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'GOD HATH...GIVEN US...A SOUND MIND.' 2 TIMOTHY 1:7

GK Chesterton once said of Abraham Lincoln: 'This great man had one
secret vice that was far more unpopular among his followers than the
habit of drinking. He had the habit of thinking.' Cultivate the company
of good thinkers: Solomon says, 'He that walketh with wise men shall be
wise...' (Proverbs 13:20 KJV). When we submit our lives to Christ He
doesn't tell us to abandon our minds, He tells us to 'renew' them (see
Romans 12:1-2). How do we win someone to Christ? By attacking what they
think? No, that alienates them. We must do three things: 1) convince
them that we truly care about them 2) convince them that God truly cares
about them 3) find their wounded area and apply the healing balm of
God's Word to it When it comes to sharing our faith, a lot of us are
only comfortable talking to 'down-and-outers.' Hey, who's going to reach
the 'up-and-outers?' Paul said, '...I continue...witnessing both to
small and great...' (Acts 26:22 KJV). When Paul visited Athens he ended
up on Mars Hill where he addressed some of the city's better minds. His
words are a brilliant display of a spirit sharpened mind at work. Paul
was not a small parochial man, but a man in touch with his world. He was
comfortable in a backwater town like Derbe, a business community like
Ephesus, a political capital like Rome, and an intellectual centre like
Athens. '...I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means
save some' (1 Corinthians 9:22 KJV). So discipline your mind, dedicate
it to Christ's purposes and use it to touch your world.