Instead of Listening to Ourselves Talk...

The reason those not redeemed by the blood of Jesus can never please God is because they are controlled by their sinful nature. The unredeemed allow their minds to be controlled by their sinful nature. Sometimes, that means letting your feelings control your thought life. Instead of listening to ourselves talk, we need to tell ourselves what we know to be true. The redeemed allow God’s Spirit to control their thinking, and thus have peace, by knowing God is in it. This “telling ourselves what we know to be true” is listening to the Spirit. By agreeing with God, you know you are right with Him.

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. Romans 8:5-8