  and  the  Holy  Spirit  transforms  our  spiritual
          senses  through  a  complete  reformation  of  how  we
          think and respond to the world around us. We are
          enabled to discern God’s will better and distinguish
          between the good and evil all around us.
              “But solid food belongs to those who are mature, for
          those  who  through  practice  have  powers  of
          discernment that are trained to distinguish good from
          evil.”                                                      Hebrews 5:14

          DAY THIRTY-NINE:

              Paul to Titus, "This is a faithful saying, and these
          things I want you constantly to affirm,…”


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