Monday, October 4 Stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over.​—Rom. 12:2.

[Áine]

Monday, October 4

Stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over.—Rom. 12:2.

 

Think back to the changes you needed to make when you first accepted the truth of God’s Word and decided to serve Jehovah. For many of us, this involved giving up some form of wrong conduct. (1 Cor. 6:9-11) How grateful we are for Jehovah’s help in overcoming such sinful practices! However, we must never become complacent. Even though we stopped committing serious sins that we engaged in before baptism, we still need to be diligent about avoiding anything that would tempt us to return to those former deeds. A twofold action is required. First, we need to “stop being molded,” or shaped, by this world. Second, we need to “be transformed” by making our mind over. The transformation involves more than a superficial change in appearance. It touches every fiber of our being. We need to make over our mind—our innermost attitudes, feelings, and inclinations. w19.06 9 ¶4-6

[Áine]

We try to not be molded or shaped by this system of things anymore then we have to be… rather we allow ourselves to be molded by the great potter Jehovah 

[Vinnie]

What does it mean to make your mind over? You've made a decision at baptism to be a servant of Jehovah.. That may have been the easy part. Now is the hard part of sticking to that decision, day in and day out, and put up a hard fight for the faith. The scripture goes on to say "so that you may prove to yourself"...Yes, work on it for your own benefit and self confidence so you know your doing it for the right reasons.

[Gruder]

Dedication/Baptism is the best decision anyone makes! To have a friendship and close relationship with JEHOVAH, just WOW! At our baptism we have a fresh start, we resolve to be a better person, but it takes constant work especially in the depraved world around us pressing in on us. We don't want to be like those who each year have "New Years Resolutions" just to fail shortly afterwards. Take advantage of all the tools Jehovah provides us and we will succeed! 

[Elnathan]

The scripture shows that, Transformation starts with the mind & making our minds over requires filling our minds with Godly thinking.