But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. 1 John 2:27 (NLT) First John 2:27 says that Holy Spirit lives in you, and He reveals things to you directly. This truth is very important when it comes to changing the beliefs of your heart. Your heart holds your deepest beliefs about life, God, yourself and the world. They help to shape your future. So, if you want to experience the incredible life God has for you, you need to get your beliefs from Him. Other influences may currently dominate the beliefs of your heart. Teachers, parents, friends, TV, tragedies, experts, books you’ve read and movies you’ve watched have all played …

Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. Mark 4:26–27 (NLT) If you plant the right beliefs in your heart, you will eventually begin to effortlessly produce what you want. Your heart will grow whatever you plant in it. If you throw a handful of weed seeds into your garden, the ground doesn’t differentiate. It will try to germinate whatever you plant in it. Your heart is the same! It grows whatever you plant, which is why Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) says, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” …

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. Luke 6:45 (NLT) Your heart is like your autopilot in life. Let’s say you’re in a plane using the autopilot. You’re heading to New York, but you decide you want to go to Washington instead. I’m not sure this is even possible, but if you were to grab the controls of that plane to try to make it go toward Washington, you’d have to fight the autopilot all the way. You might be able to change the direction as long as you hold the controls, but as soon …

Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:22–24 (NLT) The moment you made the decision to follow Christ, a complete transformation took place in your spirit and you became a new creation. You started out your life having the nature of sin because of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, but now you have the nature of God because of Jesus. You experienced a complete nature change. The next step is to put off your old ways of thinking, acting and believing so you can put on new ways that line up …

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12–13 (NKJV) If you’ve given your life to Christ, you have a new identity, but you have to work at putting off the old and believing the new. Philippians 2:12–13 calls this working out your own salvation with fear and trembling. In modern vernacular, this basically means that you have been set free, but you have to work it out into your life to experience it. You’ve been set free, but are you experiencing freedom in …