05/21/2026
Counselor's Corner
Written by: Tami Dosch, Pastoral Counselor
Do you know that you have the ability to change how your brain looks by thinking differently? Our neural pathways can actually be rewired with God’s help.
Your mind is under attack every single day as a battle rages for control of your thoughts. The enemy wants to fill your mind with worry, fear, doubt, and negativity, but God has a completely different plan for your mind. God wants to transform your thinking and rewire your brain so completely that anxiety becomes peace, fear becomes faith, and confusion becomes clarity. This isn’t just positive thinking or mental exercises. This is a supernatural transformation that can only happen when you surrender your mind to the power of God‘s word and the presence of his spirit.
The key to winning this battle and experiencing the kind of mental transformation that changes everything is found in Romans 12:2. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God‘s will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will.”
“Don’t conform” means don’t let the world‘s way of thinking (lies of the enemy) become your way of thinking. “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind” is like the process by which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. It’s not a slight adjustment or a minor improvement. It is a complete transformation from the inside out.
The key to this transformation is found in the phrase “renewing of your mind”. The word “renewing” means to make new, to renovate, to restore to original condition. The renewing of your mind happens through consistent exposure to God‘s word. When you read the Bible, you’re not just gaining information. You’re allowing God‘s thoughts to replace your thoughts. But it’s not just about reading the Bible. It’s about meditating on it, memorizing it, and applying it to your daily life. It’s about taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ.
This transformation doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process that requires patience, persistence, and faith. Most importantly, we can’t do this under our own strength. We need God's power working in our lives, his spirit to guide us, his word to transform us, and his love to motivate us.
Prayer is so essential to this process of mental transformation. Prayer is positioning ourselves to receive from God and opening our hearts to his influence. It’s inviting him to do what only he can do in our mind and heart. Let us ask him to rewire our neural pathways according to his truth and replace our worldly programming with heavenly programming. Let us ask him to transform our minds according to his perfect will.